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From my steampunk work-in-progress:
Bennett clenched his teeth to keep from moaning out loud. If she continued down this path, control would surely loosen from his grasp.
Then her palm was on his stomach again. It rested there briefly before slowly inching its way down. It slid over his belly button and was almost to the blanket.
He had to stop her!
Bennett reached out and snatched her. Ignoring her gasp, he pulled her on top of him.
Her face hung over his, eyes wide.
“Yet again you play a dangerous game, Ella.”
She grinned. “You weren’t asleep.”
“No.”
“And so you were testing me to see how far I would go.”
Her body, even clothed, was divine atop his. He resisted the urge to bury his fingers in her hair and yank her lips to his.
“Perhaps I was.”
She raised an eyebrow. “And reaching below the blanket was too far?”
He wanted it more than anything in the world. He wanted her hands on him, her mouth on him, her body to envelope him.
But where would that lead? Ella would want him to marry her. And that would be a mistake of gigantic proportions.
Reluctantly, he rolled her off him.
She didn’t pout. “I’m surprised you wanted me off of you after what I could feel down there.”
Yes, his body clearly wanted her. His common sense told him something else.
“You need to go, Ella.”
It was very good, you kept tension the entire time and I enjoyed the read.
