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bent his head to taste the skin of her throat.
Kalena stirred beneath him as he used his thumb to tease and tantalize a nipple. Her hands went around
him instinctively.
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"Go ahead and touch me." Ridge groaned heavily as she obeyed. "You're so soft, so beautifully soft and
round and warm," he muttered against the curve of her breast. Then he was taking the erect nipple into
his mouth, tugging gently until Kalena cried out softly. "That's it, my love. Those are the words I want to
hear tonight."
His hand slid lower, shaping the small curve of her waist and finding the gentle roundness below.
Kalena's breath came more quickly as the sensual heat was stoked higher in her body. The fire in Ridge
was reaching out to consume her. She let her own hands slip down the length of him, delighting in the
hard contours of his shoulders, experimenting with the feminine magic she was discovering within herself.
When Ridge's questing hand reached the soft nest of hair at the juncture of her thighs, he lifted his head
to look down at her. "Part your legs for me, Kalena. Open yourself. I want to touch all of you. I have to
touch you."
She hesitated, more out of a lingering uncertainty than any real fear. But when he coaxed her ankles
apart with his foot, she forgot about the vague unsureness she had been feeling and buried her face
against his shoulder. She opened herself to him, lifting her hips against the heat of his hand.
"Ah, Kalena, you are as ready for me as the lock is ready for its key. And we are going to fit together
just as perfectly."
Kalena shuddered as Ridge touched her with deep intimacy. His fingers explored her gently, finding the
center of her excitement and teasing her there until her hands were clenched into his shoulders, her nails
like tiny sintars. Then he stroked inside the dampening channel that seemed to be the core of her body.
"Ridge!"
"Soon, my sweet farm lady. Very soon. When I have made you so hot you think you are going to burst
into flames, that's when I'lltake you."
"I'll go out of my head," she gasped, reaching down to capture his hand and press it more tightly against
herself.
"That's exactly how I want you," he told her, his voice huskier than she had yet heard it. "Exactly how I
want you."
"Please, Ridge." She knew this building excitement had to have a release, and she was beginning to long
for it as she had never longed for anything in her life.
Ridge said nothing, but bent his head to drop a lingering kiss on her stomach, just above the damp nest
he was teasing with his fingers.
"Please, Ridge, now"
His answering laugh was thick with his own passion. "I think you're right. Even if you could last a little
longer, I couldn't. Part your legs a little more, Kalena. Show me you want me."
She did as he instructed, making a place for him between her thighs. He came down along the length of
her, covering her slowly and completely, resting his weight on his elbows as he looked down at her.
Kalena lifted her lashes to find herself looking into a golden fire in his eyes that was not quenched even by
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the shadows in the room. She wanted to say something in that tension filled moment and could find no
words. Her hands gripped his upper arms.
"Wrap your legs around me, Kalena. I'll take care of everything else."
She obeyed, aware of the heavy shaft poised at her opening. Tentatively, and then more urgently, she
clung to him. She felt infinitely vulnerable, fully aware of her own inability to control what would happen
next. A belated fear that was very primitive and very feminine suddenly coursed through her. Ridge felt it
at once.
"It's all right, Kalena," he soothed. "I told you I would take care of you, didn't I?"
"Yes."
"You must learn to trust the man you're marrying today." His thumbs stroked the
Kalena stirred beneath him as he used his thumb to tease and tantalize a nipple. Her hands went around
him instinctively.
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"Go ahead and touch me." Ridge groaned heavily as she obeyed. "You're so soft, so beautifully soft and
round and warm," he muttered against the curve of her breast. Then he was taking the erect nipple into
his mouth, tugging gently until Kalena cried out softly. "That's it, my love. Those are the words I want to
hear tonight."
His hand slid lower, shaping the small curve of her waist and finding the gentle roundness below.
Kalena's breath came more quickly as the sensual heat was stoked higher in her body. The fire in Ridge
was reaching out to consume her. She let her own hands slip down the length of him, delighting in the
hard contours of his shoulders, experimenting with the feminine magic she was discovering within herself.
When Ridge's questing hand reached the soft nest of hair at the juncture of her thighs, he lifted his head
to look down at her. "Part your legs for me, Kalena. Open yourself. I want to touch all of you. I have to
touch you."
She hesitated, more out of a lingering uncertainty than any real fear. But when he coaxed her ankles
apart with his foot, she forgot about the vague unsureness she had been feeling and buried her face
against his shoulder. She opened herself to him, lifting her hips against the heat of his hand.
"Ah, Kalena, you are as ready for me as the lock is ready for its key. And we are going to fit together
just as perfectly."
Kalena shuddered as Ridge touched her with deep intimacy. His fingers explored her gently, finding the
center of her excitement and teasing her there until her hands were clenched into his shoulders, her nails
like tiny sintars. Then he stroked inside the dampening channel that seemed to be the core of her body.
"Ridge!"
"Soon, my sweet farm lady. Very soon. When I have made you so hot you think you are going to burst
into flames, that's when I'lltake you."
"I'll go out of my head," she gasped, reaching down to capture his hand and press it more tightly against
herself.
"That's exactly how I want you," he told her, his voice huskier than she had yet heard it. "Exactly how I
want you."
"Please, Ridge." She knew this building excitement had to have a release, and she was beginning to long
for it as she had never longed for anything in her life.
Ridge said nothing, but bent his head to drop a lingering kiss on her stomach, just above the damp nest
he was teasing with his fingers.
"Please, Ridge, now"
His answering laugh was thick with his own passion. "I think you're right. Even if you could last a little
longer, I couldn't. Part your legs a little more, Kalena. Show me you want me."
She did as he instructed, making a place for him between her thighs. He came down along the length of
her, covering her slowly and completely, resting his weight on his elbows as he looked down at her.
Kalena lifted her lashes to find herself looking into a golden fire in his eyes that was not quenched even by
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the shadows in the room. She wanted to say something in that tension filled moment and could find no
words. Her hands gripped his upper arms.
"Wrap your legs around me, Kalena. I'll take care of everything else."
She obeyed, aware of the heavy shaft poised at her opening. Tentatively, and then more urgently, she
clung to him. She felt infinitely vulnerable, fully aware of her own inability to control what would happen
next. A belated fear that was very primitive and very feminine suddenly coursed through her. Ridge felt it
at once.
"It's all right, Kalena," he soothed. "I told you I would take care of you, didn't I?"
"Yes."
"You must learn to trust the man you're marrying today." His thumbs stroked the
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