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Jeff began sipping gently on her nipple, and their conversation halted abruptly when Wren moaned. His mouth moved on to the hollow of her throat before covering the nipple of her breast again and then gliding over to gently tug and arouse the other. Jeff made sure he left no part of her body untouched.

Finally, he reached the soft sensitive skin of her inner thigh where he used his tongue and teeth to nip and tease. The tension built to an incredible degree and finally burst free.

She was trembling when his mouth quickly made its way back up her body, covering hers and cutting off the sound.

She ran her hands down his back and over his buttocks, urging him closer.

“Hurry Jeff,” she whispered. “You’re driving mecrazy.”

Although they hadn’t been making love so far for very long – he hadn’t taken nearly as much time as he’d intended – Jeff realized that he needed to be inside of her, thrusting into her with as much control as possible.

And when Wren arched upward, twisting and turning in response to her need, Jeff’s rhythm changed as he drove faster and harder. Just as she cried out, a shudder shook his body first before overtaking hers. And not wanting to disengage, Jeff dropped down gently on top of her.

Neither one of them spoke as Jeff finally moved, spooning Wren gently into his arms, holding her close.

“Bear with me,” he finally said softly. “It feels so good just to hold you.”

Wren cleared her throat. “I was just realizing too, how good it felt to be held.” He could hear the humor in her voice when she spoke again. “But you’d better be prepared for what I’m going to do to you, since it’s my turn next.”

Grinning, Jeff exaggeratedly groaned, realizing that all it had taken were her words to turn him on once again.

Chapter Thirty-Two

There was something intoxicating about waking up with Jeff in the morning, Wren decided, wrapping her arms around him once again.

“We should work out this morning,” Jeff muttered, his body turned away from hers. “But I feel like I’ve already had one.”

She laughed. “It was definitely an active night.”

He groaned, grinning as he turned to look into her eyes.

“Well, maybe I’ve got enough energy for one more round here in bed,” he murmured, covering her lips with his.

It had been a beautiful way to start the morning, she thought to herself an hour later. She’d realized that she’d rarely spent the night with the guys she’d dated, preferring to be alone.

And she’d never let anyone live with her. That had been the beginning of the end when Vin had claimed he’d been forced to move out of his apartment, even after Wren had loaned him some money to help pay the rent while he was in-between acting jobs because of the strike going on at the time. He’d hinted at moving in with her, and that must have been when he began freeloading at her beach house, while she was travelling cross-country on tour.

But everything was different with Jeff. And then there was the added bonus of actually being able tobeherself when she was with him.

Jeff had given her a tour of the entire house this morning, and now they were in the basement, having a short workout together.

“You had the basement dug out, you said?” she asked.

“It was only a cellar, and the foundation was needing a lot of shoring up anyway. And since the house was high above the shoreline, we were able to create the walkout that will eventually lead up to the kitchen deck as well as down to the pier.”

“You’ve managed to blend in the elements well with the rest of the house,” she said.

“It helps that Dad owns the lumberyard. He can get a hold of all types of reclaimed lumber from just about anywhere since he does a lot of restoration work in conjunction with local architects.”

She sighed, resting the hand weights she’d been using back on their rack. “I guess I’d better go upstairs first and shower and get dressed so we can head into the studio soon. I can’t believe we’re going to start recording the single on Monday.”

“I can’t believe I’m being trusted to handle the audio production,” he admitted.

“Why not?” she asked gently. “The orchestra mix was entirely your idea. Who better than you to put together the finished product. What I can’t believe is that they’re preparing to release it right away, and Mike is already promoting it as an electrifying single, unlike anything I’ve ever recorded.”

Jeff grinned. “You’d better get going then. I’ll wait until you’re finished since we don’t have time for any more…”

He seemed at a loss for words.

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