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didn’t mean—I should never have—”
    But he caught her and held her right where she was. “It’s fine,” he assured her. “More than fine,” he added truthfully. “I’m…looking forward to it.”
    And there was an understatement for you.
    But Anny didn’t look convinced. “I never thought—”
    He shook his head. “Now’s not the time to think.”
    He tugged her panties down her endless legs, then stripped his boxers off as well. Her gaze went at once to his erection. She swallowed, then reached out a hand to stroke him.
    “Wait. Hang on.” He was gritting his teeth as he reached down to snag his jeans and pull a condom packet from his wallet. With clumsy fingers he sheathed himself quickly, then settled between her thighs.
    He wanted to simply dive in, to lose himself in her heat and her softness. But he knew better, knew that as much as he wanted this, really it was for her. And so he forced himself to slow down, to draw a line from her navel south, dipping his fingers between her thighs, watching as her eyes widened and her breath caught in her throat.
    She was damp, ready. Her body moved restlessly as his fingers probed her. She bit her lip and her fingers knotted in the bed clothes. Her breaths were quick and shallow. His were, too. He was dying with need, but still he waited, touched. Stroked.
    And then suddenly Anny ground her teeth and reached for him. “Yes! Now. I need—” The words caught in her throat. She tossed her head.
    “What do you need?” Demetrios could barely get his own words past his lips. His voice was as strained an desperate as his body felt.
    “Need…you!”
    No more than he needed her. He’d reached the end of his endurance, and now he drove into her, felt her stiffen, heard her gasp.
    His whole body froze. She couldn’t be! Surely she wasn’t a virgin! For God’s sake! Why on earth would she have thrown her virginity away on one night with him?
    It didn’t make sense. He couldn’t think. He could only feel. And want. Still. Then she shifted her body, accommodated him, settled against the mattress and dug her heels into his buttocks, driving him deeper.
    He groaned. He had to be wrong. Of course he was wrong. But he tried to move slowly, carefully, to control his desperation.
    But Anny’s fingers gripped his shoulders. “It’s all right,” Anny said fiercely through her teeth. “It’s all right,” she said again when he still didn’t move.
    “You’re sure? You’re not—I thought you were—” But then she moved beneath him, her body seducing him, driving him insane, shattering the last of his control.
    His world splintered as he buried himself inside her. He knew he had left her behind. He had failed.
    “Oh!” There was a sudden delighted breathlessness in her voice that made Demetrios lift his head to stare at her.
    “Oh?” he echoed warily.
    Her face seemed to light up. “It was…wonderful.” She was smiling at him. Even in the dim glow of the streetlamp beyond the window he could see her beaming. He didn’t understand it at all.
    “It wasn’t wonderful,” he told her abruptly.
    Her smile vanished. “I’m sorry. I thought you…”
    “I did. Obviously. And it was amazing for me,” he assured her. “Absolutely.” Mind-blowing in fact. “But that doesn’t excuse my lack of control.”
    She smiled and touched a hand to his arm. “I…liked your…lack of control.”
    He stared at her. She liked it? He gave a quick disbelieving shake of his head. “I don’t see why,” he muttered.
    “Because…because…” But she couldn’t explain it. It wassimply enough to know that he’d wanted her, had lost himself in her. “You made me happy,” she told him.
    “Yeah?” He still couldn’t quite fathom that. “I’ll make you happier,” he vowed.
    And he set about doing just that.
    If their first lovemaking had been short and, for him, desperate, this time Demetrios had considerably more finesse. More control. He kissed her thoroughly,