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“Close your eyes. Lie down.”

Grace lay on her back, open and trusting. Simplyallowing. Smooth lips over her mouth dispensed soothing kisses. Olivia’s tender mouth enfolded her nipples in a heated lock, making her arch under her caress in greedy pleasure. Trailing kisses all over her breasts, down the length of her torso and abdomen, on the inside of her thighs. Delighting in her exploration, Olivia lit her up from the inside out. Yet, even though pleasure radiated, and Grace was aching for that talented mouth to remain right where it was currently achieving miracles, she had one request.

“I want you with me. Please.”

“Yes.” Olivia kissed her swollen lips and glanced up long enough to flash a devastating smile. “In a minute, I will.”

No one ever said that to her. No one dared make her wait. The fact that Olivia so deliberately told her no, basically, and with that blazing smile, from between her legs, made her brain and other parts of her sizzle. It almost destroyed her on the spot, actually.

“I don’t think I have… a minute,” Grace told her through gritted teeth.

Olivia fixed her with tender eyes and that alluring grin on her wet lips. “You’re so beautiful. It’s okay, Grace. Relax. I’ve got you.”

Now… Now, she trembled. Grace had never even let herself dream of what Olivia was giving to her. Not just sex or pleasure. Not only a tremendous connection, the kind that scared her half to death and made her want to weep for joy at the same time. But this…It’s okay. I’ve got you.Reassuring words she normally told others. Nobody ever said them back to her because Grace always made damn sure that they knew she did not need or require this kind of thing. She was above it. Too hard, too strong. Invincible. Untouchable.Broken.

“Oh, God.”

Her mind emptied on a generous stroke of velvet tongue. Olivia lapped at her twitching center in exactly the right spot to almost make her scream. Grace gripped the sheets, her fingers clenching and unclenching reflexively. The muscles in her thighs quivered. She groaned.

“Let go,” her lover encouraged.

Even with such exquisite pleasure, even though every inch of her skin was on fire, and she burned to achieve release, Grace hovered on the edge, unable to do it. Orgasms always came easy for her. She never had any issue getting there, and more than once was usually the norm. But what Olivia was urging her to do now… It was something else altogether, and part of her still resisted it.

“I— I can’t,” she panted.

“Yes,” Olivia insisted in a whisper. “With me, you can.”

All she did was enter her softly with the tip of her tongue. In and out, gentle pressure. No need for any other stimulation or it would be forcing it, robbing her of choice. Olivia understood how to do this just right, with a steadying arm laced around her waist. To be held close and invited to trust like this... To believe it was safe to do it. Her words were more powerful than fear, the sensations too sweet to hold back. Grace closed her eyes and she let go.

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Olivia slid upwards to gather her trembling lover in her arms.

“I’m here.”

“Olivia,” Grace murmured in a husky whisper.

“Yes. Right here.”

She wrapped her arms tightly around her and simply held her in silence for a while. She had felt all that tension. Heard the single sob as Grace let go. She understood what it took to let herself fall wide open. And Dana would be pissed off... Because Olivia knew she was in love. Desperately and irrevocably in love with the mighty Grace Michaels, and so be it. Her friend was just a fleeting thought at this point. Only Grace mattered. The two of them together.

“Are you okay?”

“Yeah. I’m fine.”

“Sure?”

Blue eyes flashed, still glistening with a layer of tears. “Yes. But you tricked me.”

“What?” Olivia chuckled. “No, I certainly—”

“Thank you.” Grace held her gaze, fierce and tender at the same time. “Thank you, Olivia. I think I needed it.” And on these words, she took her mouthin a ferocious kiss.

Oh, Jesus!Startled at the renewed intensity, but definitely all for it, Olivia clung to her.

“You said you wanted to try it my way.”

Once again, mischievous and teasing. And apparently, dead serious all at the same time. Grace sounded like she was back on her A-game, and Olivia laughed in delight at the now gleam of challenge in her eyes.