thinking. Every instinct in her body wanted to suspend the reasoning side of her nature tonight and allow the senses to assume full control.
Once again she stroked her fingertips across his shoul-
ders, hardly touching the bare, tanned skin. It wasn't too late, a small voice advised in her head, Josh hadn't awakened. She could slip back out of his bed and return to her own, leaving him none the wiser and herself with nothing to explain in the morning. It was undoubtedly what she should do, she thought, trying to give some attention to the voice of common sense. And there was still time.
Halfheartedly but nevertheless with deliberate intent, Reva removed her hand from Josh's back and pulled her toe away from where it touched his leg. She would only live to regret it if she stayed here tonight, she told herself.
But even as she gently slid her foot back toward the edge of the bed the decision was taken out of her hands. With a compellingly purposeful movement, Josh's leg snaked out and found her retreating ankle.
Reva gave a small, surprised gasp as she felt him anchor her foot firmly to the bed. Had it been an accidental move in his sleep? She continued to try edging away but his broad shoulders rose, blocking out her view of distant city lights, and then he was leaning over her, his arms somehow trapping her as he put his hands on either side of her body. She couldn't read his expression.
"Josh?" she whispered, staring wide eyed up into his face. The golden lion gaze blazed down at her but there was no answer. Instead, he bent his head to take her lips in a devastating kiss that seemed composed of equal parts of savagery and tenderness. A kiss that contained the essence of the man, Reva thought distantly even as she succumbed to its impact.
Any last thoughts of trying to make it safely back to her own bed disappeared completely as the basic, feminine core of Reva accepted the fact that this time there was no escape. Josh's large, powerful body settled heavily across
hers, holding her in a sensual, erotic cage that permitted no possibility of retreat.
"My God! You weigh a ton!" Reva whispered breathlessly. "I'd forgotten. How could I have forgotten?" Her arms wound around his neck, seeking to know the full heaviness of him. For some reason his sheer weight and strength were a powerful summons to her responses. It was as if her body craved the overwhelming virility of him above all the other pleasures of the world.
With small, husky moans, Reva returned the passionate embrace, parting her lips when his tongue demanded entrance, arching her soft breasts against his chest, trembling with each new touch of his possessive, probing fingers.
Still he said nothing and Reva heard herself uttering the few coherent words that were spoken, telling him of her need, of her joy in him, and of her desires. When he shifted his body momentarily, she thought he was abandoning the embrace and cried out in protest but a few seconds later she felt his hard, tantalizing fingers find the opening of her robe, pushing it off her shoulders. Her nightgown soon followed and she lay fully nude beneath him. With hands that shook with desire Reva managed to strip the one garment he wore from his body.
With no barrier between them Josh once again closed the embrace until Reva was aware of him on every square inch of her body. She felt the hardness of his manhood and shivered in response. His mouth moved heatedly, moistly on hers and then sought out the delicate, vulnerable areas of her throat.
"Oh, yes, Josh," she gasped as the hair of his chest scraped roughly across her nipples, creating tiny tremors that soon hardened the tips of her breasts into two crests of desire. His strong fingers moved to reinforce the sensa-
tion, playing first gently and then with increasing urgency over her breasts until they settled at the sensitive nipples and concentrated on generating a fiery, clamoring need.
"Touch me, hold me, love me," Reva moaned over and
Once again she stroked her fingertips across his shoul-
ders, hardly touching the bare, tanned skin. It wasn't too late, a small voice advised in her head, Josh hadn't awakened. She could slip back out of his bed and return to her own, leaving him none the wiser and herself with nothing to explain in the morning. It was undoubtedly what she should do, she thought, trying to give some attention to the voice of common sense. And there was still time.
Halfheartedly but nevertheless with deliberate intent, Reva removed her hand from Josh's back and pulled her toe away from where it touched his leg. She would only live to regret it if she stayed here tonight, she told herself.
But even as she gently slid her foot back toward the edge of the bed the decision was taken out of her hands. With a compellingly purposeful movement, Josh's leg snaked out and found her retreating ankle.
Reva gave a small, surprised gasp as she felt him anchor her foot firmly to the bed. Had it been an accidental move in his sleep? She continued to try edging away but his broad shoulders rose, blocking out her view of distant city lights, and then he was leaning over her, his arms somehow trapping her as he put his hands on either side of her body. She couldn't read his expression.
"Josh?" she whispered, staring wide eyed up into his face. The golden lion gaze blazed down at her but there was no answer. Instead, he bent his head to take her lips in a devastating kiss that seemed composed of equal parts of savagery and tenderness. A kiss that contained the essence of the man, Reva thought distantly even as she succumbed to its impact.
Any last thoughts of trying to make it safely back to her own bed disappeared completely as the basic, feminine core of Reva accepted the fact that this time there was no escape. Josh's large, powerful body settled heavily across
hers, holding her in a sensual, erotic cage that permitted no possibility of retreat.
"My God! You weigh a ton!" Reva whispered breathlessly. "I'd forgotten. How could I have forgotten?" Her arms wound around his neck, seeking to know the full heaviness of him. For some reason his sheer weight and strength were a powerful summons to her responses. It was as if her body craved the overwhelming virility of him above all the other pleasures of the world.
With small, husky moans, Reva returned the passionate embrace, parting her lips when his tongue demanded entrance, arching her soft breasts against his chest, trembling with each new touch of his possessive, probing fingers.
Still he said nothing and Reva heard herself uttering the few coherent words that were spoken, telling him of her need, of her joy in him, and of her desires. When he shifted his body momentarily, she thought he was abandoning the embrace and cried out in protest but a few seconds later she felt his hard, tantalizing fingers find the opening of her robe, pushing it off her shoulders. Her nightgown soon followed and she lay fully nude beneath him. With hands that shook with desire Reva managed to strip the one garment he wore from his body.
With no barrier between them Josh once again closed the embrace until Reva was aware of him on every square inch of her body. She felt the hardness of his manhood and shivered in response. His mouth moved heatedly, moistly on hers and then sought out the delicate, vulnerable areas of her throat.
"Oh, yes, Josh," she gasped as the hair of his chest scraped roughly across her nipples, creating tiny tremors that soon hardened the tips of her breasts into two crests of desire. His strong fingers moved to reinforce the sensa-
tion, playing first gently and then with increasing urgency over her breasts until they settled at the sensitive nipples and concentrated on generating a fiery, clamoring need.
"Touch me, hold me, love me," Reva moaned over and
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