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That was it. Those were the words that sent Alina over the edge. She screamed and lost control, convulsing wildly as my fingers continued to fuck her through her orgasm. It was beautiful to see. Even better to experience. I slowed my thrusts and let her come down at her own, steady pace until she collapsed against me with her head on my shoulder.

I turned my head toward where her mouth expelled warm breath against me and gave her a tender kiss. She moaned but was too spent to do anything else. She was embracing the afterglow. I knew the feeling. It was a comfortable, post-sexual state an intense orgasm often left you drenched in. Your body felt deliciously satiated, and you wanted the feeling to last as long as it could.

With a satisfied grin I got to my feet with her in my arms and carried her to my bed. We were far from done, but I’d give her time before we started things up again. Because before the night was done, I planned to fuck her out of my system.

Alina hardly acknowledged when I placed her on my bed. I covered her with the quilt I kept at the foot and stared down at her for a minute. While I wanted to believe that it was the orgasm I’d worked out of her, I had a feeling that some of Alina’s exhaustion came from the hours she’d been spending at her store. She was practically asleep now, as content as a little kitten.

Her soft expression and the tiny smile on her mouth made me feel something deep inside that I hadn’t experienced in a long time. It scared me so much that I knew one thing...

After tonight I’d have to walk away.

Chapter 21

Alina

I stirred reluctantly against the warm bedding and soft pillow. It took me a minute to figure out where I was. The subtle noise coming from the area of the kitchen indicated that Cody was doing the dishes. The domestic visual drew a low chuckle from me because Cody was all man. His culinary skills had surprised me tonight.

He was a man of many talents, and he was a considerate lover. He’d been just as turned on as I had been, and yet he hadn’t ignored my exhaustion and taken what he wanted. I wondered how many men cared enough about their sexual partners to put a woman above their own needs.

His bed was comfortable, but I hadn’t come here to sleep. I had every intention of getting up and rolled onto my back to see Cody standing above me with a glass of wine. I twitched because he startled me at first, but then I relaxed and stretched slightly, releasing a moan. “I can’t believe I fell asleep.”

His smile widened. “Only for about ten minutes. It gave me a chance to clean up.” He indicated the glass in his hands. “I thought you might like another glass of wine before we continue.”

There was no doubt about what he wanted to continue. It was there in his eyes, a smoldering heat that darkened by the second. I snorted at his self-confidence and sat up. The man was too much! And there was no way I was going to feed his ego by admitting that I too wanted whatever was about to follow. “I think it was the first glass that put me to sleep.” That, and the fact that I’d put in ten hours of work at my store that day.

One cocky brow lifted at me. “Is that so? Are you sure it wasn’t the intense orgasm I gave you?”

I turned to sit on the edge of the bed and set my feet on the floor. A mistake, because I was suddenly at eye-level with the prominent erection bowing out the zipper to his pants. Pants that were opened a little where he’d unsnapped them. I couldn’t contain my shudder as I recalled what his cock had felt like filling me. I raised my gaze to his as I reached for the glass.

“That might have had something to do with it.” I wasn’t mean, I’d give him that at least. “Coupled with a long day at the shop.” I rose to my feet in front of him. “I would have helped you with the dishes.”

Cody took my hand and began to pull me toward another area of the house. “I wanted you rested up for the main course.”

I laughed softly and let him lead me to the couch. “I take it the main course isn’t going to take place in bed?” There was no reason to pretend that our evening wasn’t going to end with sex, because that’s exactly what we both wanted.

He emitted a sound between a grunt and a laugh. “We’re going to end up in my bed eventually, baby.”

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