Mike winced as she shifted on the bed. Little aches tugged at her muscles. The area between her thighs felt swollen and sore, almost as if she'd spent several hours having sex. Since she was sure that hadn't happened, she didn't understand the tenderness.

This whole evening had been a mystery.

Seven hours had disappeared. It simply couldn't happen, yet it had. She and Jax had been together, and he'd experienced the same thing. They'd both looked at the clock on her car's dash. They'd both heard the disc jockey announce the time.

Mike didn't scare easily. This scared her.

Sleep wouldn't be possible, no matter how much she wanted to simply lose consciousness for awhile. With a sigh, Mike rolled to her back. She gasped when the covers rasped across her tender nipples. Cradling her breasts in her hands, she gently rubbed her thumbs over the nubs. They were hard and very sensitive.

Her sexual experience included all of three men. Only one of them had been a good lover, and he'd been incredible. He'd taught her to enjoy her body...how to touch, where to touch, to give her the most pleasure. Her nipples were close to the top of the list. She'd always wanted them to have a lot of attention, so they'd often been tender after lovemaking.

Like now.

She whisked her thumbs across the hard tips again. She didn't understand why they would be so tender. It'd been months since she'd had sex with a man, and she hadn't touched her nipples for several days. An image formed in her mind as she continued to caress herself...an image of full lips wrapped around one hard tip...

Mike leaned her head back, rested her palms on the desk behind her, and sighed from pleasure. She could feel Jax's gentle suckling of her nipple all the way down her body. Oh, he did that so well! He didn't simply latch onto her nipple and try to suck it off--he made love to it, using his entire mouth.

"Tell me if I do something you don't like," he whispered against her breast.

"I will. No problem so far."

She felt his lips curve. He raised his head and grinned at her. "I like a woman who knows what she wants."

"I know exactly what I want." Mike tunneled her fingers into his hair and tugged him back to her breast. "More."

He obeyed her instantly, cupping both breasts in his hands while licking her right nipple. Her left nipple received a long swipe of his tongue before he stood up straight again. "I've thought about you, wondered what you look like beneath the loose clothing you always wear." His hands kneaded her breasts while his thumbs circled the areolas over and over. "These are beautiful, Michaela."

His praise warmed her heart...and the rest of her body.

So far, she'd received all the attention from Jax. She hadn't complained at his passionate kisses, or when he'd slipped her sweater over her head. She definitely hadn't complained when he'd removed her bra and started touching her.

But now it was his turn to show some skin. "Take off your shirt."

Jax continued to caress her breasts. "Take if off for me."

The sexy, smoky look in his silver eyes made Mike swallow hard. She clenched her hands into fists a moment before reaching for the top button of his Henley pullover. She'd seen him without a shirt several times, but never this close, this...intimate.

Releasing the top button gave her a glimpse of dark chest hair. More hair was exposed as she slowly unfastened the remaining three button to the middle of his chest. She parted the edges and pressed a kiss on his warm skin.

"Michaela," he said thickly.

"Hmm?" She inhaled deeply. The scent of musk and man made her head spin.

"Take off my shirt."

"I'm busy." She licked him from the center of his chest up to his neck.

He squeezed both nipples between his thumbs and forefingers. "You shouldn't tease me when I have you literally in my hands."

Feeling impish, she grinned as she tugged his shirt from the waistband of his jeans. "If you want to hurt me, that isn't the way to do it. I like my nipples squeezed." She ran her hands under his shirt and up his stomach. The crisp hair tickled her palms.

Mike decided she'd teased too much when she heard Jax growl. She'd never heard a man growl. He jerked his shirt over his head and dropped it to the floor. She had only a moment to admire that glorious chest before he plastered it against her breasts.

She had no complaints about that.

Jax wrapped his arms around her and kissed her hungrily. His tongue darted past her lips to tangle with hers. Mike couldn't breathe, the sensations were so powerful. She'd never felt such overwhelming desire, such need to be joined with a man. Clasping his head, she feasted on his mouth.

She felt his hand between their bodies. He'd already unsnapped her jeans, but hadn't unzipped them. That fact quickly changed. The rasp of the zipper made Mike catch her breath.

Jax lifted his head and gave her a devilish grin. "Now it's my turn to tease."

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