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She bit her lip just before the orgasm shot through her. She spasmed around me as I rode it out and followed her over the edge. I felt my cum filling her, warming her from the inside out. I loved the idea of filling her.

I wanted to hold her all night, but my arms were tired, so I slowly lowered her to the ground and helped her readjust her panties and her dress.

“That was—” Aria couldn’t seem to find the words.

“Incredible. It was incredible.” My heart still thumped wildly in my chest. This thing with her was bigger than just sex in the woods. I liked her, and I wanted to spend time with her in an actual bed. I wanted all the time in the world to explore her body and finally see her naked.

When she opened her mouth, I kissed her. “Don’t. Don’t say it was a mistake or that we shouldn’t have done it, or so-and-so wouldn’t approve.”

My mouth still hovering over hers, I continued. “It’s just you and me and what we’re feeling. No one else is allowed in. Okay?”

She nodded a little jerkily.

I wondered if she was feeling a little overwhelmed. I pulled on my pants and sat on the ground, tugging her to sit on my lap. I didn’t care about my suit pants. I didn’t care what anyone would think when we returned. But I was careful to keep her on my lap so she wouldn’t get dirty. She didn’t need to explain where she had been or what she was doing to anyone else.

I wrapped both arms loosely around her and was pleased when she leaned into me, her back to my chest.

“You said I can’t have any regrets.”

I nipped her shoulder. “Nope. None.”

“Then I don’t know what to say.”

It was a good sign she wasn’t leaving, that she’d relaxed in my arms. I didn’t get her in a bed, but we had a few moments to solidify things. “How do you feel when you’re with me?”

She let out a breath. “Excited. Happy.”

“That’s what you focus on—the good feelings.”

She smiled because we both knew they weren’t. Sometimes we disagreed, and I irritated her, but since we’d started having sex, things had changed.

“And I just go back to the reception like nothing happened?”

“Unless you want everyone to know we just fucked in the woods.”

She lifted her gaze to my face. “Do you always say what you’re thinking?”

I stroked her face. “I want to do that with you. I want you to trust me.”

She kissed me then, and I hoped that I’d made some progress with her. I couldn’t promise her forever, but I could give her a good time.

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Aria

Unless you want everyone to know we just fucked in the woods.

I trembled at the words he’d used to describe what happened between us. It had been raw, the most real thing I’d ever experienced. I loved letting go with him, exploring whatever this was. I felt alive for the first time in my life, and I didn’t want it to end. I didn’t want reality to come crashing down around us.

Breaking off the kiss, I moved to straddle him.

Finn lifted my skirt so that it didn’t drag on the ground and get dirty. He was always doing small things like that. It made me think he cared for me as more than just a lover.

He tipped his thighs so that I pressed harder against him. I could feel him stirring again beneath his zipper.

He kissed my neck and my chin. “How is it possible that I can want you again so soon?”

“You’re insatiable,” I teased.

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