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you’re getting the point,” he said, pleased. Leaning close, he settled his stubbled face against my cheek, and I breathed him in, taking the scent that was Gabe into my bones.
    “Let me make you feel good.”
    “Yes.” The word came without thought.
    He was still dressed, and I didn’t care, my only thought centered on relief from the ache he’d caused and continued to stoke.
    He lay between my legs and dipped his head, his warm breath flowing over the apex of my thighs. I wanted to arch up but didn’t dare.
    Trust me, he’d said.
    Nobody had taken care of me. Everyone else’s needs always came prior to my own. But this man seemed wholly focused on me and my needs, I thought, as his tongue slid over me and a long shudder shook through me. He licked and stroked, first one outer lip, then the other, teasing me with circular laps of his tongue, surrounding the one spot that begged for attention.
    I gripped the headboard harder, holding on tightly, while he devoured every inch of me. Never had anyone lingered so long or groaned in such primal satisfaction at a job well done. He nibbled with his teeth, took long sweeps with his tongue, alternating them quickly and mercilessly until sensations collided, fighting for dominance. I climbed higher and higher still, his devoted attention to his task perfect, no place, no detail left out. My hips shook, and waves attacked me, rising but never peaking as Gabe kept me hanging, my climax so close yet just out of reach.
    I was soaked with my own juices and from him, and I didn’t care. He let out a low groan, and the vibrations skyrocketed through me, my sighs, moans, oh Gods echoing throughout the room. Stars flickered behind my eyes, and I was certain this was it, I was so ready to detonate, and the bastard eased off, changed pace, pulling me back down only to start all over again. Nobody had ever played me so thoroughly or so well.
    Without warning, he thrust not one finger but two inside me at the exact moment he latched on to my clit with his teeth. I screamed. He curved his fingers, somehow finding an elusive spot that brought me to exquisite heights, shattering me into pieces that scattered into the air. I lost track of time and place, wholly and utterly spent.
    I don’t know how long a time passed, only that I came to myself slowly, my breathing catching up with my mind, my mind with my body, until I was able to focus. Somehow I was wrapped in Gabe’s strong arms.
    I reached for him, finding his shirt and not his skin. “You’re still dressed,” I said, disappointed. I wanted to see his body, the muscles I’d only imagined, the hot skin beneath the clothes. But I hadn’t been given the pleasure of the view. I hadn’t felt him in my hands, nor had I experienced him inside my body.
    “I didn’t want to rush things.” He stared down at me, his expression more shuttered than before.
    My heart beat a rapid staccato, fear replacing contentment. I struggled to sit, to pull away. If he didn’t want me, what had that been about? Exposing me that way?
    “Relax.” His arms tightened, easing me back into him.
    I shook my head, rebelling against his control. “I don’t like these kind of games.” Sex games? Games for pleasure? I wouldn’t have thought I’d enjoy those, but he’d made me see that I could. But emotional games were something else, and he’d clearly pulled away, encasing himself in some sort of icy shell. This after making me melt all over him. That was just cruel.
    Tears filled my eyes, and mortification rushed through me. “Let me go.”
    “I want you,” he said, the words stilling my movements. “Maybe too much.”
    That caused a pain in my chest. “Explain.”
    His long silence frightened me, but since he wasn’t releasing his tight hold, I had no choice but to wait out his explanation.
    “I never have unprotected sex.”
    I wrinkled my nose. “I should hope not.” Understanding dawned. “You don’t have condoms?” Had he used them all