He knelt on the bed at her feet and moved her legs apart before diving down to latch onto her already-wet pussy. Traci about bucked off the bed, the sensations were so amazing. He started with slow, long licks, but within seconds he was lapping her with gusto, sucking on her sensitive nub until she succumbed to her first orgasm at the hands of Sean Campbell. She said a short prayer in the hope that she had just experienced the first of a lifetime of orgasms with this man.

He looked down on her with a heated gaze. He was about to claim her when Traci panicked.

They needed protection. "Sean, I don't have any..."

Sean smiled a guilty smile. "Would it sound ungentlemanly of me if I told you I took a walk on my lunch hour today to the local drug store?"

Traci grinned. "Thank goodness. That doesn't sound ungentlemanly. It sounds responsible."

"Even though it proves I've had my eye on you all day, hoping this might happen?"

"All that proves is that I'm not the only one feeling this attraction between us and that makes me happy."

Sean leaned down to the floor and fumbled in the pocket of his Dockers and came out with several condoms. He threw all but one on the nightstand before he ripped the last one open. He slid the protection on his cock. Where he had been moving with careful deliberation before, Traci detected his control cracking as he stretched above her, holding himself on his elbows to keep from crushing her with his body.

Traci felt so connected to Sean when he took her outstretched hands in his and laced their fingers together first before piercing her core with a fast insertion of his cock. They each cried out at the sudden burst of pleasure. He withdrew slowly, but then crushed forward into her again and again, each time pressing a bit deeper... a bit harder ... until his pace was a steady, fast piston. As if the feel of him wasn't consuming her, the sounds and smells of their heated coupling surrounded them.

Traci's entire body was on high alert. She had never felt so joined to another human being as she did to Sean as they shared the intimate act of making love for the first time. They had started with wild abandon, but with each thrust inside her, it was as if Sean was touching her very soul.

She closed her eyes and focused on the pleasure of their coupling. He was hitting that magical spot inside her over and over. Her moans grew in intensity and Traci briefly worried if she should try to contain herself, not wanting to seem out of control. Sean recognized she was holding back.

"Traci, honey. Open your eyes for me. I want to watch you come."

Her eyes fluttered open and were met with Sean's steely grey eyes filled to the brim with emotion. He was as lost in their connection as she was. As their eyes connected, Sean changed the intensity of his thrusts, claiming her body—demanding her surrender to the moment. Traci stopped holding back and allowed the pleasure to consume her. Her loud cry as she came was met by the sound of the bed pounding in a hard rhythm against the headboard, treating her hotel neighbor to a soundtrack of sex.

Sean continued to plunge into her, extending the pleasure of her orgasm while immediately building her next one. The manly grunts from his exertion joined Traci's whimpers of pleasure. His eyes pierced her, surely as hard and deep as his stiff cock and turned this moment into the single most exciting of her life.

Without slowing, Sean grinned a mischievous grin. Traci had to ask. "What's so funny?"

Sean's thrusts were getting faster. He managed to choke out a reply. "Going... to the...

drugstore... for condoms... wasn't... the only... thing I did... on my lunch hour. Your presentation today... had me... so turned on. I confess... I had to go upstairs... and stroke one off. Thank God I did... or I wouldn't have lasted... thirty seconds tonight."

Traci conjured a picture of Sean, his large erection in his hand, stroking himself until jets of cum shot out. The feel of that cock as it claimed her body for the first time had her nearing her next release. His words excited her.

"So, maybe I should confess that I did the same thing last night... when I got to my room after our date. I couldn't stop thinking of you."

"Oh shit, that did it." With one long groan, Sean reached his climax. Traci had never seen a sexier sight than the man above her looking down on her with a look of completion. Tears sprang to her eyes when she realized she was leaving town in less than two days.

Dread of getting her heart trampled began to overshadow the intimacy she'd felt toward Sean just moments before. He rolled them to spoon and pulled her against his chest while he draped his leg over her to snuggle close. It felt damn good.

Traci reminded herself not to think of this affair as anything other than a fun and sexy romp with a really handsome guy she'd met while away. She wished she was the kind of woman who could say, “what happens in Chicago stays in Chicago.” There were so many good reasons she needed to protect her heart. Sean was on the rebound. She was the first woman he'd dated since he lost his wife. He lived in Chicago. She lived in Eagle’s Pass. Most importantly, Sean was vanilla. As lonely as she'd become the last year, she'd never even considered being part of a relationship that didn't include DD. She knew herself enough to know she wanted... no needed a dominant man to lead her—to hold her accountable. She highly doubted Sean was interested in that kind of relationship.

I sure as hell hope I know what I'm doing. I thought I got my heart broken at last year's conference. Leaving is going to be hard.

Sean closed the door with relief. When he'd called his mother-in-law, Beverly, a couple of days ago to ask if she could come pick up Ashley for a rare school-night sleep over, he'd expected the third degree. Maybe it had been the seriousness of his tone of voice or perhaps the rarity of his request. Whatever it was, he was relieved that both Ashley and Beverly hadn't pried into the reasons behind Sean's unusual request for a night away from his daughter. He had no doubt Ashley would blab the news to her grandma that her father was dating again, but selfishly, he was happy not to have to broach that subject himself.

There wasn’t much time to get a handle on the unexpected emotions he'd been struggling with since literally bumping into Traci only two days earlier. He walked to the small wet-bar and poured himself an early cocktail, hoping to settle his nerves enough to think more clearly.

Sean hadn't even been thinking about dating again when he'd met Traci, and yet she had him tied up in knots in just two short days. He was despondent over the fact that she'd be leaving the next day, and that made him angry at his own reaction. She was just supposed to be a fun distraction. Someone who could maybe get him off the sidelines of life to start thinking of something other than just work and his daughter.

His thoughts drifted to the night before. He'd had a semi-erection all day, unable to push aside the memories of their passionate time together. Surely Traci was as tired as he was today, having only slept in short spurts between making love and talking the night away. Reluctantly, he had relocated back to his suite when the sun was coming up to make sure he got home before Ashley realized he'd been gone over night.

Sean looked forward to tonight with equal measures of excitement and dread. He knew they were playing with fire by spending so much time together when neither of them was in a position to make this relationship be anything more than a fun fling. Regardless, the thought of spending the entire night with Traci in his arms had that semi-erection turning to rock. With a grin, he remembered burning through the small three-pack of condoms he'd bought with the hope of needing at least one. Today, he had gone to the drugstore again, this time to purchase a jumbo box of protection.

That wasn't exactly the action of a man expecting to say goodbye in less than twenty-four hours. His brain knew it was irrational to have such strong feelings for someone he'd just met— someone who lived thousands of miles away, to boot. Add to the mix their age difference and the fact that he doubted he could be the kind of HoH she was looking for, and he once again pondered how he was going to steer a course that wouldn't find either of them getting hurt.

Her tentative knock came five minutes early. He took a moment to shake off his doubts before opening the door. The sight of her made his breath catch. She'd dressed in perfectly snug jeans and a summer halter that showed off her toned and tan arms. The fabric pulled snuggly across her ample bust that he had enjoyed getting to know intimately the night before.