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I had no idea what I was missing. I thrust right through the thin barrier I had no idea would be there. The rush that had followed had been like nothing I’d ever experienced in my life. Just thinking about how I was the only man who’d ever been with her was already draining the blood back to my cock.
I wanted her again. Now. But that was a bad idea.
Raven’s chest rose and fell against me, the cadence growing steadier by the moment, but she wasn’t asleep. I could almost feel the breeze from the thought cyclone whirling around in her head.
“What are you thinking about?”
There’s a first time for everything. Today, conversation after sex. Tomorrow, movie date with Lorenzo.
She laughed. “Did you know the human body burns about five calories a minute during sex?”
“I didn’t know that.”
“And it’s been proven that sex can boost recall skills and activate the part of the brain that’s associated with learning.”
“Are you trying to find reasons to not regret sleeping with me?” I played it out as a light joke, but I waited to hear what she would say.
“No.” She laughed. “I always thought people kind of just fell asleep, exhausted, after sex, but I’m not tired. My brain feels like it’s going a hundred miles a minute, but all it can come up with is useless sex facts.”
A grin quirked my mouth upward. “Did you know the combined scents of lavender and pumpkin pie are a major aphrodisiac for men?”
“Seriously?” she asked, drawing circles down my pecs with one finger.
“Cosmosaid it, so it must be true, right?”
Her finger paused. “You readCosmo?”
I could imagine the incredulous look on her face.
“Not exactly.”
I had an eye for detail. There was aCosmomagazine on Pisano’s desk, and it had Gino Pisano’s name on the mailing label. How many men subscribed to women’s magazines?
“I read that women prefer men who wear red,” she said and then yawned, fitting her body closer against me.
“And what are your thoughts on the matter?”
She shook her head sluggishly against me. “You look amazing in blue.”
“Then I guess it’s like I said, you’renotlike most women.”
“I hope not,” she said, but her words came out slow and quiet.
I stayed still for a minute, listening as her breathing settled into the even rhythm of sleep. It would be quite a while before my high started to wane. I was so hopped up, hooked,addictedI might never be able to sleep again.
I waited another minute, then shifted out from under her as carefully as I could and stood up, tearing my gaze away from Raven nestled peacefully on my Mahal rug. If I glanced at her, that would be it. I’d be hilt-deep inside her in two seconds flat.
I threw on my pants and left the room. I made my way across the house to the open doorway that led to the basement and the gym I had set up there. It wasn’t often I had this much pent-up energy after sex.
Down the winding maple wood staircase, I crossed the black mat-covered floor to the punching bag suspended from the ceiling on the other side of the room and started my session. I focused on the windup, the bunch of muscles across my back, and threw everything I had into each punch, slamming my fist into the stiff leather.
What had Raven been thinking? Her virginity had been a high price to pay in whatever game she was playing. Was this an angle I couldn’t calculate?
I cocked back and threw my fist into the bag again, and then again.
It made absolutely no sense. If she’d heard about me in the tabloids, then she was aware of my reputation. The minute I’d fucked her, I’d be done with her. I did not come back for seconds.What am I missing?
My muscles started to burn as I pounded the bag relentlessly. Every punch traveled up my fist and shot through my arm like a jolt of electricity. Sweat trickled down my nape, slipping down the damp flesh of my back.
