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heard. Roberta Flack’s The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face continued to play on, but all I saw was the woman in my arms.
    Holding her closely, I wondered why it was that this woman, who I just wanted to torture, was suddenly affecting me the way she was.  She held my gaze, never wavering. It almost felt like a challenge. Her words echoing in my head from earlier…
    “Ah, but he is a great actor.”
    She was basically telling him that anything I did or said was nothing but an act. Yeah, maybe we weren’t together, really, but it didn’t mean that I was faking enjoying her company.
    “People use me not keep me.”
    If I could get a hold of any guy that has used her, I’d show them what a punching bag felt like. When I thought about men taking her because they could… Mentally I shook my head. Holding onto to these curves that moved so seductively under my hands, I couldn’t help the reaction my body had when feeling them shift and entice me to claim her. Hell, I didn’t even have to touch her to envision what an alluring sight that I just knew laid beneath her clothing.
    “If I don’t hope for more, I won’t be hurt in the end.”
    My heart sank with this thought. She has obviously been hurt and hurt badly. The thought bewildered me. I’m standing here a man at the end of my ropes, struggling to fight free of my demons, but I still saw her beauty, her enormous strength and value. The thought that she would think she deserved to be unhappy, well, it just didn’t settle well with me.
    “Well, for Jacob, I hope that’s true. He’d just get dragged down with me.”
    Here, I’m thinking that this magnificent woman had lowered herself to portray the image of dating a guy like me, a drug addicted fool. Yet, she felt I’m the one that has lowered myself. The thing I can’t quite comprehend or even begin to understand is she’s created a career on helping others out of the dark trenches of their lives, yet here she looked at herself as the soggy mess after it rains. She portrayed this strong kick ass woman, and she truly is, I can feel it in her, but she won’t let herself believe it is anything more than taking control of her career. In just the little time I’ve spent with her, I could tell how deep her pain goes and how low she’s put herself.
    The song continued and I pulled her closer, dropping my head to her shoulder. Pressing soft kisses across until I reached her pulse point that pounded fast under my tongue as I swirled it around before softly biting it. Her head fell to the side with a moan, granting me easier access in continuing to taste her silky smooth skin. Nibbling my way up to her ear, my hand lowered from her lower back down to her ass as I pushed her into my hard as steel erection. Vicky’s breathing became labored, her hand gripped my shoulder tightly.
    “Jacob,” she breathed.
    Pulling back, I looked down at her. Something grabbed me hard in that moment that our eyes met. Her face was flushed with arousal and her eyes held something that I couldn’t explain or maybe wasn’t ready to believe. Still twirling her around the dance floor, I raised her hand to my mouth kissing each finger, and then her wrist before placing our entwined hands back to my chest, I slowly lowered my head down, taking my time to give her a chance to stop me. My eyes stayed connected with hers until I was mere centimeters from her lips. She closed her eyes and sighed, her hot labored breath spreading over my face before I sealed my lips over hers. Our lips fit together like two puzzle pieces. Her scent filled my nose as I pushed my tongue into her mouth on a growl. Two tongues trying to absorb the taste of the other.
    When applause broke into our moment, I could feel Vicky tense a little. It probably wasn’t noticeable to anyone looking on, but I could feel it. Pulling back slightly, I looked into her eyes. When her eyes widened a bit, I’m sure she saw how badly I wanted her right now. Oh, and I did, so fucking