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Then he shifted forward, rising up on his arms… and his body slid on top of mine.

“You’re still cold,” he murmured. “Let me make you warm.”

Our eyes locked, our mouths drawing even closer together. I could feel his breath on my face. The heat of his deliciously hard abdomen, pressed snugly against mine.

“For warmth then,” I breathed.

“Yes.”

“Lots of people cuddle to stay warm…”

His lips curled into a smirk, a split-second before they closed over mine. Then he was kissing me, with fire and passion. Parting my lips with his, as his jaw rotated slowly, sensuously, against mine.

Holy fuck.

It was just like before, only now we were alone. Alone and in bed. Beneath the blankets…

His tongue slid to meet mine, dancing softly between us. His kisses went from warm and sweet, to totally, totally hot.

Damn…

I found myself rolling against him. Parting my thighs, so he could grind his body between them. My sweatpants slipped some more, and I felt a rush of heat down there. I wasn’t wearing panties. It was just him and me.

“It’s just kissing,” I gasped, as his mouth went to my neck. He dragged it slowly downward, to chew on my shoulder. “Lots of people kiss…”

His hands found their way under my shirt, lifting it up and over. I helped him with his. Seconds later were chest to chest, warmth against warmth. My breasts felt like they were on fire.

God!

He kissed further down, eventually reaching my nipple. When his mouth closed wetly over it, I breathed his name.

“Holden…”

He nibbled, then bit down with just the right amount of pressure. I leapt up, arching my back. On my other side, his hand was already playing. His fingers twisting. Rolling…

And somewhere down between his legs, that bulge. Bigger now. Huge, even. It was rubbing even harder. Grinding against me.

I reached down and closed my hand over it.

Oh FUCK YES…

I felt his foot come up. It caught the crotch of my sweatpants and kicked down, shoving them to my ankles. I spread my legs wide for him. Grabbed his ass with both hands, as he found my already-drenched entrance and sank into me…

“Ohhhhhhhhh!”

He started pumping right away. Churning and thrusting and rolling his hips in a circle, every time he bottomed out in my pussy.

“It’s just sex…” I gasped, clawing him deeper. The muscles of his ass were two thrumming machines, rolling hard beneath his warm flesh. “Lots of people have sex…”

Holden rose up on his elbows just long enough to look me in the eye.

“Not like I do,” he said, before fucking me deep and hard.

Twelve

ANDREA

We fucked like animals, in the center of the boxing ring. Grunting and groaning. Sweating all over each other as we traded blows, like so many others who’d battled on this same stretch of ancient canvas… but in a much different way.