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her neck and pulled her even closer. “We do if we want to get there."
    "Then let's get going.” She disentangled herself from his arms and stepped toward the door. Stuart followed far enough behind she walked out of his reach.
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    Rieko and Stuart's bodies seemed almost embedded in each other. It surprised her how Stuart's every little touch, a brush of his hand on her hand, her waist, or her shoulder, weakened her knees and made her shiver. Or how just the look in his intense eyes when she stood across the room making small talk with Taylor and Shawn made her struggle to not blush a glorious color of pink. She could just imagine the thoughts that stare meant ran through Stuart's head.
    Right now they danced together. One of his hands flattened on the small of her back and held her close. His other hand ran delicate lines across her cheek and down her neck and over her ear lobe. Their feet shuffled on the deck of the rec hall, their pace slower than the soft romantic music playing.
    Rieko held Stuart close with one arm around his waist and the other his shoulder. The sides of their faces touched. She swirled in his embrace as the darkness behind her closed eyes made her even more aware of her other senses. She felt his body hot against hers. The fabric of his clothes didn't fully mask the muscles that lay beneath. She heard his breath shallow and yet full of unreleased energy. The air around them felt ten degrees hotter, stifling and full of pheromones and his musky cologne and her jasmine perfume.
    "Do you want to get out of here?” she whispered into his ear.
    He swallowed loudly. “Do you know where that will lead?” Against her ear, his voice cracked.
    Rieko just nodded her head, knowing he would feel the movement. Oh, to feel his body against hers without the impediment of clothing, his lips on hers, his hands places it wasn't polite in public to put them.
    "Is that alright?” she asked.
    "Lead on,” he told her. It gave her the answer without answering. If she wasn't in the state she was currently in, she'd be a little upset about that.
    Rieko leaned back in his embrace and opened her dark eyes to look into his of blue. She searched his eyes to make sure he was certain about their next actions. His intense gaze was very sure of his intended actions. For a moment, she saw confusion in his eyes, then he raised his eyebrows and widened his eyes and then nodded his head. This time she removed herself from his now loose embrace and moved toward the door. Stuart gently reached out and clasp her hand to pull himself to her side so that they left together.
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    Chapter Seven
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    By the time they got to the door of Rieko's quarters they could barely contain themselves. Rieko tried to punch in the code to her room. Stuart's hand, which had been on her waist, moved to grip her butt. His chest pushed against her back. All that distraction and she mistyped the code. Stuart ran a finger over her lips, and she took it into her mouth and sucked on it.
    "Open the door, Rieko,” Stuart spoke in a husky whisper.
    "I'm trying.” Rieko released his finger from her mouth. She struggled to get the code right this time. He used a hand to push their hips together, and she felt his hardened excitement against her backside.
    "There.” Rieko sighed as she made the door slide open.
    Their next moves were fast, blurred, frenzied. They were in the door, across the room, and falling onto the bed. His hands tightened in her hair, delved under her dress top to get at her breasts. She grabbed at the material of his shirt back, and ran her fingers through his hair. Their mouths met, their tongues dueled.
    Stuart ran a hand up under her dress and along her leg. He moaned as he grabbed the naked flesh of her butt from the thong panties she wore. Her fingers fumbled with his belt buckle and the zipper of his pants. Finally she grasped his erection firmly in her hand.
    Stuart shifted to be on top of