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Arlowe flicked it with her tongue while still holding on to it and felt Eline begin to move her body against her.

“If you want to go slow, you should stop,” Eline suggested.

Arlowe let go of the nipple, but she continued to lick it for a while before switching to the other one and giving it the same treatment.

“Arlowe, please,” Eline said.

Arlowe looked up, met Eline’s imploring eyes, and then rolled her hips down into her girlfriend, who closed her eyes. Arlowe moved down Eline’s body, kissed her stomach, and, finding that mole, she kissed the spot like she had years ago. Moving lower still next, she settled between Eline’s legs and licked the inside of her thigh, earning a moan.

“God, I want you,” she said, placing her nose at Eline’s center and breathing her in.

“Anything,” Eline replied breathlessly. “Anything you want. I just… need you.”

Arlowe wanted to take her then and there, but she also wanted slow, and well, something else; something that she’d only ever done with one woman. She moved back up Eline’s body and kissed her hard, letting Eline wrap her arms back around Arlowe’s neck.

“Can I?” she asked as she reached between them.

“Yes,” Eline said, likely knowing what she wanted.

Arlowe hovered a bit over her then, watched Eline spread herself for her, and did the same before she lowered herself back down.

“God, yes,” Eline said, tilting her head back.

Arlowe couldn’t agree more. She began to move against Eline, letting their clits touch, and they were kissing softly at first, taking the time to build, but Arlowe could feel how wet they both were. She knew that it might not take long at all because she was rocking into Eline as Eline lifted herself into her in time with Arlowe’s hips, and they were both breathing hard into each other’s mouths.

“I love you,” she said, feeling herself begin to crest.

“I love you,” Eline replied.

Arlowe couldn’t hold on much longer.

“You feel so good,” she said and cupped Eline’s breast. “I can’t–”

“It’s okay,” Eline told her. “Me too.”

Arlowe kissed her until she couldn’t anymore. Then, she pressed her forehead to Eline’s, and she came hard, but also softly somehow. Eline was right behind her, and for the first time in forever, Arlowe heard the sounds she had missed so much.

She wasn’t sure how much time had passed, but she was still pressing her forehead to Eline’s after they’d both come down. Eline’s hands were in Arlowe’s still-wet hair, and she was shushing her for some reason.

“It’s okay, baby. I’m right here.”

Eline kissed Arlowe’s cheeks, and Arlowe realized that she was kissing her tears away.

“I just…” She sniffled.

“I know. Me too,” Eline said, pulling her closer against her body. “God, me too.”

CHAPTER 32

Eline held Arlowe to her body. She didn’t want to let go. They’d both gone from breathing hard to coming down from their orgasms and slowing their breathing, but they still hadn’t moved. She just ran her hands up and down Arlowe’s back, remembering how much Arlowe used to love it, and she loved it, too. Eline loved that Arlowe could be confident and sexy one minute and vulnerable and beautiful the next. She loved how Arlowe was always honest and kind. She loved how smart this woman was and how funny she could be, knowing when she was hilarious sometimes, and other times, having no idea.

“Arlowe?”

“Hmm?”

“Can you roll onto your back for me?”

Arlowe nodded slowly against her neck and moved off her. Eline missed the contact instantly, but she wanted to be on top of Arlowe now, so she rolled until she was and stared down at her.