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“You don’t. There’s nothing you could possibly say that would change how much I want you right now.”

With those words dying on his lips, Josh leaned down and kissed Kitty. He was tender at first, but soon, the blood rushing in her ears competed with the sound of the rain outside as his kiss turned more insistent and greedier. She gripped onto him, matching the rhythm of her tongue with his.

Josh ran his hands up and across her shoulders, dragging his fingers on the cotton of her T-shirt, the friction against her skin increasing her ache for more.Desperate to quell the feeling, she pressed her body into his, yearning to feel him against her. He was still damp and smelled delicious, like the outdoors.

Kitty circled her arms around his broad back, her fingertips on his muscles, trying to pull him into her body, to join the two of them together. In unison, Josh traced his hands down her back and found her buttocks, his large hands spreading across them. His hard length nudged against her, and the heat building between her legs thrummed in anticipation.

Releasing her slightly, one of his hands tangled into her hair, and he pulled it aside gently, exposing her neck. He snaked his tongue in a trail of slow and steady kisses down her shoulder, pulling the neck of her T-shirt aside so he could continue along her collarbone.

With a moan, Kitty urged him silently to just rip it off and consume her. Under his lips her skin had become a galaxy map of goosebumps, and as she tipped her head back, she reached down to take him into her hand.

Josh growled, a low guttural sound, as she touched him. His blond lashes did nothing to shield the desire lying within his eyes. He lifted his lips to meet hers, speaking soft words against them.

“If we do this, I’m all in. Are you sure?”

“I’ve never been more sure,” Kitty murmured.

She bit her bottom lip and touched his chest, savouring every hard muscle. Dragging her fingers down his hard abs, she found the scar below his waist, and she traced it slowly, enjoying how his skin jumped beneath her touch. She’d waited so long to do it.

“Why do I find this scar so sexy,” Kitty murmured, meeting his eyes.

“Goats aren’t all bad, then?” he asked, returning her gaze with a scorching one of his own.

“Not all bad,” Kitty whispered, smiling languorously.

With an intake of breath, Josh picked Kitty up and tipped her back on the bed. He hovered over her, the bronzed muscles in his arms and shoulders firing hard.

“That was sudden,” she giggled.

“I need to make sure you’re unhurt. As the closest thing to a doctor in the room, I’ll have to perform a thorough examination.”

Kitty grinned. “Go ahead,” she said, wondering where her boldness was coming from.

Josh leaned down and gently kissed her nose, then her lips, then her neck, inching up her T-shirt with every brush of his lips at her skin. When it skimmed her ribs, he looked down, and one of his eyebrows lifted.

“Interesting,” he said as he tugged lightly at the undies she wore.

“It was either that or go commando. I thought that might send the wrong message.” Kitty smiled up at him.

“Or just the right one,” Josh said as he moved down to kiss where the waistband met the concave of her hips. It washerskin’s turn to jump at his touch, and as he slowly drew the material down, stopping just above the junction of her thighs, Kitty thought she was going to explode.

“Josh,” she panted.

“Too soon?” he asked, teasing her skin with his tongue.

“No.” Kitty struggled to catch her breath. “Shit, I didn’t mean no to you, to this. I meant no, it’s not too soon. Oh crap, I’m babbling again, aren’t I?”

“Babble away. It’s gorgeous,” he said as he joined her on the crisp white pillow. “I’m almost ready to give you a clean bill of health, but I just need to check another couple of points before I can.” His eyebrow cocked and brought his lips to her neck again, but this time he slowly worked the pale blue T-shirt up to her ribs and over her head in one slick manoeuvre.

“You’ve done that before,” Kitty giggled, cursing her brain for resorting to humour in all the wrong places.

He looked at her, practically peeling her skin off with his intense gaze.“Not for a long time, and never to such a rich reward. You’re beautiful, Kitty. You’re everything.”

As Kitty fought to control her shallow breath, Josh’s eyes slid across her skin, taking in every curve. He leaned over and took one of her nipples into his mouth, his tongue brushing over its tip, sucking and flicking against its hardness, over and over. Kitty moaned and stretched under his lips.

Stroking an insistent path down her body, Josh’s returned his hand to the undies that lay crumpled at her hips. This time though, he didn’t stop. With his mouth still teasing at her nipple, he pushed them down gently, easing them lower, inch by inch, until he gave them one final tug. He lifted his foot and tucked it into the material, removing them completely.

Without a pause, Josh moved his hand to the top of her thighs and gently nudged her legs apart with the same foot, his thumb hovering over the aching bundle of nerves at her core. Kitty’s breath hitched in anticipation of his touch, and sweet torture overwhelmed her as he trailed a thumb across her clit and down to her centre.