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  "You are truly a treasure, Tabitha."

  They lay there for a bit before Tabitha began to squirm. "You are aware I'm naked under here. Right?"

  "Acutely."

  "So… isn't this the part where we screw each other's brains out like we've been wanting to since we first met?"

  "I never said I'd wanted to screw your brains out since I first met you."

  "You didn't have to," she snorted. "You're constantly undressing me with your eyes."

  "Well, there is that. You're a sexy woman. It's hard not to want you naked when I'm around you."

  "So what's the problem?"

  Derk groaned and pulled her more solidly against him, thrusting his hips against her hip. "The problem, sugar, is you might not still be drunk, but hung over is just as bad. Let's sleep on it. If you're still as horny as I am tomorrow, I'll happily screw you into the middle of next week. I just don't want you regretting anything in the cold light of day."

  She snuggled into him, rubbing her hands over his chest and abdomen as if memorizing every ridge and valley of his body. "Fine," she finally replied. "But don’t think you're getting out of this so easily. You asked what I'd be willing to do for the Wurlitzer. No backing out allowed.

  He chuckled and wrapped his arms around her tightly, making sure there was no way she could slip out of his arms without a lot of effort. "Who said I was willing to part with the thing for sex? Good as I'm sure it will be, it's still a very rare antique, you know."

  Tabitha yawned and Derk was afraid he'd insulted her when she didn't answer right away. "It's not really that important. I'd screw you even if you didn't give me the damned thing."

  And she promptly fell asleep.

  Well, hell. Now he had to try to sleep with a raging hard on and a warm woman in his arms.

  Yeah. Sucked to be him.

  Or not.

  Chapter Three

  Tabitha awoke feeling much better. At least, she did until she realized Derk lay behind her, spooning her into his hard body with his arm snugly around her waist. Immediately, her heart began to pound. It was a confusing mixture of fear, shame, desire, and all out lust. Tabitha's hesitation was just enough to alert Derk she was awake.

  "Don't even think about bolting." He ordered with a growl. She should have resented it, but instead, heat coiled low in her belly and sweat erupted over her body. In that instant, Tabitha knew she was lost. There was no way she could ever look at Derk the same way ever again. He'd made her feel more sexually alive in a few short hours than any man had in her entire adult life.

  "Derk, I feel like an idiot. I don't normally drink like that."

  He chuckled, which only made her mad and more embarrassed. She struggled to get up, but he held her fast. "Oh, no you don’t. We're going to lay here and talk about this."

  Before she could respond, Derk took her ear lobe between his lips and sucked and nipped. Tabitha's gasp escaped before she could stop the little noise, and Derk grunted his approval before turning her face toward his and capturing her lips with his.

  Despite her better judgment, despite her need for self-preservation, this just felt right. She'd been fighting her attraction for Derk since she'd first met him. She supposed it was because he'd had a girlfriend at the time, but she remembered the rather messy and very loud break up as the woman stomped out of his apartment a few days later. Still, she'd kept her distance.

  Not anymore. Derk wasn't letting her. As he kissed her like he'd never kissed another woman and was starving for more of her kisses, it struck Tabitha how perfectly they fit together. His body was a perfect fit for hers and she loved how his muscles played underneath his hair-roughened skin. He was everything she'd ever wanted in a man both physically and in character. He could have fucked her into oblivion last night and she'd have willingly let him. Instead, he'd waited until she was more herself. He may have pounced on her immediately after she woke, but she was still able to resist, if she'd really wanted to.

  Instead, she opened her mouth to let him slide his tongue more fully into her mouth. Tabitha wound her arms around his neck and held on tightly, holding him to her as if her life depended on him continuing to kiss her. Considering the explosion coiling deep inside her belly and waiting to burst free, it just might.

  Derk slipped his thigh between hers and she immediately pressed her cunt against him, riding his leg eagerly. Desperately. The pleasure inside her built almost immediately to a fevered pitch.

  Without warning, Derk pulled away, almost diving toward her chest. "Oh, no. Not yet, sugar. Not until you're screaming for it."

  He latched onto one nipple and pinched the other with the fingers of one hand. He alternated kneading and pinching lightly while he suckled the other nipple. Tabitha cried out and laced her fingers through his hair, fisting her hand there and guiding him where she wanted him.

  It took only seconds for her to arch into his mouth, meeting him and encouraging his taking of her body. Tabitha needed this. Needed it with everything she was. Being here with him now only made her realize how her life had been leading toward Derk since the moment they'd met.

  Roughly, he pulled away from her breast and kissed and nipped and licked his way down her body until he lay between her thighs. Pulling her legs over his shoulders, he buried his face between them and covered her pussy with his mouth. His tongue delved deep inside her, licking everything he could reach. He sucked each delicate lip in turn before zeroing in on her clit.

  One flick of his tongue and Tabitha screamed in pleasure. Her orgasm washed over her like a tidal wave, sweeping every ounce of self-preservation she had left, which wasn't much. If she was going to do this, she'd damned well put her heart into it. She'd wanted him too long not to.

  His assault on her cunt seemed to go on and on. Tabitha screamed more than once, and, more than once, she came. She was sure he planned on killing her with his mouth and the pleasure it gave her, when he raised his head and looked at her with feral lust practically glowing in his eyes.

  "Now, Tabitha." His voice was gruff and just as wild as his eyes. "I want you now."

  "About damned time," she breathed and clutched at his shoulders as he climbed up her body and settled into the cradle of her body. "I want…"

  She didn't get her sentence finished before Derk plunged into her to the hilt. Tabitha wasn't a virgin, but it had been a very long time she'd cared enough about a man to make love with him. His cock wasn't small and she burned as her cunt stretched around him. She cried out and arched her back, holding herself tightly against him.

  He didn't move right away. He simply stared into her eyes as if waiting for something. When Tabitha wrapped her legs around his waist, he grunted and began to move. Every thrust of his hips rubbed her clit against his pubic area, the coarse hair there abrading her deliciously.

  "Derk!" She cried his name, a plea. "God, this feels good! You feel good!"

  Her limbs trembled with a combination of great need and greater pleasure. Nothing could have prepared her for the pleasure she found in the arms of this incredible man.

  Derk's movements increased in both intensity and speed. Before long, he was surging into her almost painfully and Tabitha relished every second of it. She met him thrust for thrust, needing something only he could give her. Her breath hitched and she felt the pleasure coil inside her, again ready to erupt into an orgasm so powerful, she wasn't sure she'd survive it..

  "Come for me, Tabitha," Derk croaked. "Sweet God, come for me now."

  That was all it took. Tabitha's orgasm broke through and sent pleasure tingling from her pussy through her belly and legs. Spots swam in her vision as she pushed through it, prolonging and intensifying the sensations. Vaguely, she knew Derk exploded inside her, spilling his hot seed deep within her cunt. She should have been less than thrilled that neither of them had thought to use protection. Somehow, she doubted Derk had "forgotten." Instead, it seemed to fit the moment.

  Several moments passed before he rolled off her and pulled her
against him, never letting her go. "In case you're wondering," he panted slightly, "I have every intension of marrying you."

  Her breath caught. "Are you serious?" She'd have pulled away to look at him, but he wouldn’t let her. "You hardly know me."

  "Not true. We've lived across the hall from each other for over a year. It's a small community, and we always seem to be in the same places. Besides, we can wait a few weeks before we tie the knot." He waggled his eyebrows before chuckling and kissing her nose.

  He said it like a few weeks was an eternity and Tabitha had to laugh. "That long, huh."

  "Well, it's either that or I whisk you to the court house now. I'm willing to give you a couple weeks to plan."

  "You do realize you went from 'a few weeks' to 'a couple weeks' almost all in the same breath. Right?"

  "Did I?"

  "You know exactly what you said."

  "And what I meant. I will marry you, Tabitha. Sooner or later, you'll be mine."

  "Who says I even want to marry you at all. There's still the little matter of my Wurlitzer 700. I'm still sore over that."

  "Well, if you'd given me half a chance to explain, you'd know that I only bought it because I knew you dearly wanted one."

  "You what?" Tabitha's face flushed with heat and her hands flew to cover her cheeks. "You bought that... for me?" When he only grinned, she flung her arms around his neck and had to hold back tears. "I can't believe you did that, you stupid, stupid man!"

  Derk laughed and hugged her tightly. "I just hope maybe one day you'll wake up and realize you're in love with me as much as I'm in love with you."

  She laughed lightheartedly. "Oh, Derk. I already am."

  And she kissed him. She loved the way his lips felt on hers. Lord willing, she'd be able to feel him anytime she wanted for the rest of their lives.

  "Well, in that case, maybe we could make it one week instead of two."

  Tabitha didn't disagree.