‘Tell me you need me.’ Another inch down. Ripples of pleasure spread wherever he touched me, as if my body was the still surface of a lake and he was the night breeze itself, leaving no part of me unstirred. His husky voice sent uncontrollable shudders down my spine. ‘Tell me you can’t do this without me.’ ‘I need you— Oh, gods.’ His fingertips had slipped past the hem of my dress and reached the bare skin of my thigh, sending a flurry of sparks into the darkest, deepest core of me. Another sob fell from my lips. ‘I’d do anything – anything – just to have you—

