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She leaned forward to draw him deep into her mouth, sucked lightly, and then paused to whisper, “I had no idea. I thought it was just a hoot to guys.”
“That too,” he admitted in a gruff whisper. He wound his fingers in her hair and pulled her back down onto his shaft.
She listened to his breathing quicken and changed positions slightly to lap at his balls. She adored him and liked everything about his body, the width of his shoulders, the flatness of his belly, and the musky scent of his desire. She thought him a perfect male specimen and enjoyed pleasing him with her hands and lips. She teased him too, her touch light and slow, and then hard and fast until, desperate to remain in control, he shoved her away.
“You are too damn good at that,” he vowed in a husky moan.
Rather than admit how thrilling a tutor Sam had been, she helped him remove her clothing with sufficient haste to keep them both on the sizzling edge of release. He fumbled with the condom, so she rolled it down for him. She straddled him then and slowly slid down his cock to take him deep. She rocked her hips to find the perfect fit, then rode him with a rolling insistence that quickly had him bucking beneath her.
He found the sweet spot where their bodies met and rubbed in time with her graceful lunges. Their eyes held through the mist of soaring rapture, but then neither could see nor hear but only feel the shattering descent into the utter madness of perfect bliss. Lost in their shared climax, Catherine collapsed in Luke’s arms, and too content to move, she welcomed sleep.
He fought to float with her, but his conscience speared him with anguishing doubts. He had again taken more than he had any right to ask and rather than pleasant dreams, he lay on a bed of his own sharply whittled spikes. That he needed Catherine’s intoxicating affection so badly made him want to shout and curse; but unable to murmur even the softest word of endearment, he lay awash in a painful pool of regret.
The sweet sound of guitars gradually invaded Catherine’s dreams. Enchanted by the stirring music, she yawned lazily and stretched, then recognized the contours of Luke’s muscular body and rolled to his side. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to crush you.”
“Hush. You don’t weigh enough to crush me, and your skin is so soft it feels incredibly good against mine. I’m sorry the mariachis woke you.”
Half expecting to find them in the room, she sat up and looked around. “I thought it was the radio, but they’re live, aren’t they?”
“Sure are. Someone must be serenading his lady love.”
“How wonderfully romantic, but I have to see who it is.” She pushed herself to her feet, felt dizzy and swayed a bit, but made it to the front window.
“They’re across the street and up a way. Their black suits melt into the shadows, but I can see the silver buttons on their trousers in the moonlight. They’re in front of Joyce’s house. Do you suppose Shane sent them?”
Luke propped his head on his hand to improve his view. She was silhouetted against the moonlight, and her gently rounded figure was as exquisitely beautiful as any marble goddess gracing the world’s finest museums. When he could catch his breath, he gave a low appreciative whistle.
“Maybe, but I sure hope he was smart enough to come along.”
She remained at the window for a long moment. She couldn’t catch the words of the mariachis’ song, but the haunting melody tugged at her heart. “He was smart enough not to give up, which ought to count for quite a bit.”
She came back to him and offered him a hand up. “I have strawberries for dessert if you like.”
He took her hand but rose only as far as his knees and nuzzled her soft, silken bush. He gripped her thighs lightly and licked. “You taste better than strawberries. Do you like this?”
She rested a leg over his shoulder to invite more. “You know I do. Don’t make me beg.”
“Never,” he promised, and he lost himself in pleasuring her while the mariachis strummed their love songs on her neighbor’s lawn.
She slid her hands through his hair to hold on, but his tender invasion made it difficult to stand. He slipped two fingers inside her to deepen the thrill, and she angled her hips to press against his mouth. She tried to remember to breathe, but his delicious tonguing made coherent thought impossible. Then, with a sweet, gasping moan, she found paradise again in his arms.
After midnight, they fed each other plump strawberries and, still sticky with the juice, fell into her bed and made love again. She kissed him good-bye when he left for home before dawn, and, drugged with his good loving, she didn’t wake again until mid-morning.
Smoky was asleep on the foot of her bed, and thinking Luke must have let him in, she sat up to cuddle her pet. Her stomach then objected so violently to being jerked upright that she barely made it to the bathroom before becoming ill.
After the last painful retch, she sat on the floor and leaned back against the cool porcelain bathtub. Smoky had followed her into the bathroom, and she raised a shaky hand to tickle his ears. “Just give me a minute, fella, and I’ll serve your breakfast.”
Yet the mere thought of cat food sent her stomach into another heaving flurry. She was never sick and couldn’t understand why she was so ill now. She’d baked the chicken thoroughly, but perhaps she hadn’t rinsed the strawberries as carefully as she should have. Of course, Luke was a terrible distraction, but she refused to blame him for the carelessness that must have caused her illness.
She hoped he hadn’t spent the morning with his head in a toilet, but she didn’t feel up to calling him to inquire as to his health. Instead, she stretched out on the bathroom floor and closed her eyes. Smoky nudged her arm, and satisfied she would stay put, he lay down beside her.
When she awoke from a brief nap, she felt well enough to stand and brush her teeth. She splashed water on her face and ran a quick comb through her hair. She stared into the mirror above the sink and decided she still looked a bit green, but perhaps she’d merely become overtired.
When the queasiness suddenly returned, she sank down on the edge of the tub and attempted to ignore Smoky’s insistent meow. She had to rest before risking a trip downstairs to the kitchen. Once there, she held her breath as she opened the can of cat food, but the aroma of tuna got to her anyway, and she vomited in the sink.
She made it back to bed with a wobbly, lurching gait and didn’t awaken again until noon. Fearing the nausea would return, she rose slowly, but after taking a moment to assess the situation, she felt fine. Certain Joyce would come by soon, she made her bed and opened her lingerie drawer to grab underwear.
She kept her personal calendar in that drawer, and the birth control pills she’d yet to resume taking. Her period wasn’t due for another couple of days, but a quick count revealed she and Luke had made love for the first time at the exact mid-point in her cycle. It had been the optimum time to conceive, but Luke had been so careful to protect her, she refused to believe that she’d been hit with a bout of morning sickness.
