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slammed into her repeatedly. With every thrust his body rasped

“Goddammit, I can’t wait to be inside you,” he against her clit, taking her closer and closer to a building murmured, his hands roaming her body. He cupped her breasts orgasm.

and she moaned when his thumb found the sensitive peak of She pulled his thumb from her mouth and drew his head her nipple. When he moved down her rib cage, then over her forward for a kiss, sucking his tongue as she had his thumb. He hips and thighs, fisting the hem of her dress, she moaned out ground his lips hard against her mouth while he pounded her loud.

pussy.

“Then don’t,” she panted against his lips. “Fuck me Abby was mindless with pleasure, needing this right here.”

maelstrom of passion as much as Seth seemed to. She’d never He raised her skirt and found her panties, jerking them felt these uncontrollable urges of animalistic hunger before, but down her legs.

right now she wanted to ravage Seth, to mark him, to make him

“Shit,” he said against her mouth, then bent down to hers in a primitive way she couldn’t explain. She tore his shirt pull her panties off. He stepped back long enough to unzip his aside and buried her teeth in the fleshy part between his neck jeans and push them down, releasing his cock. Swollen, thick, and shoulder.

he rubbed his thumb over the slitted head, capturing the pearly He grunted and slammed his cock harder inside her, liquid gathered there, He brought his thumb to her mouth.

grabbing her ass and lifting her off her feet to hammer her with

“Suck it,” he commanded.

thrust after thrust until she lifted her head, meeting his gaze, She grabbed his thumb and swiped it over the crest, feeling the eruption coming.

tasting his fluid, watching his eyes darken as she took his

“Yeah, baby, come on me,” he said. “Come on my thumb between her lips and sucked it like a cock.

cock, Abby.”

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She kept her gaze on his, digging her nails into his He set her on her feet. “Went on safari several years shoulders. Tears filled her eyes as he stilled and ground his back. Fell in love with Africa. The animals there are incredible, pelvis against her. The sensation against her clit was her the people even more so.”

undoing and she shattered, coming in shrieking waves of

“I can’t even imagine an adventure like that. It must pleasure. Seth watched her and she couldn’t help herself. She have been amazing.”

screamed and pounded at him, shuddering and crying as the

“It was. I went with a group of vets on a care mission.

sensations continued. He took her mouth and groaned, Three months. It was a remarkable experience.”

emptying his come inside her in one hard, final thrust.

“I’d love to do that someday.”

He held onto her like that, seemingly content to brace He grinned. “You can. You’re graduating next month her against his front door and carry all her weight.

and soon you’ll be setting up your own practice. You can do

“I’ve got to be heavy,” she murmured against his neck.

anything you want.”

“Hardly.” But he finally slid her down his body, slowly, She pulled her arms around herself. “I can’t even capturing her mouth in a searing kiss as he did so. “Sorry. That fathom a life like that.”

wasn’t quite the slow, romantic seduction I had in mind.”

“The world is opening up for you, Abby,” he said, She grinned and wrapped her arms around his neck.

coming up behind her and threading his arms around her waist.

“Forget slow and romantic. I wanted you.”

His breath ruffled her hair as he spoke. “Anything you can

“And I wanted you. Still do.” He swept her in his arms envision you can have.”

and carried her down the hall to his bedroom, kicking the It all seemed unreal and out of reach. “One day at a partially closed door open.

time.” It was hard to believe she’d gotten this far.

He nudged the light on with his elbow. A very Or that she was in Seth’s bedroom, for that matter.

masculine room with dark wood furniture and a king sized bed He turned her around to face him. “You can do filled the room. But what really caught her eye was the décor.

anything, be anything you want to be. You have the talent and

“Oh, it’s a jungle theme! I love it!”

the drive.”

Animal prints adorned the dusky walls. Everything

“You have such faith in me.”

from elephants to giraffes to tigers. Even the gently waving He shrugged. “I just know what you’re capable of.”

ceiling fan blades were palms. Ceiling high palm trees towered She pressed her palm against his cheek, loving the over the bed, the fan blowing them as if a soft breeze sailed rough texture of his beard stubble. “Thank you. That means through the room. She half expected to hear the sound of more to me than I could ever explain.” She stood on her tiptoes screeching monkeys or the roar of a lion any second.

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perfect it made her belly clench in anticipation. No one had stroking her slowly, tenderly, with the same gentle strokes that ever kissed her like this, had made her gasp for breath with just he used to caress her body.

a brush of lips against lips.

That Seth could fuck her with a wild rush of passion or Not even Chad. Especially not Chad. She’d been so make their joining an achingly slow journey was a testament to dumb.

his skill as a lover. He swept her into his arms and laid her on And she was never going to be that dumb again. Her the bed, then stood next to it while he undressed. She turned on eyes were wide open this time.

her side and watched the unveiling of his well-muscled flesh, Figuratively speaking, anyway, since right now her eager for him to touch her again. When he slid his jeans off, his eyes were closed, her palms floating down Seth’s chest and cock sprang up and she smiled, reaching for it.

resting on his pecs. His heart beat a strong and steady rhythm

“Let me suck it.” She grabbed her lip between her teeth, against her hand as he thoroughly kissed her. She melted like waiting. He made her bold, made her ask out loud for things butter against him, leaning into his hard, sturdy body.

she’d only fantasized about before. Would he accept?

He reached behind her and unzipped her dress. It fell to He dropped his lids halfway down in that way she the floor, the sensual slide of silk down her body an unbearable found oh so sexy, then crawled onto the bed, kneeling beside torture of her senses. Every one of her nerve endings, every her. Taking his shaft in his hand, he stroked it for her. God, that sense was alive and awake, anticipating his touch. She could made her pussy clench, warm cream oozing from her cunt. She almost imagine herself in the jungle with him, surrounded by reached between her legs.

animals and trees. They’d be in a tent and he’d undress her, Just like her fantasies.

lingering over every inch of his skin like he was doing right

“Oh yeah,” he said, approaching her head. “Touch your now.

pussy for me, baby. I like to watch.”

He kissed her shoulder as he pulled down the strap of She wanted to make it good for him, to show him how her bra. The sensation of fabric along her skin made her shiver she did it when she was alone in the dark. Planting her feet flat with anticipation.

on the bed, she rubbed her pussy, mesmerized by the way he

“Strawberries. You smell like strawberries,” he touched himself. He squeezed the head, then fisted the shaft, murmured.

stroking leisurely at first.

She smiled and kept her eyes closed, focusing on the

“I’m hungry,” she said, affecting a pout. “Feed me.”

touch of his lips along her neck, her jaw, her mouth, where he

“Christ, Abby.” He scooted toward her and leaned over, lingered, brushing his lips back and forth across hers.

sliding his cock between her lips. She took him greedily into The man liked to kiss. And she loved that he took the her mouth, pressing the heel of her hand against her clit.

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Sucking him while masturbating was a heady

Loving him.

experience. Her clit swelled, her pussy throbbing. She slid a The revelation made her eyes widen. She stared into his finger inside her cunt. It gripped her, pulsing around the digit.

eyes, so open and filled with his own emotion as he made love Seth fucked her mouth and she lifted her hips, to her.

mimicking his movements.

Then she squeezed her eyes shut and enveloped Seth in

“That’s so fucking hot,” he said. He alternated watching her embrace, feeling him shudder and shake against her as he her face and the movements of her hand. She was already close came. He held her so tight when he climaxed, as if he were to another orgasm. Bringing herself there with her own hand crawling inside her to become one with her.

had always been easy. Frankly, she was amazed she could do it God, she loved that about him.

in front of someone. But for some reason it was easy with Seth.

No.

He made it so natural for her to show him what pleased her.

She couldn’t, wouldn’t think about love.

Because he was more focused on her pleasure than his own.

Not now.

“Make yourself come for me, Abby. Show me.”

Not ever.

He pulled his cock back, then thrust forward, holding She was just getting her life together, just beginning to the back of her head so he was feeding her. She plunged two explore her freedom. This was just sex. Incredible, mind fingers into her cunt and used her other hand now to pluck at blowing sex. And she was confusing orgasms with emotion.

her clit.

Wasn’t she?

She was close now, moaning against his shaft.

Or was it something altogether different? Was it the

“Let go, baby,” he whispered. “Come on. Do it for me.”

fact that he made her feel good about herself, that he took her She did. Seth pulled his cock away from her mouth just places she’d never been before, both physically and as she let out a cry of triumph. A shattering climax sent waves emotionally. That he genuinely cared about her.

of ecstasy spiraling through her. Seth bent down and drank in No. No, no, no. She wasn’t ready for this. She had a her cry with his lips, plunging his tongue inside her mouth.

new life to start. New adventures to have.

She was still in the throes of her orgasm when he rolled How could she be falling in love?

on top of her and plunged his cock inside her.

Oh, it was heaven, feeling her pussy surround him, contracting with the aftereffects of her orgasm. He held tight to her, gripping her ass as she rode out pulses of sensation that never seemed to stop.

She wrapped her legs around him, arching upward, holding onto him, kissing him.

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But she had. And then hadn’t slept all night because his scent had lingered on her, his touch and kiss a memory so vivid she’d ached all night for him.

Tonight she’d figure out if she felt the same way about Mike.

She knew what the problem was. Her sexual drought Chapter Eleven

had lingered so long it was like a first rain in the desert; she was simply making up for lost time. Having the one on one Abby had a date with Mike tonight.

with Seth last night had been spectacular, and she’d confused Convinced that she was absolutely, positively mistaken emotion for really great sex.

about her emotional reaction to Seth last night, she accepted She’d wager tonight would be the same way.

Mike’s offer when he’d called this morning.

Mike told her they were going to the casino in town.

At first she was going to turn him down. She had papers She was excited about that since she could never afford to go to finish and last minute things to do for school. She had to there on her own and had never been. She wore a black short figure out what to do about her career. And after the wild skirt and a slinky silver halter top that she’d borrowed from weekend with both men, the last thing she wanted was more Blair a few weeks ago. She’d pulled her hair up and slipped on turmoil. Some space to think would have been nice.

some fake crystal earrings. Even wore her stiletto heels again.

But the niggling doubts about Seth had kept her up all She was dressed to kill. Or rather, to fuck.

night.

Tingling with anticipation, she hurried to the door when Seth had wanted her to spend the night. To sleep in his Mike rang the bell. He arched a brow and whistled as he bed.

stepped in.

God, she’d wanted to. Wanted to nestle against him and

“Are you sure we even want to go out tonight?” he fall asleep wrapped up in the comfort of his arms. But she’d asked, eyeing every inch of her.

said no, that she had things to do today.

She laughed and twirled for him, giddy with

And he’d been great about it. Said he understood. Took excitement. “You like?”

her home, gave her a kiss goodnight that curled her toes and He nodded. “Hell yeah. You look hot.”

made her wet all over again. She’d almost invited him in and

“Thanks.” He looked pretty damn hot himself in black asked him to stay with her.

slacks that were tailored to fit his fine ass and a simple white She didn’t want to let him go.

shirt that hugged his body.

Goddammit.

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