Dancing Tides (140 page)

He
r
b
r
ea
th hit
c
h
e
d.

H
e
lik
e
d s
ee
i
n
g
th
a
t n
e
r
vous
f
li
c
k
e
r
in h
e
r
e
y
e
s,
g
ot a
k
i
c
k out of
fee
li
n
g
h
e
r
pulse
jump
a
t
the
p
r
osp
ec
t of
g
oi
n
g
to
b
e
d with him.

“Te
ll
y
ou
w
h
a
t,
w
h
y
do
n
’
t
w
e
t
a
ke
a
wa
lk.
I
’
ll t
a
k
e
y
ou on
a
tour
of
the
fa
r
m.
I
know
it
’
s
a
l
rea
d
y
d
ar
k outside
bu
t
—”

“
Sounds like
a
g
rea
t id
ea
,”
she
a
g
r
ee
d,
a
lmost too qui
c
k
l
y
.

H
e
c
hu
c
k
l
e
d.
“H
o
n
e
y
,
y
o
u look like
y
ou
’
d
’
v
e
a
g
re
e
d to m
ee
t the
d
e
vil hims
e
lf
inst
ea
d of
that
p
r
o
g
r
e
ssing
into the
b
e
d
r
oom.”

He
r
h
e
ar
t skidd
e
d in h
e
r
c
h
e
st. She
h
a
d to
r
e
e
l in h
e
r
e
motions b
e
c
a
use
she
kn
e
w
Co
r
d
wa
s no
w
h
e
r
e
n
e
a
r
r
ea
d
y
f
or
a
r
e
l
a
tionship. S
e
x
, L
o
r
d,
y
e
s, but he
wa
s
n
’
t
r
ea
d
y
f
o
r
a
n
y
thi
n
g
e
ls
e
.
A
nd th
a
t p
r
ompt
e
d the
q
u
e
stion.
W
a
s she
rea
d
y
f
or
the
“
just s
e
x
”
s
ce
n
ar
i
o
?
“N
ow
y
o
u
’r
e
rea
di
n
g
m
y
mind
?
”

H
e
fe
lt h
e
r
b
r
istle
a
nd
a
d
d
e
d,
“I’m reading your b
o
d
y
l
a
n
g
u
a
g
e
. C
o
me
on.”
H
e
u
r
g
e
d h
e
r
up
a
nd out of
the
c
h
a
i
r
.
“Y
ou like
a
nim
a
ls
so
we’
ll st
ar
t in the
b
ar
n
.
”

“Y
ou nibble
on
m
y
lips,
g
e
t me
a
ll
w
o
r
k
e
d up,
a
n
d no
w
, just like
th
a
t,
y
ou
wa
nt to show me
c
o
w
s
?
”

H
e
g
r
inn
e
d
a
s
h
e
g
r
a
bb
e
d
a
f
l
a
shli
g
ht
f
r
om the
kit
c
h
e
n d
ra
w
er
.
“
W
h
a
t
I
’
d like
to show
y
o
u n
e
ith
e
r
one
of
us is
r
ea
d
y
f
or
so
w
e
n
e
e
d to
f
i
nd som
e
thing
e
lse
to do.”
H
e
b
r
o
u
g
ht h
e
r
h
a
nd up to his lips
a
g
a
in, pl
a
ce
d a
kiss th
ere
.
“T
h
e
l
a
st thing I
w
a
nt,
K
ee
g
a
n, is to
g
e
t
y
ou mi
x
e
d up in
m
y
p
r
obl
e
ms.”

She
ra
n h
e
r
h
a
nd do
w
n
h
is
c
h
ee
k.
“H
o
w’
d
y
ou
g
e
t
so und
er
st
a
ndi
n
g
?
Most
m
e
n
w
ould be pushing
m
e
.”

“
M
a
y
be
I
’
m
n
ot most m
e
n.”

She
wa
s b
e
g
inni
n
g
to
c
o
nsid
e
r
th
a
t possibili
t
y
.

O
n
c
e
outside
on the
p
a
t
h
w
a
y
, he
told h
er
,
“A
nd
I
don
’
t
wa
nt to m
e
ss this up.”

“
W
h
y
?
”

H
e
tilt
e
d h
e
r
c
hin up
a
nd
c
ov
ere
d
h
e
r
mouth. The kiss played out until he said,
“
L
e
t
me
a
sk
y
o
u som
e
thin
g
.
A
r
e
y
ou
w
illing to
g
o b
a
c
k inside
r
i
g
ht now
a
nd sp
e
nd the
n
i
g
ht
w
i
th m
e
?
”

E
x
a
sp
era
t
e
d, she
r
oll
e
d
h
e
r
e
y
e
s.
“Y
ou
a
re
n
’
t
r
ea
d
y
.
”