A little mutual company, a few hours of shared pleasure, an encounter with no expectations. In Deo’s experience, a lot of girls said they were okay with that, but after a couple of dates, things changed. Now, she was careful not to see anyone more than a time or two, and she didn’t sleep with half the women everyone gave her credit for. It didn’t seem worth disavowing everyone of their notion that she scored more than most guys, and her reputation kept the women she saw from expecting much more than a casual night out.

“Pizza. Hmm. I sort of thought you had an appetite for something else,” Allie said suggestively.

“Oh, I do.” Deo laughed. “But certain activities burn a lot of calories, so it’s always good to stock up when you can.”

“Is that right?” Allie slowed within the slanting shadows of the overhanging eaves and kissed Deo, squeezing her ass with both hands while rolling her pelvis against Deo’s crotch. “Then I suggest you have two slices.”

“Much more of that and it won’t be pizza I need,” Deo muttered breathlessly, surprised not only by Allie’s aggression but by her own

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swift response. Her stomach tightened with urgency, and she felt herself grow hard and tense. She skimmed her fi ngertips over the outer curve of Allie’s breast and smiled to herself when Allie moaned. Good to know she wasn’t the only one with a hair trigger tonight. “I’m a little past groping girls in dark alleys, but Jesus, you feel good.”

“Baby, you have my permission to grope.” Allie hooked her calf around Deo’s thigh and rocked into her crotch again, digging her fi ngers into the fi rm muscles of Deo’s backside for balance. She ran her tongue around the edge of Deo’s ear and nibbled on her earlobe. “I can’t believe how hot I am. I’m ready for you to fuck me right here.”

“You’ve really got me stoked too,” Deo gasped, tilting her head back as Allie sucked on her neck. When she pinched Allie’s nipple and Allie whimpered, her vision went hazy and all she could think about was being inside her and making her scream. “Time out. Oh man…

Allie, time out.” She grabbed Allie’s hips and put some air between them. “I’m about two seconds from forgetting where we are, and I’m not going to do this up against a building.”

“I know, I know.” Allie shivered. “But I want you to.”

“You’re making me a little bit crazy.”

“Bad crazy?”

Allie sounded genuinely worried, and Deo experienced an unexpected rush of gratitude. Usually her companions fi gured she didn’t care about anything except the sex, and it was nice to have someone actually ask what she felt. Deo circled Allie’s waist and started walking again. “Feels pretty good to me. You?”

“Better than good.” Allie stroked Deo’s stomach before sliding her fi ngers an inch or two underneath the waistband of her pants. She purred when Deo groaned. “You tripped all my switches and there’s no off button. I’m so wired my whole body’s buzzing.”

“Still want pizza?”

“Sure. Just don’t fi ll up on it.”

Laughing, Deo led her through a horde of men spilling out onto Commercial in front of Spiritus Pizza. “Grab us a seat and I’ll get the food. What’s your pleasure?”

Allie grinned. “For now, cheese. I’ll tell you the rest later.”

Deo kissed her. “Coming up.”

“Hurry.” Allie staked out a spot on the low brick wall edging the

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sidewalk in front of the restaurant.

Deo grinned. “Count on it.”

❖

“Hey,” Carre shouted above the din, tugging on Bri’s arm as they edged through the crowd. “There’s Allie.”

“Huh? Where?” Bri slowed and followed Carre’s gaze. She stiffened when she saw Deo Camara settle down behind Allie and slide a leg on either side of Allie’s smaller frame. Allie snugged her ass back into Deo’s crotch while Deo dangled a piece of pizza in front of Allie’s mouth. Bri grunted when Allie chased it with her tongue. “Cute.”

Carre gave Bri a look. “What’s with you? Jealous?”

Bri stared. “Jeez, babe. No. Come on.” She saw the fi re in Carre’s eyes and knew better than to blow her off. Allie had always been a sore spot between them, ever since Bri had been a jerk the year before and almost slept with her. Almost. Well, she’d been in bed with her, and she’d been naked, and she’d let Allie touch…

“Fuck,” Bri breathed, not blaming Carre for being sensitive about it. And just what was she feeling right now anyhow that made her want to punch Deo for licking the sauce off the corner of Allie’s mouth like she was doing at the moment? “I like Allie. She’s my friend, and besides, she’s my partner.”

“I know that,” Carre said, pulling Bri closer to the building across the narrow twisty street from where Allie sat wrapped up in Deo’s arms.

“What I don’t know is why you’re getting twitchy about her and Deo.”

She stuck her hand under the bottom of Bri’s T-shirt and rubbed her back. “What’s that about?”

“Allie has a crazy streak, you know?” Bri said, working it out in her head while she watched Allie run her fi ngernails up and down the inside of Deo’s leg. “Sometimes I think she does stuff so she doesn’t have to think about how she’s feeling.”

“Baby,” Carre said reasonably. “Maybe she just wants to get laid.”

Bri grinned and kissed Carre nice and slow and deep. “Could be.

I’d say she’s gonna get her wish.”

“And you’re okay with that?”

“Not my department.” Bri turned Carre until her back was against

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the building and kissed her again, teasing her with her tongue until Carre rubbed against her and moaned. “That’s my department.”

“Yeah,” Carre said breathlessly. “And you should maybe take care of it. Soon.”

“Top of my list.” Bri grabbed Carre’s hand and pulled her into the street in the direction of their apartment. She didn’t glance over at Allie.

Not her department.

❖

Deo fumbled her key into the lock while Allie practically climbed up her back, rubbing against her ass and licking the back of her neck.

“One more minute. Just hold on one more minute, and I’ll take care of that charge you’ve got running through your circuits.”

“You’ve had me wound up all night,” Allie murmured, wrapping her arms around Deo’s middle from behind and cleaving to her as they stumbled inside Deo’s condo. “You have your work cut out for you.”

“That’s okay.” Deo tossed her keys onto a small table by the door and threw her shirt after them. Her skin tingled and even the T-shirt chaffed her sensitive nipples. “I love my work.” She twisted enough to free herself from Allie’s grasp and grabbed her arm. “Come on. The bedroom’s upstairs. Let’s see what I can do about taking care of you.”

“What time is it—one?”

“About,” Deo muttered, hurriedly twisting the rheostat on the switch inside her bedroom door until the light was barely a glow. “Gotta be somewhere?”

“Nope.” Allie gave Deo a playful shove and then another, until Deo hit the bed and fell onto it. Allie dropped on top of her and writhed against her. “You might have enough time to take the edge off by morning, at least.”

Deo grabbed Allie’s ass, thrust up her hips, and fl ipped Allie over.

She circled her crotch against Allie’s while holding Allie’s arms against the bed with her fi ngers clamped around each of Allie’s wrists. “Is that some kind of challenge?”

“Uh-uh. Just a warning to let you know what you’re in for.” Allie raised her head and clamped her teeth onto the side of Deo’s neck, sucking until Deo groaned. “I’d really really like it if you fucked me.”

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“That could be arranged.” Deo rubbed her cheek over Allie’s breast until the nipple stood up beneath Allie’s stretchy top. She grasped it in her teeth and shook her head while she pumped her crotch into Allie.

She kept up the rhythm with her mouth and her hips, harder and faster until Allie twisted and shook beneath her.

“Oh God I’m hot,” Allie gasped. “You have got to fuck me. I’m not kidding.”

“Would you like a little something extra when I do?”

Allie scraped her nails down the back of Deo’s thin T-shirt. “Will it be good for you too?”

Surprised again, Deo kissed her softly. “Yeah. I’d like it.”

“Then fi ll me up,” Allie whispered, her mouth against Deo’s ear,

“with something nice and thick.”

Deo’s stomach rolled, and for a fl eeting second she was afraid she might come just thinking about pushing inside her. She was breathing so fast she could hardly talk. By the time she struggled upright to get ready, Allie was already pulling off her clothes. “I need a minute.”

“I’ve waited this long.” Naked, Allie rubbed her own breasts, arching her back and moaning. “I’m so wet.”

“Take it easy,” Deo said as she shucked her pants and underwear and opened the bedside table. “Don’t get too far ahead of me.”

“I can come more than once.”

The words went through Deo like a shot. Her hands were shaking so badly she fumbled while sliding the thin leather straps of the harness over her legs. “There’s a condom in the top drawer there. Get it for me.” While Allie leaned over to retrieve the safe, Deo swung around and propped her back against the pillows, half-sitting with her legs stretched out on the bed.

“Mmm, that’s nice,” Allie murmured, tearing the foil open as she knelt on the bed. She smiled up at Deo. “Nice and big.”

“Too big?” Deo steadied the cock with one hand as Allie rolled the condom down on it. The pressure made her clit ache. “Because I’ve got a smaller—”

Allie laughed. “Oh no. This is perfect.” As if to prove it, she swung one leg over Deo’s hips and lowered herself until just the broad, round tip disappeared. Her head snapped back and she whimpered quietly.

“Oh my God, that feels so good.”

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Deo struggled not to move when every instinct cried out for her to pump her hips. She clasped Allie’s waist with both hands, helping to support her as she slowly took more and more of Deo inside her. “You look beautiful like this.”

Lids half closed, Allie smiled unsteadily. “I need to come and I’m really really trying not to.”

“You do whatever you need to do,” Deo groaned. “If you have to come, do it.”

“Oh I will.” Allie shivered. “Once I get you inside of me and start to move, I won’t be able to stop it.”

“I want you to feel so good.” Deo lifted her hips slowly, pushing inside just a little bit at a time. When Allie’s eyes closed and she sagged forward, catching herself with both hands on Deo’s shoulders, Deo stilled. “Okay? You okay?”

Mutely, Allie nodded, her hips gliding back and forth in Deo’s lap.

Deo cupped both of Allie’s breasts and squeezed. “You go ahead now. You ride me any way you want to. Ride me until you come.”

“Uh-huh.” Allie’s belly undulated as she forced Deo deeper. “Uh-huh. Uh-huh. I will. I will.” She pumped hard twice and her eyes opened wide. “Touch my clit. Can you touch my clit?”

“Good?” Deo said, watching Allie’s face twist with pleasure as she massaged her with her thumb.

“I’m coming already. Uh, I’m coming.”

“You’re beautiful. You’re so beautiful.” Deo thrust her hips in time to Allie’s cries, feeling the push and pull between her legs as Allie climaxed hard on her. Slowing when Allie fi nally slumped forward into her arms, she kissed her hair and her face. Allie trembled, making small broken sounds of pleasure. “It’s okay, baby. It’s okay. You’re so beautiful.”

“Don’t move,” Allie murmured, rocking her hips slowly with Deo still inside her. “I’ll come again in just a second.”

Deo caught her breath. Allie was so raw and sensual and vulnerable she wanted to cry. She stroked her back and her shoulders and kissed her gently until Allie released a soft cry and shuddered with another orgasm. Deo groaned. “Oh yeah.”

“I’ll say.” Allie lifted her hips and let Deo slip out, then curled on her side with her cheek on Deo’s chest. She caressed Deo’s breasts and

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stomach. “You’re very patient. That’s nice.”

“I could watch you like that all night.” Deo drew a deep breath and let it out, feeling strangely content. She hadn’t come, but the pent up urgency that had plagued her for hours had dwindled away effortlessly as Allie had climaxed. It happened that way fairly often for her. Satisfying a woman satisfi ed her in some deep way that she’d never really bothered to analyze. It just was. She was lucky that was so, because there were plenty of times when the woman she was with showed no particular interest in her pleasure. Their lack of reciprocation never really bothered her. But Allie had not been selfi sh. She had given her a gift. She’d given her trust and allowed Deo to witness her need. Deo was more than satisfi ed. She was honored. “You are mind-blowingly sexy.”