"And that's what I am?" A refreshing novelty? I don't ask meanly, or as a reproach. I just need to know.
"I'd also like to know why you're so upset at the idea of me dancing with another woman." You and I haven't even defined what we're playing at.
"That doesn't stop me from having illusions."
Marc stopped moving for a second. She blushed so quickly it might have been comical.
"No illusions that you're marrying me or anything like that," he began hastily. It's about... If your secretary is watching, maybe we should go talk somewhere else.
"If we go somewhere else, I'm going to choose a room with real walls, a latch, and a comfortable surface." If you're ready for me to take advantage of all three, ask me again and I'll obey.
Yuri looked at him between troubled, surprised and flattered. She looked like a virgin in front of her first teenage boyfriend, one of those horny guys who came with a couple of strokes and repeated dirty things st
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