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brassiere in the back. Like her dress, that, too, fell from her body to the floor. The wonder and worship etched in his face as he admired her bare breasts for the first time was like that on a poet in the presence of his muse. He could’ve wept at the sight of her.
    “I hope they please you.”
    Aidan shifted his gaze back to Beth’s face. The uncertainty in her eyes was like a dagger to his heart. It made him want to tell her adamantly and often how beautiful she was, how there would never be another woman for him.
    “You’re perfect.” Aidan reunited their lips, settling his hands on her hips and touching the silk that gathered there softly. When he felt her relax, he brushed them up along her stomach and traced her ribcage, pausing briefly as he neared his destination.
    With a reverent sweep of his hands, he moved up over her breasts. Beth gasped and arched her back, pushing herself into his palms, hijacking his original plan of taking things slow.
    Aidan closed his eyes as he massaged her, reveling in the feel of her soft flesh and tight nipples in his eager yet tender hands. Beth fueled his arousal by undulating against him. Her fingernails dug into his back as she hung onto him. He took her nipples between his forefingers and thumbs and rubbed gently. Her lips fell from his. Her body trembled.
    “Oh, that feels so good,” she murmured.
    Aidan shuddered as her hands floated from his shoulders down to his chest and stomach, stopping just above his jeans. Then, in an instant, her palm pressed to his erection over the denim.
    Aidan groaned and flexed his hips forward as Beth moved her hand along the length of him. Base to tip, up and down… stroking, pushing… harder… faster…
    A familiar sensation gripped him and began building.
    Building…
    With a sharp intake of breath, Aidan tore his lips from hers and launched backward, colliding with the wall.
    Beth scrambled to pull the straps of her slip over her shoulders. “Oh, gosh, did I hurt you? I’m so sorry!”
    Aidan rested the back of his head against the wall and closed his eyes. At the recollection of her touch, his erection twitched, as if protesting his decision to stop her so close to his release.
    “No, baby,” he said through ragged breaths. “You didn’t hurt me.”
    “Tell me how to pleasure you that way,” she begged. “I was told it can be very stimulating for a man if done right, and I want nothing more than to please you.”
    Aidan cracked open his eyelids and regarded her curiously. Who had schooled her on that information? “I don’t want you to feel like you have to do that just because someone told you it’s what you should do.”
    Beth took an imploring step toward him. “At least tell me what I did wrong. I obviously made some sort of mistake…”
    Aidan shook his head. “You did nothing wrong.”
    She looked at him as if he’d sprouted two heads. “Then why did you stop me?”
    Abandoning etiquette, he spoke the truth bluntly. “Because I was going to finish.”
    The smile that crossed her face was brighter than the sun. “You mean, like, an orgasm?”
    Aidan couldn’t help but chuckle. “Yes, an orgasm.”
    “But isn’t that a good thing?”
    He suppressed a groan. She had no idea.
    “Yeah, but now’s not the right time.” He cringed. Were those words really coming from his mouth? And he thought stopping them in her bedroom on Thanksgiving had been difficult.
    “I want you to have an orgasm.” There was a pleading tone in her voice.
    Aidan shook his head again. “It’s not right when I can’t reciprocate.”
    “What do you mean? You were touching my breasts…” Beth’s face reddened. “Oh, I see.” She lowered her gaze. “I’m sorry. I want you to know, though, I’m working on becoming more comfortable with you touching me… down there.”
    “Beth, you have nothing to apologize for, and you gotta stop asking if you please me, or what you can do to please me.”
    She frowned. “I just don’t want