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Dane buried the fingers of one hand in Joy’s hair.He held her head steady as he dipped his head and took her mouth with his own.The full body shudder that raced through her at their initial contact only enhanced his own reactions.
His cock strained against his jeans, eager to follow through on the promises his lips were making while his pulse pounded in his neck and wrists as if he’d already started the strenuous activity that was about to follow.
Dane schooled himself to take things slow.To savor each and every brush of his tongue against hers.He’d dreamed about this opportunity and now that he had it, he wasn’t going to waste an instant by failing to appreciate how incredible Joy made him feel.
And, hopefully, how he could do the same for her.
She sighed and went pliant in his arms, giving in to this softer side of herself he’d only ever glimpsed during intimate moments.That someone like her would put that much faith in him, made him feel like he could lift his chopper over his head with one hand and twirl it around his fingertip like a basketball.
Walker did that for him too.One of the reasons they’d stuck together so long.
They brought out the best parts of each other.
Except…well, let’s be honest.Walker didn’t have one of Dane’s favorite things…boobs.
As they made out his hands wandered, skimming beneath the hem of her tank, then walking them up her slightly more rounded belly.She squirmed as if she was uncomfortable with him revealing that part of her and the stretch marks that hadn’t been there last year, when she’d previously exposed this much of herself to him.
“You have nothing to hide from me,” he promised.“I love that you carried our child.It makes me want you that much more, and I already thought it would be impossible to think of you more highly than I did.This was something I never dared hope for.”
Joy nodded as if she couldn’t speak in the face of his pure devotion.To her and to Arden.
She grabbed the shirt and ripped it from her body, allowing him to appreciate every bit of her in the golden afternoon sun.Her breasts hung lower with the increased weight, but they were so inviting he knew he had to finish the job for her or they probably wouldn’t even get fully naked before he got carried away.
“Gorgeous,” he murmured as he sank to his knees in order to work her cotton sweats down her legs.Then he went back and took her underwear off too.
When Joy reached for him, he let her do as she pleased, which was apparently to rid him of his jeans as well.“I want to see you too.You’re so different, Dane.So much…bigger.”
He couldn’t help it, he cracked up.
“Not that.”She laughed too, easing some of the tension when she lightly smacked his abs.“Just…everywhere.You’re not a kid anymore.Walker was always kind of built, but you…damn.I didn’t have the chance to admire you properly when we did this before.”
She ran her fingers along his biceps then down his pecs and along the ridges of his abs.
Joy didn’t stop there.She paid special attention to the crease that led from his hip toward his dick first with her inquisitive touch and then with her mouth, licking and kissing her way closer to her goal above the waistband of his low-riding jeans.
He did his best to stand still and let her take anything she needed.
Even when she carefully lowered the zipper on his pants and shoved the fabric from his hips.
“Okay.Maybe that too.”Joy purred as she cupped his cock, measuring him.This was about as far as they’d ever made it when they were younger, though with their clothes still on.Still, her touch was familiar and it reminded him of the times she’d perched him right on the edge of orgasm with a simple grope or two when no one was looking.
Then again, he’d been young and had no stamina.These days he could do a hell of a lot better.
Dane put his hands on Joy’s shoulders and walked her backward until the side of the bed impressed on her calves.Then he guided her down, supporting her when she otherwise would have toppled, bouncing onto the ultra-comfortable foam mattress he and Walker had sprung for once they’d built up some savings.
It was nice to be able to provide a few creature comforts for themselves and, now, for Joy.He crawled onto the bed after her, lowering himself bit by bit to make sure he never saw even a hint of fear in her eyes or the way she held her body.
Joy put her arms up and welcomed him into her personal space so he went, ending up with his face nuzzled in her cleavage.
She laughed again, the lyrical quality of her happiness like music to his ears.He could already tell that sex with her was going to be fun.Playful.All the things that sex with Walker wasn’t.
Then Joy hesitated.“Dane, you realize that could get messy, right?”
“Does it bother you if it does?”He caressed the sides of her breasts as lightly as he could, angling his face to carefully monitor her expression.
She moaned softly then said, “Not if you’re okay with it.”