The flame of Attraction.....(Completed)
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Complete, First published Jan 18, 2021
Mature
I don't know what happened but I took my heel off and played with Jamie's member underneath the table, he gave me that look.

The pills made me want to do things that would get me in trouble.

"Oh baby you don't want to start that"

"Oh but I do," I said biting my lower lip...

He pulled my chair closer and slowly trailed his fingers under my dress exploring what was hidden by that white dress, what he wasn't expecting was I wasn't wearing any underwear...

"Fuck ...... baby no underwear" he gave me a look that told me he wanted me just as much as I wanted him. 

Then he played with his thumb slowly rubbing my wet pussy....then went to the most dangerous part and rubbed it ....the more I wanted the more he played with my feelings ....rubbing it and stopping giving me half kisses, biting my lower lip...

He didn't prepare me...

One finger then two than three...He had fun and took his time showing me why his fingers were magic fingers ...

He got rougher and went in deeper, I tried to suppress the moan but it came out louder than I had anticipated as my body received a million feelings giving me the quivers...

"Fuck" is all I could say when everyone turned and looked at us with disgust...


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