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His heart damn near exploded. “Good.”

She was laughing when their lips crashed together, and he tasted her joy.

He wanted to devour her in one bite as much as he wanted to take it slowly and savor every inch.

Jolie smiled into the kiss. “I want that, too. All of it. I want you, Ford. Every last inch.”

If her words hadn’t ignited a fire in his veins, he might have felt like a fool for not realizing he’d spoken aloud. “I’m all yours, Jolie.”

“I like the sound of that.”

And he liked the sound of her breathy voice, laden with desire.

And love. She loved him back.

He slipped his hands under her t-shirt and brushed over her soft skin. Up and up until his fingers touched her bra.

He didn’t bother holding in the groan as he brushed over the soft material, stopping at her nipples. They beaded instantly under his touch.

Jolie moaned and lifted her arms to whip her t-shirt over her head. Her purple bra had his pulse rocketing. Even in her underwear, his Jolie loved her colors. He wondered inanely if she had any bras with yellow duckies on them.

And then she shut down his brain when she reached behind to unsnap her bra and let it drop.

His tongue nearly rolled to the floor right along with it. “You’re gorgeous, Jolie. Inside and outside. Right now, I’m going to focus on this glorious outside.”

She laughed as he cupped her breasts and thumbed her nipples, fascinated by her reactions to his every move.

Her laughter turned into moans and then she purred deep in her throat and leaned into his touch.

Needing her all at once, he leaned down to tease one of those glorious nipples with his tongue while his hands got busy undoing her jeans and slipping them down her legs.

As always, they’d kicked off their boots in the mudroom, but he still needed to lift his head to help her slip out of her jeans and panties.

He knelt in front of her and let his eyes soak it all in. She was gloriously naked, and she was his.

His hands drifted up and down her legs and around to her ass. He looked up to find her watching him with eyes on fire. “Hang on to me, Jolie. I need to spend some time studying here. You’re so beautiful and I have so many questions. Questions I can only find answers to by experimenting.”

“Questions?”

He pressed his lips to her stomach. “I want to discover what you like.”

He licked his way to her belly button and dipped his tongue inside. “I want to know what makes you shiver.”

Her body responded to his suggestion, and he felt the shiver through his tongue and the hands where he gripped her ass.

He kissed his way down. “Where’s the best place to kiss to make you purr?”

Her hands dropped to his shoulders as she gasped. He smiled into his kiss as he moved lower still. “Spread those legs a little wider for me.”

She sucked in a breath and did as he asked, leaving him with the best view.

He looked up to find her gaze locked on him. Her breath stuttered. “Ford.”

He grinned. “Ready?”

She nodded, and he turned his attention back to his goal. Making her crazy with his tongue and watching her shatter as many times as he could.

He kissed her thighs, moving closer and closer to her center with every kiss. When her thighs trembled, he tightened his grip.