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some sense of her feelings about what she d just said. Why now? Why all of a sudden, he wondered. If he d
known all it would take to get her to offer herself to him was putting a little pressure on her physically,
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then he d ve done it months ago. What prompted this? he couldn t keep himself from asking, finding no
answers in her clear, hazel eyes.
She couldn t hold his gaze, coloring delicately and trying to look down, but he wasn t going to let
her get away with that. He wanted to know why, and his finger wouldn t let her move her head down.
Maura, look at me. Her eyes melted into his again. I don t like having to repeat myself, woman.
Tell me why you ve all of a sudden decided that you want to sleep with me.
I didn t all of a sudden decide anything, she shot back, surprised to see him fight a smile.
She might be submissive, he mused, but she was no one s lap dog. He liked that. A submissive
with no fire, no independence, no spark of personality and individuality was of absolutely no interest to
him. He wanted a well-rounded person, with their own thoughts and opinions who was willing and able
to express them and not subjugate every molecule of themselves to him. Submission was that much
sweeter when his woman had to fight against herself to do so.
We ve known each other for what, almost six months? And we ve been dating for four or so? Isn t
it about time?
There s no such thing as about time , he growled, but then he couldn t believe he was arguing
against something he wanted so much he could taste it he dreamt about how she would feel beneath him
how that lustrous, creamy skin would look decorated with red, welted stripes if she would scream and
cry as he punished her or try to bear it stoically . . . his body tortured him with those thoughts and many
more explicit ones twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, and had been doing so since just after
they d started corresponding. She was everything he wanted, and he d known he had to have her for quite
some time.
But she was reticent, and Simon was not about to push her he was terrified of pushing her away
from him rather than towards him. So he d been patient. Hell, he groused in his mind. He d been a freakin
saint, barely ever kissing her; his mind discounted their incredibly hot goodnight kisses as expected. But
otherwise, he d been more of a gentleman with her than he d been with any other woman in his life except
his mother.
If he believed in it, he would have had to say it was love.
But he most expressly didn t, so he just chalked it up to the fact that he wanted her in bed, and
wasn t willing to take the chance of frightening her away by coming on too strong.
That was it. That was all it was certainly nothing more than that.
What made you decide all of a sudden that we should be together? My kiss just now?
Actually, I ve been thinking about it for a while a long while. I just haven t thought that the
time was right.
Simon barely kept himself from snorting. If he lived to be five thousand years old, he would never
understand the feminine tendency to determine that there were black and white, right and wrong times
for things in relation to the opposite sex. It was on the tip of his tongue to needle her a little, and ask what
she thought would be different about having sex with him now, as opposed to waiting a month, but he
wasn t about to give her any ideas in that direction.
And it s right now? he questioned carefully.
She was biting her lip. I think so.
His inquisitive attitude was making her wonder if he really wasn t interested in having sex with
her. Maybe she d misread his signals. It had been known to happen. Look, if you d rather not
No! He was awfully, uncomfortably close to yelling. In fact his vehemence made her reel back a
little. Simon softened his approach considerably. No, I m all for it. In fact, I have just the place in mind for
us. I ve been picturing you there since not long after we started talking. I think you ll love it. Unless you d
prefer that I come to your house instead. He figured she might want to be in a place that she was
comfortable.
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Maura was thinking she wanted to be on neutral territory, and she was distracted by the idea that
he had already been contemplating where they would make love the first time. It made her body tingle
that he d been thinking of her in that way for so long. Why do you think I ll like it?
She didn t seem to be much interested in having him come to her place, and that was fine with
him. Whatever worked for her. He d gotten to know her likes and dislikes pretty well in the past few
months, and he never missed a detail, cataloguing them in his steel-trap mind as faithfully as he organized
everything (and everyone) else in his life. Maura loved water. She loved baths, lakes, ponds, pools, and the
ocean. Any way she could get it, she wanted to be in it every time she could.
Because it s a place that has big suites with in-room, in-ground, private pools done up like
lagoons with lots of lush vegetation, and big four poster king-sized beds, with rails in the headboard that
work perfectly with restraints At her questioning, almost accusing, raised eyebrow look, he
backtracked a little, realizing how that must ve sounded to her. I ve been looking online for places for us
to go our first time that would be special. He raised his right hand as if swearing to God. I ve never taken
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