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“God, yes.”

“Is that good or bad?”

“It’s both.” I sit up and flip her onto her back. I enjoyed letting her lead, but I’m ready for more. “My turn to touch you all over.”

She moans softly. “Please, Braden. Please touch me.”

I begin at the top, gently kissing her forehead.

Funny. It’s how my mother used to kiss me when I didn’t feel good. She was checking to see if I had a fever. But this is far from nurturing. It’s sensual because it’s Skye. The woman I love.

Her eyes flutter closed, and then I kiss her eyelids in the softest of caresses.

She shudders beneath me at such a light touch.

And my cock responds. I’m as hard as I’ve ever been from these simple movements. These light touches.

She sighs as I move my lips down her jawline while cupping her breasts at the same time. I tease her nipples with my fingers, and then I pinch them. She lifts her hips with a moan. I’m kissing her neck now—that sensitive neck—and she shivers.

“God, you’re beautiful,” I say against her skin.

Her hips rise again.

She’s searching. Searching for my cock to fill her empty pussy.

As much as I ache to thrust inside her, I continue to slide my fingers and lips over her flesh.

I brush my hands down her sides to her hips, which puts my mouth on target with her nipples.

“Please, Braden.”

“Tell me what you want.”

“My nipples. Suck my nipples.”

As if I couldn’t read her mind…

But this is new.

I asked her what she wanted.

I just want to lie next to you, as your equal, and make love to you.

The words I said to her only moments ago.

They ring true. So true. Something I never thought I’d want, and now I crave it, at least for tonight. I don’t miss the kink.

I flick my tongue over one nipple, making her gasp, and then I suck on it lightly.

“I love you so much, Skye,” I say after releasing the nipple.

“God, I love you, too.”

“Your tits are so gorgeous.”

The tone of my voice surprises me. Rather than dark and commanding, it’s slightly breathy tonight.

My dark side is far from gone. It’s who I am. But for the first time, I’m interested in expanding my horizons. I want to know every inch of Skye Manning. And once she can answer my question…

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