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that Arlo did, too. His body was trembling as he tried to hold onto the lingering climb for as long as our bodies could. But the way that he moved inside of me was more than I could take, and I eventually let go and unraveled around him in a fit of pleasure. As soon as Arlo felt my muscles spasm, he let himself go as well, and the primal sound that grew within him escaped his mouth and joined along with my gasp. Our bodies quaked and trembled with residual waves of sensation until we finally collapsed together and laid in a heated tangle of limbs and labored breaths.

After we both had a chance to catch our breath, Arlo lifted his head to look at me. “I’m going to be very honest with you,” he said.

For a split second, I was nervous about what he was going to say, but then he smiled, and whatever it was couldn’t be bad.

“That was the most amazing experience of making love to anyone that I have ever had, he said with a wide grin.

“No,” I laughed. “I’m sure that’s not true.” I didn’t even know what I was doing, considering that I had zero experience with sex.

“It is absolutely true,” he said. “Maybe our bodies were meant to fit together like that. But the more important thing that I want to know is how it felt for you? This was your first time. How do you feel?”

“I feel more wonderful than I have ever felt in my life.” I smiled.

Arlo leaned down and kissed me again, and when he looked at me, the grin stretched across his entire face.

“Good,” he said. “I didn’t want to disappoint you.”

If I could have told him that I felt like there was sunlight coursing through my veins instead of merely blood, I would have. If I could have told him that my hold body felt like it was now tied to his in every possible way, I would have. And honestly, if I could have told him right then and there that I loved him, I would have.

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Chapter Sixteen (Arlo)

As Hensley and I lay together in bed, I ran my fingertips along the side of her arm as she rested on my chest.

“What are we going to do now?” she asked.

“What do you mean?”

Hensley hesitated for a minute, and I kissed the top of her forehead.

“You can talk to me about anything,” I said. “Surely, you know that by now.”

“I mean, are we going to go back to just being friends?” she asked, unable to meet my gaze.

I had a hard time believing that she was asking that question, and it made me a little worried that maybe I had overthought her feelings toward me and needed to slow this all down. Or, maybe she still felt that this was just too good to be true, in which case I needed to hold her closer to me.

“I don’t want to go back to just being friends,” I said bluntly. “Not unless you do. I want to be more than that.”

Hensley tilted her head up to me and smiled. She kissed my chest and nuzzled her cheek against my skin. “I want to be more than that, too,” she said.

My heart went back to a steady beat. I hadn’t realized how much I needed to hear her say that.

“But won’t that cause problems if I come to work with you at Luscious on the new line?” she asked. “Should we keep it a secret for now? Hell, I don’t even know what the secret would be, like are we dating now?”

I laughed. I couldn’t help it.

“What’s so funny?” she asked as she looked up at me with a slightly miffed expression.

“No, nothing,” I replied with a smile. “I just thought it was cute how you asked that. Yes, I would say that we should be dating now. Don’t you agree?”

She grinned at me. “Yeah, I definitely agree.”

“As far as Luscious goes, it’s not an issue at all. You’re a designer and colleague, not an employee. If anything, you would be working as a subcontractor for Luscious on the new line. There’s no conflict of interest there.”

“So there’s nothing to worry about at all then?” she asked.

“Nope, nothing. We can make out all day in my office if you want to,” I teased.

“I don’t think Kerynne and some of the other models will like that very much.”

“They won’t be around much longer anyway,” I said. “That group of