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over it and feel its texture, its strength and its heat.
Her gaze shifted to his face. As if he had read her
thoughts, he gave her a slow smile before moving
his completely naked body toward the bed.
Taylor inhaled a deep breath and whispered his
name the moment he placed one knee on the bed
and reached for her. She rose up and went into his
arms willingly, without haste, and the moment he
leaned over and captured her mouth, she knew she
was a goner. His mouth was hotter than before. It
ignited every cell in her body, causing low groans
to circulate in her throat, get caught in her lungs.
Then his mouth became demanding, excruciatingly
dominant in a way that made her stomach
clench. And when he suddenly pulled back, she
inhaled deeply before lifting her gaze to his.
He didn’t say anything. He simply reached out
and with a flick of his wrist, in one smooth move
he took off her gown and tossed it aside.
“Red is my favorite color and I liked it.” He
murmured the words against her throat, seconds
before she felt the gentle nip of his teeth, the lap of
his tongue and the sucking on the soft skin of her
neck. She knew what he had just done. He had put
a passion mark there, branding her as his. If there
ever was a man designed to make her a mother by
giving her a baby, he was.
“You’re beautiful.”
His words, spoken as a deep growl from his