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Laughing, he said, “I generally need more than two minutes. In the meantime, I like all the other options. Although I had planned on asking you to go with me to line dancing at Jack’s tonight.”

Bea lifted her head with difficulty, given it felt as leaden with sexual satisfaction as the rest of her. Not trusting it to stay upright, she propped her chin on her curled fist so she could keep it in place as she regarded him. “That would require putting on clothes, right?”

He nodded, a smile on his lips. “Yes.”

She scrunched up her face. “Seems a shame?”

“Yes.” He leaned in and kissed her nose. “I couldn’t agree more.”

“So…how about…” She shifted, easing off him, shuddering a little as he slid free of her before settling on her side on the mattress facing him. “You go ditch that condom, I go pop some popcorn, and we watch TV and pet the cat for a while?”

“Mmm.” He inhaled deeply, the kind of inhalation that spoke of bone-deep content. “You had me at popcorn.”

Bea smiled and scrambled off the bed and to her feet. She went to reach for her clothes, as was her custom in front of a man she’d been intimate with only once, but then stopped herself. Nope. Screw it. He hadn’t seemed put off by her body prior to having sex with her, so she was damned if she was going to cover it up now.

Pie calories and all, this was her body. It carried her where she wanted to go, it performed complex tasks every day, it was strong and healthy. And she was done with wishing it was different.

“Meet you back here,” she said, looking over her shoulder.

“Uh-huh,” he agreed but didn’t move, obviously checking out her ass as she pulled aside the plastic concertinaed curtain and walked away. Bea made sure to put a little extra swing in her step.

“Tease,” he called after her.

“Pervert,” she replied, so freaking happy, she practically skipped.


Austin’s watch told him it was just after five the following morning as he woke in the best way it was possible for him to wake—wrapped around a soft, warm, naked woman. His nose was buried in the fluffy lightness of her hair, his arm was tucked around her waist, and his regular five a.m. boner was pressed into the soft cushion of her ass. Gentle light pushed in through the window over the sink as he lay cocooned in the smell of popcorn, clean hair, and dirty sex.

They’d done the wild thing twice more last night, burning up the sheets and scandalizing Princess, who looked at them like they were the animals. And he’d like nothing more than to go again—clearly, he was up for it—but he had to be at work in an hour, and he had to head out to the ranch for a clean uniform first.

After contemplating just slipping out and leaving Beatrice a note, Austin decided to wake her instead. He wasn’t sure how she was going to feel about this in the cold light of day—she seemed like the kind of woman who analyzed everything to within an inch of its life despite her protestations of turning over a new leaf—and he didn’t want her to think he’d freaked out and left.

“Beatriss, honey,” he murmured, nuzzling her neck, dropping a string of kisses down her nape, inhaling deeply, determined to take the scent of her neck with him wherever he went today.

“Mmm,” she murmured all low and sleepy, shifting against him, which caused a delicious jolt to his groin as her ass slid against his erection.

“I have to go,” he whispered as he continued to nuzzle the point where her neck sloped to her shoulder.

“No,” she muttered sleepily, her hand sliding up and anchoring around his neck, her fingers laced into the hair at his nape. “Don’t want you to go.”

Austin chuckled, more than happy with the possessive feel of her arm. He didn’t want to go, either. He never wanted to leave this bed. “I start work in an hour and I need to go home for a clean uniform first.”

“Stay for a bit longer,” she cajoled, snuggling back into him, rubbing her ass against his morning glory. “I have somewhere you can put that.”

His eyes fluttered closed, inhaling sharply at the delicious kind of torture. “There are no condoms left,” he said and smiled at her low, disapproving growl.

She rubbed against him some more. “That is a shame. I am exceptionally horny right now.”

Austin almost groaned out loud at her sleepy pronouncement. His dick surged. He could certainly relate. Glancing at his watch again, he did a quick calculation. There wasn’t time for the full smorgasbord his body craved, but maybe there was a way he could help her out. “Oh yeah?”

“Uh-huh,” she said on a sigh.

“How horny?” he asked, his lips trekking up the side of her neck as the hand on her belly moved south.

“Let’s just say I have a new appreciation for rabbits.” And then she murmured, “Mmm,” and arched her back as his hand crept lower and breathed, “Oh god,” as his fingers slid between her legs.

“How fast can you come, Beatrice?” Austin whispered in her ear.