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“and we must both recognize that. But Alex—can you imagine falling for anyone the way you have for Rachel and I?”
    “Seems a little far-fetched, given who we’re talking about there,” he frowned.
    “Do you think that I am any less in awe of you and her?” Alex looked up to her eyes. “You have been with several women since we came together. None of them changed anything for you and I. Do you think that my love is not as deep?”
    Alex let out a long sigh. He stared at the coffee table. “I know what I’m gonna say,” he grumbled. “It’s just a big step. I’m not the type of guy who fantasizes about his girlfriend screwing someone else.”
    “ I know all of your desires,” Lorelei nodded. “You aren’t that type. Alex, I would never disrespect you or our love, or tolerate such from anyone else. If I have ever held anything sacred, it is what you, Rachel and I share. Now more than ever,” she added quietly.
    It only reminded him how much she amazed him. “I just… I don’t know if I won’t get jealous, you know?”
    “You may,” she conceded. “It happens. My love and respect for you and Rachel is paramount. We will work through anything else.”
    “You could fall in love.”
    Lorelei nodded slowly. “It seems unlikely…though you and I seemed unlikely at first, too, yet here we are. Again, all our bonds aside… I know that I will never love or desire another as much as you and Rachel. Only time can prove that.”
    “Just like every other relationship in the world, huh?” Alex asked.
    “I suspect you find that far more comforting than any mystic binding.”
    “ Yeah, I would,” he nodded soberly. “Okay. We’ll need to work out some details, but…”
    “ But what about you?” Her voice dropped to an intimate hush. She crept forward, guiding his shoulders back onto the couch. “Will you allow yourself to indulge in the opportunities that come your way?” She slid one leg between his as she crawled over him. “You turned down satisfaction today. For all your troubles, you still carry that arousal.”
    A single, deft hand loosened and slid off his belt. She unbuttoned and unzipped his pants, relieving him of the tension of fabric against hardening need.
    “I share your desires, my love. I have carried this arousal, too… with no danger or great concern to distract me.”
    “No distractions?” he asked with a grin. “How’d the conservatory board meeting go?”
    “Fine,” she shrugged dismissively. “There will be high-end fundraisers soon. I will charm considerable money out of wealthy people for the sake of the arts. Except for a few stodgy old men, the board is quite taken with me, as you expected. It’s hardly the sort of thing on my mind right now.”
    “I’m interested in your life, Lorelei,” Alex said, though his tones grew heavy with arousal along with hers.
    “I am interested in your pleasures, Alex,” she countered. “You must learn to accept them as they come, both from me and from others.” Her hair fell around his head, creating a familiar curtain of intimacy that she knew he loved. “I want this for you. I love you. I would drown you in a sea of lust if I had my way,” she told him softly. “Over and over, until the world ended.”
    Her mouth came down on his, pushing his head back against the cu shion as she kissed him deeply. Alex slid his hands up her legs and then along her back. He untied the knot of fabric holding her dress up behind her neck.
    Lorelei knew Alex loved a good show. She leaned back briefly, allowing her dress to cascade from her shoulders to reveal her breasts. She smiled with approval as he slid the fabric up from her hips and aided him in bringing it the rest of the way over her head to toss it aside on the coffee table. Then she moved in again, resuming their deep, hungry kiss.
    His pants were gone literally before he knew it. She unbuttoned his shirt without him even noticing. He loved that trick.
    She slid against him,