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For fuck's sake, man. Pull it together or you're gonna miss all the fun!

She glances worriedly over one shoulder and I snap out of my trance and take hold of the corset. My hands shake as I draw the satin ribbon through the eyelets, starting one end at the bottom and the other at the top, meeting in the middle and tying it off.

I step in close, allowing my pants the luxury of brushing against her bare skin. My hands settle in at the curve of her hip and my nose dips into the crook of her neck.

-o-

Bella lifts an arm, looping her hand around the back of my neck, cradling my head and creating an irresistible line from her elbow into the hollow of her underarm that I trace with two fingertips. My other hand snakes around her front, hungrily traversing the stiff V-shaped edge of the bodice.

I'm dizzy with satin and lace and bare Bella. When my middle finger encounters the jewel buried in her belly, I realize that life simply does not get any better than the promise of this moment.

Of course, I'm gleeful to be proven wrong not five seconds hence.

-o-

When Bella flattens both palms against the wall, spreads her legs, and shakes her tight little ass at me, it's all I can do to get my pants and boxers out of the line of fire.

With shaky hands, I rip open the hospitably provided condom and prepare myself to take her from behind.

As desperate as I am, I'm deliberate as I unclip the garters and slide away her panties. Bella's needy moan reverberates in my balls, and I have never, ever wanted to be inside another the way I need her right now.

"Bella…"

My voice is gruff.


A/N: GRUFF! XXX ~BOH