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When the moviefinished, she was extremely turned on. Her body felt restless and squirmy andshe was wet and hot between her legs.

“How do youfeel?” Ander asked, narrowing his eyes to scan her face after he switched offthe DVD.

“Fine,” shesaid, her voice a little hoarse. “I think we can go ahead and, uh, get going.”

“You’rearoused?”

Her cheekswarmed. “Yes,” she admitted.

He leaned overand picked up his case. After replacing the DVDs, he pulled out a packet Lorididn’t recognize. She stood up and took off her sweater. Then she walked overto peer at what he had.

Ander lookedover, his eyes automatically scanning her body in her cashmere tank and pajamapants. But his gaze didn’t linger. He handed Lori an unopened packet. “Dentaldams,” he explained. “For oral sex. I don’t have unprotected sex of any kind.”

“Of course. Iwouldn’t be using your services otherwise.” She’d never seen an dental dambefore so she studied the packet with interest, glad for any sort ofdistraction from what would be coming next.

“These are thebest quality I’ve been able to find. Very thin and the texture is good. It willstill be very enjoyable for you.”

She swallowedhard. “Pretty smug about your skills, aren’t you?”

He made a briefchoked sound, as if he’d smothered a surprised laugh. Pulling out a tube oflubricant, he carried it with two dam packets and a couple of condoms to thenightstand. “I’ll guess we’ll have to wait and see whether I’m smug or simplyrealistic.”

His dryresponse made her giggle a little, and she walked over to join him next to thebed. When she looked from his slick, sexy good-looks to the large bed drapedwith a fluffy down comforter, her giggle changed to a nervous gurgle.

“You’re incontrol of this,” Ander said, holding her gaze with a cool expression. “We dowhatever you want to do. I can act however you want me to act. Just tell me.”

“I don’t wantyou to pretend to be romantic or hot for me or anything. I want it to be...bereal. I mean, don’t pretend we’re doing anything other than we are.”

“Understood. Ican do that. Would you prefer me to stay in my clothes or take them off?” Anderreplied smoothly, not appearing to notice her anxiety.

She thought forjust a moment but knew the sight of his undoubtedly fine, naked body would bethe end of her nerve. “Keep them on.”

“And you?”

She crossed herarms in front of her chest, suddenly conscious of the way her full breasts wereoutlined in the clinging tank she wore and that her nipples were visibly tightfrom her arousal. “I’ll keep them on for now,” she said, “Until ...”

He nodded.“Lights?”

“Off.”

“Is thereanything else you’d like? Questions or requests?”

“Um.”

He waitedpatiently, watching her with an oddly quiet look of scrutiny. When she couldn’tmanage to get anything said, he asked softly, “What can I do to make you lessnervous?”

Despite thepractical purpose of the question, it made her feel a little better. Like hewas human and not just some suave sex machine. “I don’t know what I’m doing,”she managed to say. “Obviously. And obviously you do. But one of things thathas gotten in the way when I’ve tried to get farther than kissing with a guy isthe thought of not knowing what to do. I mean, I know the logistics and the wayit’s supposed to go, but it’s always felt a lot different than the over-blownstuff in books. And I get hung up on how clueless I feel, and then I can’t getinto it at all.”

He nodded, asif he understood what she was saying, despite her somewhat silly babbles.

“It wouldhelp,” she added, “If you can kind of give me some directions.”

His eyesnarrowed thoughtfully.

“Not boss mearound or be some sort of dominant asshole. Just kind of guide me through it alittle.” Her cheeks were blazing red and she peeked at him through hereyelashes. There were no signs on his face that he thought she was a freak oran idiot. “If that wouldn’t make you uncomfortable.”

He blinked.Although she didn’t know what would have surprised him in her last comment. “Ofcourse,” he said, after just a moment. “That makes sense. I’ll do what I can.Why don’t you get into bed?”

While Loripulled the sheet and comforter down, Ander turned off the overhead lights andtook off his shoes and socks. Then she stretched out, breathing deeply andforcing herself to relax.

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