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Then he smiled and she bundled her fear to the back of her mind and told herself everything would be okay.

CHAPTER SEVEN

NOAHTRACEDHISfinger from Ilsa’s bare shoulder, down her arm. The rest of her body was covered by the sheet she’d tucked beneath her arm.

Her tiny shiver of response was echoed by the look in her drowsy eyes.

Strange that such a sensuous woman, a woman who’d brazenly marched into his office wearing no underwear, should be so modest about covering her beautiful body.

But then she didn’t make a habit of parading half-naked for other men. She’d been a virgin.

Questions crammed his brain. And regrets. He’d put her slightly clumsy kisses down to rampant enthusiasm, not inexperience. Should he have realised sooner?

Not when she’d pressed that hot body to his and purred her pleasure in his ear. The sounds she’d made when he took her breasts in his hands and mouth had driven him wild. And the feel of her reaching her pinnacle around him, the sight of her eyes blazing silver with ecstasy, had blasted the last of his control to smithereens.

‘What are you thinking?’ Noah looked up to find Ilsa’s sleepy eyes on him. ‘You look serious.’

‘Just wondering if I should have taken more time and showed more finesse.’

Her mouth twitched at the corners and heat stirred in his groin. Again. He only had to look at her to want her.

‘I thought you showed incredible finesse. We barely slopped any water out of the bath. Even though it’s big enough for two we were both rather...enthusiastic.’

The twitch of her lips became a siren’s smile and Noah let out a pent-up sigh. He’d spent the last half hour trying not to think about sex with Ilsa and failing miserably. It had been an eventful couple of hours and he should give her time to recuperate. He’d only joined her in the bed because she’d wrapped her arms around him and refused to let him go when he carried her from the bath.

‘I was talking about the first time. In the study.’

‘You didn’t like doing it on the desk?’ Her brow furrowed. ‘I thought—’ She bit off the words and her gaze slid away.

Noah reached out, cupping her cheek and turning her head so she met his eyes. ‘Of course I liked it. I can’t remember being so turned on in my life.’

‘Really?’ Her eyes sparkled.

She had no idea. ‘You’re a very sexy woman, Ilsa.’ He remembered her challenging stare as she locked the door and the blast of shock when he discovered she was naked under that flimsy blue dress. His groin grew heavy and tight. ‘I wanted you so much I was scared I’d come to grief just putting the condom on.’

Her mouth curved again in a smile that made him think of a cat licking cream. She looked pleased, gloating even.

‘I’m glad. I wasn’t sure if you’d like it.’

Noah shook his head. ‘I like everything you do. But I’d have taken it slower that first time. Been gentler.’

Her smile faded. ‘Because I was inexperienced?’ She inhaled slowly and he had the impression she was gathering herself. ‘Did it make much of a difference? To your pleasure, I mean.’

His pulse tripped as he read doubt in her eyes.

Noah shook his head, sliding his hand into her hair and allowing himself one taste of her warm lips, slow and easy and inevitably arousing. It was an effort to pull back, especially when she kissed him back so sweetly.

‘You have to be kidding.’ She reallywasan innocent. ‘I wasn’t worried about my pleasure, but yours. For me it was fantastic. Exciting. Exquisite.’

Shewas exquisite. The tight, slick heat of her body, that impossibly snug embrace and the wonder in her eyes...

He shuddered, erection stirring.

That had to be why it felt so special. Because Ilsa had been a virgin, allowing Noah to be her first lover. That was sure to fire any man’s libido. When coupled with her gorgeous body and her hoarse, sensual cries of delight, was it any wonder the experience felt extraordinary?

‘I’m glad. I thought so too.’ She lifted her hand to his collarbone, tracing a languid line down his pectoral muscle.

Pleasure jolted through him and he struggled for a distraction, something to stop him using Ilsa’s body again so soon when she might need time to recuperate.

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