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casually moved his inward and up, lightly grazing her upper thigh. She closed her eyes slowly and he grinned at the sexual tension radiating from her. She was a powder keg about to blow.
    He moved his hand back to his own lap after only a moment when he felt several sets of eyes glance in their direction. Regardless of the good-girl image Lily wanted to shatter, he wouldn’t do anything to mar her reputation. Especially not here in the midst of these old acquaintances who were now strangers. This night’s affair would remain private, something between just the three of them.
    Killian’s original concerns came back to Justin as he studied Lily’s flushed face and erratic breathing, and it overrode his enjoyment of the moment. His friend was right.
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    Lily was essentially an innocent and there was a big difference between fantasizing about a ménage and taking part in one. They would have to take care, take it slowly.
    He imagined some of the sex acts she might want to try and found himself second-guessing his decision to initiate her into a night on the wild side. Then he imagined her in bed with strangers and he saw red.
    She wanted the fantasy and he was damn well going to give it to her. He studied her lush lips, her pale cheeks and the image of kissing her, touching her bare skin for hours on end didn’t seem like a very steep price to pay. He wanted her…bad.
    “And our very own Lilywhite—”
    Justin’s ears perked up to Judith’s voice when Lily went stiff beside him. The room laughed and he watched Lily plaster on a false smile as Judith continued.
    “I mean Lily Watterson is now a doctor. Not that anyone’s surprised to hear our valedictorian went so far with her education. Now before you start going over to her and asking for prescriptions for valium…” Again Judith paused so everyone could titter at her stupid joke, and Justin took a deep breath, allowing himself to imagine the woman breaking a nail later and having a nervous breakdown in the aftermath. “She’s not a medical doctor, but a marine biologist. I guess she only prescribes valium to dolphins.”
    “Oh my God,” Lily muttered. “Was she always this obnoxious in high school?”
    Killian chuckled next to her. “I was thinking she’s gotten nicer. Who knew Judith had such a great sense of humor?” They all laughed at his joke and Justin was grateful for his friend’s ability to lighten the mood. While he tended to lead with his left in situations like this, Killian always managed to calm the waters with his wit.
    “Now,” Judith continued, “the reunion committee thought it might be fun to pull up all the Who’s Who winners and we’re fortunate to have quite a few in attendance this evening. Come up when I call your name and then we’re going to take a picture.”
    Justin groaned. “I’m not going up there.”
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    Lily laughed then covertly ran her fingers along his thigh. “If I have to go up, you have to go up.” As she spoke the word up , she quickly tapped the obvious erection stretching the front of his pants. “Oh, and given the fact you were Class Clown, maybe it would be a good idea to fake a trip or something on the way to the stage.”
    Everyone at the table laughed loudly enough at her suggestion that it drew the attention of several people from surrounding tables—as well as Judith, who didn’t appear happy about having her time in the limelight interrupted. “Well, it would appear Justin Porter is still up to his old tricks, so why don’t we have the Class Clown come up first.”
    One quick glance down at his lap and he knew everyone at the table was going to be aware of his predicament as soon as he stood. Justin bent down to whisper in Lily’s ear as he rose, using the opportunity to try to adjust his pants. “I’ll get even with you for this later.”
    “I look forward to it,” she replied huskily.
    “Fuck.” Her heated tone and warm breath sent his cock into red alert