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Slowly Whip eased beneath the blankets, breathing deeply of warm, woman-scented air.
I would love to kiss those sweet breasts, but I shouldn’t wake her.
Even as Whip told himself that Sha
Silk and lace lay warmly beneath, shocking in their femininity after the man’s shirt.
What the hell…! Where did she get this?
Long fingers untied silk bows one by one. But it was Whip’s mouth rather than his hands that moved the silk aside, discovering the even softer silk of Sha
Sha
Whip hesitated and asked very softly. «Sha
Her only answer was a sigh. Except for the subtle tightening of her nipples beneath his lips, her body was still completely relaxed, trusting him in a way no one ever had.
Even himself.
Honey girl, how am I going to live without you?
His tongue touched the tip of each breast. The velvety hardness of Sha
Sha
Don’t wake up yet, sweet woman. Let me taste your dreams.
Long fingers found and unfastened Sha
«It’s just me, honey girl,» he murmured against her ear.
Sha
He lay very still, trying to slow the savage hammering of his heart that had begun when his fingers encountered the silky underwear. He wanted to look at Sha
But he wanted to touch her sleeping dreams even more.
Whip knew if he cast off the covers so that the swelling light of dawn could bathe Sha
Sha
Her sensuous response consumed Whip as softly and completely as he was consuming her. The world became infused with heat and the elemental perfume of a woman’s desire.
Honey girl, Whip groaned silently. God, I could die trying to get enough of you.
A tiny, shuddering sound escaped Sha
He answered with a silky movement of his mouth and her name whispered into the seething darkness beneath the blankets.
For a time Sha
Whip felt the difference in the tension of Sha
Sweat bathed Whip from his forehead to the soles of his feet. He wanted to be within Sha
He didn’t know that he had called her name in his need, until her hands buried themselves in his hair and tugged at him, pulling him back up her body. As he moved, her hands went to his shirt, his pants, unfastening everything, seeking him blindly.
Whip captured Sha
«Whip…?» she murmured questioningly, moving her hips, trying to capture him.
«No, honey girl. Not that way.»
«Why?» she murmured, eyes closed.
«I don’t trust myself not to get you pregnant.»
Sha
«Yesterday and the day before —» she began.
«And the day before that,» Whip interrupted tautly. «Each day is closer to the time when you’re fertile.»
«But from what you said, it should be safe for at least five days, maybe more.»
Whip’s breath hissed out through his teeth.
«Should be isn’t good enough,» he said flatly. «You’re too damned addictive, honey girl. Each time I slide into you I want you more. Deeper. Hotter. Harder. I can’t trust myself to hold back long enough to protect you. Hell, I’m all but out of control right now, just thinking about how it is when we’re locked together.»
Sha
«I love feeling your pleasure so deep inside me,» she said, moving slowly against him. «I love feeling the weight and strength of you. I love the feel of your hunger in my hands, in my body.»
«Sha
Then he could say no more, for she had moved suddenly. His hot, sensitive flesh was sliding against the entrance to her sultry core.
«I love you, Whip. Love me in the only way you can, for whatever time we have left.»
With a sound of a man in torment, Whip allowed Sha
Then Whip felt the butterfly wings of Sha
* * *
THE second time Sha
«I’m going up to see how Reno is doing,» Whip said tightly. «Then I’ll go with you back to the cabin.»
«And then?» Sha
«Then I’ll come back and help Reno.»
«He didn’t look like he needed any help.»
«The sooner he finds gold, the safer you’ll be,» Whip said.
«Safer?»
«The sooner I leave, the less chance there is of making you pregnant,» Whip said savagely.
«I see.»
«I shouldn’t have taken you!»
«You didn’t,» she retorted. «I took you.»
Whip’s mouth flattened. «Either way, honey girl, only one of us will get pregnant.»
«Do tell.»
«I’m trying, but you aren’t listening. I can’t keep my pants fastened around you and I’m damned if I’ll be tied down, so —»
«You’ll leave as soon as you can,» Sha
«Be ready to leave by the time the sun is full overhead,» Whip said.
He turned and stalked off. Prettyface followed, only to be sent back to Sha
Whip took the trail to Rifle Sight claim with long, punishing strides. He hoped it would take the starch out of his relentless hunger for the girl with autumn hair and eyes as deep as the mountain sky.
But he knew it wouldn’t.
Nothing could compete with Sha