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  Ben gazed into her lovely eyes holding her captivated. He wanted Sky to know from this day forth she was his. With his free hand Ben pulled the garter from his mouth. Slowly with both hands, Ben eased the garter over her foot; pass her calf and over her knee. Sky was mesmerized. When his hand slid under her dress, Sky gasped, and bit her lower lip, her eyes briefly closing. He let the garter rest on her upper thigh, Ben’s hands lingered wanting to venture further, not here, but soon. The guest cheered and Sky’s cheeks grew hotter, slowly Ben eased his hands from her leg. Sky just stared at him. Ben replaced her shoe, pulling her to her feet. This time it was Luther Vandross, “Never Let Me Go.” Ben turned her and pulled her into his arms as they again dance to another slow tune. Everyone applauded them as the dance began. Ben was grinning and Sky was entranced. His family was smiling broadly as they watched the two of them dancing.

  “I saw them dancing early and I could have sworn they were ready to be alone, talk about seduction on the dance floor and there they go again,” Nyja comment laughing, joining her family.

  “Ben thinks it’s just dancing,” Georgie said smiling. She looked at her two girls. “Was I right or was I right,” she said grinning. Both nodded and grinned back at her.

  Ben and Sky swayed gently to the music. She followed him as if they were born to dance together. Ben let her go, and let her sway alone to the music, watching her as she unwittingly seduced him and probably every man in the building. He took her hand, turned her twice pulling her against him sharply. Sky’s eyes widened stunned and laughed. When the song ended, Ben bent her over his arm and gently kissed her. When he raised his head and her eyes opened they were dark with passion. Ben smiled and raising her. Everyone applauded, slapping Ben on the back as he led her to the table. “Think you’ll get it back Ben?” someone called from the crowd. Ben laughed. Maybe not tonight, he thought.

  Ben hugged his sister, and shook his new brother in laws hand.

  “You had a beautiful wedding Nyja,” Sky said hugging her; still feel Ben’s hand resting on her back. Ben held her chair as she sat.

  Sky turned to Ben. “Thank you for making this night so special,” she said smiling at him.

  “You’re leaving,” he said more of a statement than a question.

  “Yes, after I have a cup of strong black coffee, I think I drank to much champagne,” she admitted sheepishly.

  Ms Georgie heard this. “Ben drive Sky home please, I’m sure her car will be safe here, she just lives right here in Norfolk.”

  “Oh no, that alright, after the coffee I should be fine, Ben might want to stay…”

  “Nonsense, I will not have you driving home in this condition, I’m sure Ben doesn’t mind do you Son?”

  Ben grinned at his mother she knew he didn’t. “Of course not Mom.”

  Ben leaned close to Sky. “I don’t think I ready to let you get away from me,” he whispered in her ear. Sky turned looking in his face just inches from her own. She bit her lip and lowered her head. Ben smiled lifted her bouquet handing it to her and then her small clutch bag. Jonathan stood near his uncle.

  “Carrying purses already Unck,” he said laughing. Ben looked at Jon not understanding at first, and then he remembered what he had said early. “Here’s some advice for you Nephew, be mindful of what you say, sometimes our words come back to bite you right on the ass.” He took Sky’s hand in his and left his family.

  Jon laughed loudly. He told his family what his uncle had said earlier about shy, coy women, and how he felt about them. Ben heard the family laughed loudly. Ben turned and looked at them; he knew Jon had repeated to them what he had said. They saw him looking back at them and they waved. Ben grinned, and led Sky from the room.

  Chapter Four

  Neither spoke on the drive home after Sky had given Ben directions to her house. Ben knew Norfolk well, being stationed a Little Creek Naval Base although he didn’t live on the base Since he didn’t travel as much as he did before he was promoted to Commander he decided Virginia Beach would be where he put down roots. He always loved the beach, so he purchased some beachfront property and had a house built in a residential community in Virginia Beach. Only when the cases were big did he have to travel, and usually he didn’t return home until the case was over. He presided over the general and special court martial, the good things with his rank, he got to pick and chose his cases. Commander Benjamin Smith, known for his winning record, and his resilience in the courtroom, was sought after attorney for the military. He has lost count on the many officer and enlisted men he had baled out. If their conduct was too severe, he was always up front with them, telling them if they had any chance of not being court-martial. Ben was realistic; he knew there would come a time when he would lose, but that time had not come. Ben was confident in his career. He knew military law like the back of his hand, much of that he had learned when his father was alive. Many of the superiors that knew his father said he was just a fastidious as his father in the military courts. To Ben, that was the greatest compliment by his peers he could receive. Right now, his career and his goals were the most important thing in his life. He would not allow anything or anyone come between him and his goals. One day he would success to Judge Advocate General (JAG), which is his ultimate goal. Ben glanced over at Sky. She head lay back on the headrest, eyes closed. It amazed Ben how couldn’t seem to get enough of looking at her.

  “You alright Sky?” He asked. Her head rose and she looked over at him and nodded.

  “Thanks for bringing me home, I never drink,” she said, “but that champagne was so good, I never tasted anything like it.”

  “Yes, it was very good champagne.” Ben agreed smiling. “You have a good time?”

  “Oh yes, I’m glad I decided to come,” She admitted honestly. So am I Ben thought to himself.

  A silence settled between them. They were almost to her house and Sky was still floating from the champagne and didn’t want to stop, so languid her body felt.

  She glanced discreetly at the beautiful man who was driving her home. If she never saw him again, she knew that in her heart she would never forget his face or the way his mouth felt on hers. Her eyes closed and she could almost feel the touch of his lips on her. She sighed and relaxed in her seat.

  Ben heard her and smiled. He pulled in front into the driveway of a stone and stucco cottage-style house with outside light shining to light her way up the cobble stone walk. Sky’s eyes open, she was home and she felt a tinge disappointment.

  Ben did not want to leave her. Maybe he could get a number and call her for dinner tomorrow night. Ben got out of the car and opened the door for her. He extended his hand she put her hand in his rising. Sky went to her door while Ben got the flowers and her purse from the back seat. He joined her at the door, just as she opened it. Sky turned to him accepting her purse and the bridal bouquet from him.

  “Well, thanks Ben, I had a wonderful time it was nice…,”

  Ben pulled her to him his mouth covered hers kissing her. Sky did not hesitate to accept him responding ardently. The bouquet and purse she held fell from her hands as she wrapped her arms around his neck holding him to her. Sky heart beat rapidly in her chest. If this is desire she didn’t want to stop this feeling this. Ben lifted his head, Sky’s arm still around his neck, their faces inches apart.

  “Is this desire, I feel?” she asked against his mouth, eyes closed.

  “You’ve never felt desire?” Ben replied surprised at her question.

  “Is it?” she asked stepping back from him gazing up at him.

  Ben smiled at her. “I don’t know how you feel,” he replied still standing in the doorway.

  “I’ve never felt this way before.” She admitted honesty.

  Ben frowned confused. “You’ve never felt like what?”

  “The way you make me feel,” she stated simply turning away, mortified now, leaving him standing in the doorway. Ben stood in the door watching her. Sky turned to him; she had forgotten he was still out
side.

  “Come in Ben,” she invited softly. Ben bent and picked up the flowers and her purse walked in closing the door behind him.

  Sky kicked off her shoes, and sat on the small white and yellow sofa across from a fireplace in the small quant and cozy living room. Ben sat beside her; she pulled her legs under her, turning to face him, her face very serious.

  “How do I make you feel Sky?” he asked softly.

  She shrugged her narrow shoulders. “I don’t know how to describe it, I just feels so wonderful when you kiss me.”

  Is her naiveté for real, he asked himself, or is this some woman’s ploy?

  “You were married, didn’t you and your husband…”

  “My husband…,” she paused, “he never made me feel like you do.” she stated softly resentment in her tone,.

  Her statement pleased him for some odd reason.

  Sky watched him closely and rose to her knees closer to him.

  “Ben will you kiss me again?” she asked boldly.

  Ben pulled her down until she almost lay on him. His mouth covered her. This time he kissed her slowly, less demanding but with more precision. Ben felt her body relax against his, her hand resting softly on his face caressing his cheek. Ben slid down and stretched out his long legs on the sofa until she lay on top of him without breaking the kiss. Ben’s arms wrapped tighter around her waist holding her against him. Sky’s hands fell to his shoulders and he felt her fingers tighten into his shoulders as their passion escalated. Ben felt himself growing against her; she felt it to, because he heard her moan. She lifted her head and gazed at him.

  “Like that; that’s the way I feel,” she said huskily rubbing herself on his hardened manhood.

  Ben eyes closed briefly savor the feeling. Sky lifted herself off him standing and looking down at him. She didn’t know how she had gotten herself with Ben, but she did not want him to leave not when there was so much more for her to learn and understand. She wanted to know if he desired her as much as she did him. She extended her hand to him. Ben looked at her hand, then at her. Ben took her offered hand allowing her to pull him from the sofa. Now with his hand in hers she led him down the hallway. She was taking him to her bedroom There she left him standing in the middle of the dark room while she turned on the bedside lamp.

  She went to him, rising on her toes, she slipped her arms around his neck. She was much shorter now with her shoes off. Ben lifted her pressing his mouth to hers while carrying her to the bed and lay her down following her down with his mouth still covering hers. Ben mouth left her pressing feather light kisses on her neck. This was another experience for her. She never felt a man’s lips on her neck, for that matter anywhere on her body. Her head fell back, his breath hot on her skin. Ben hands held on to her waist, massaging her until they lowered to caress her hip. Sky moaned enjoying the way his hands were soothing on her body. His hand roamed lower coming up under her dress that had rode up exposing her thigh. Sky felt the heat in his touch. His touch continued to seduce until it was between her legs. Sky stiffened her eyes widen and her mouth parted. This was also new and it felt so nice. Sky rolled to her back to give him more access to her. Her eyes closed, Ben watched the passion that played on her face and the way her chest rose and fell with the deepening of her breath and He hadn’t even really touched her yet. He watched as her tongue dart out and wet her sensuous lips. Ben found the edge of her panties slipping his finger in the side of them. Her body jerked from his touched and her legs widened. She was wet, extremely wet. Ben looked down at her, their eyes locked, a look of surprised on her face. He knew then this was no act, this was all new to her. What kind of husband did she have that couldn’t make love to this beautiful women. All she did not received from her husband, he was more than happy to give.

  Gently fingers stroked her opening the lips of her womanhood. She sucked air through her teeth as her head lolled on the pillow. Lifting her head Sky looked down as his hand fondled her. She moaned, her head falling back on the pillow. The soft sounds of her pleasure and her reaction heightened Ben’s arousal. He didn’t think he could get any harder than he already was. Finding her opening Ben’s let his fingers slip inside her, she groaned as her hips arched against his hand. Suddenly Sky stopped her eyes wide with fear as she remembered something David at said to her. Ben frowned at her express.

  “I’m sorry, I won’t move again, please just don’t stop,” she said breathlessly.

  Ben lowered his face close to hers. “You can move all you want Sky,” he said against her mouth. She searched his face for truth. Ben smiled easing her momentary fear. Her eyes closed and she pushed herself against his hand breathing deep and sighing with each lift of her hips. Her body tensed and she gasped, pulling him down to take her mouth as her movements beneath his hand became jerky and untutored. She was coming. Ben reluctantly removed his hand; he needed to be inside her.

  She stared at him alarm when he rose from the bed. Did she do something wrong, she wondered distraught. Did she move too much? The last thing she wanted was for him to stop touching her. She felt humiliation deeply inside her soul. Maybe David was right she was a bad lay. She looked at Ben standing beside the bed looking down at her.

  “I’m sorry,” she said in defeat and rolled from him just before hot tears slipped down her face. Ben frowned when she apologized, wondering why as he quickly removed his clothes. He wanted her now and the need to bury himself deep in her was overwhelming. .

  When Ben touched her, he was naked. His impressive manhood stood hard and throbbing. He reached for her unzipping the back of her dress pushing it from her shoulders. Sky rolled to him surprised. She thought he was going to leave. Ben saw the tears that rolled down her face.

  “Why are you crying?” he asked softly as he undressed her.

  “I thought you were leaving, I thought I disappointed you.”

  Ben pulled the dress off her body. Next, he pulled her underwear off, and unhooked the front closure of her bra pushing it off her shoulders.

  “Disappoint me, never,” he said, as he positioned himself between her legs. Ben leaned up on his hands, lowered his head and tenderly kissing her. He felt the slight tremble of her body beneath him as her small hands reach up to caress his chest. Ben watched her. She removed her hands when she felt his eyes on her. Ben gently smiled at her.

  “Touch me, I want you too,” Ben said seductively. Her hands rose, caressing and exploring contours his body. Ben guided his manhood into her and the hands that were lovingly caressing his body stilled. She was tight and so very wet. Her body welcomed him, opening to accommodate him as he readied himself to stroke her tight hot body.

  Sky lifted her hips to meet him exhaling when he was fully inside her. She gasped with his first pulled and pushed in her. Automatically her arms circled his waist and held on to him as she pushed her body up to greedily meet his. Her movement again became choppy and erratic a sign to him that she was on the verge of an orgasm. Ben moved in her slowly, in and out then he shifted and moved from one side of her pulsating walls to the other to give special attention to her wet womanhood. Sky mouth fell open, a flame seem building inside her and she could not control it, nor did she want to. Ben’s hands reach beneath her lifted her hips sinking deeper into her wet body.

  She unwittingly was giving him more pleasure than he expected. She needed to feel the orgasm that she was building inside him. Ben needed to climax. When he felt the spasms of her walls squeezing and pulling him, she arched her body up one last time and she exploded. Her head fell back as his lips nipped her neck still stroking her as her hand grabbed the duvet beneath them. Her mouth parted and gasps of breath escaped her mouth. Ben released her hips and leaned up on his hands, moving faster and harder in her meeting her as her hips tilted upward to receiving his seed.

  Sky laid silently her arms stretch out on the bed savoring the feel of his body against hers with his face buried in the side of her neck. Ben took a shuddered breath and rolled from her turning to look a
t her. Sky lay staring at the ceiling seeming to be deep in thought.

  Her head turned to face him. “I’m sorry if I disappointed you, but you were more than I could have every thought, I never felt anything so exquisite, thank you,”

  Ben leaned up on his elbow looking down at her. “Do you think you didn’t satisfy me Sky?” Ben asked. She nodded, and closed her eyes.

  “Open your eyes,” Ben demanded gently. Her eyes more green than hazel opened and gazed up at him.

  “Why Skylar, tell me why you think you didn’t please me?”

  Sky turned away wanting to get out of the bed and away from Ben. She didn’t want to think about the things David said to her. Ben pulled her back against him, capturing her beneath him. Her eyes shut.

  “Open your eyes!” he demanded gently.

  Her eyes opened tears filling her eyes and rolling down the side of her face.

  Sky took a deep breath. “My husband said no man would ever want me because I was the worst lay he ever had.” she replied her voice choking with humiliating tears.

  Anger Instantly filled Ben’s body. Sky turned her head away from him.

  “Look at me Skylar,” he again demanded his face serious. “I hate to speak ill of the dead, but your husband was an ass.” Ben stated venomously.

  “He didn’t know how to make love to you. You are a sexy passionate women, I loved every second inside you, and the best part is I want to be inside you every chance I get. Your warm body embraces me and makes me feel like I have found my home.” Ben stated. Sky stared at him wanting desperately to believe him. Ben saw doubt in her eyes. He rose above her, positioned himself and entered her. Sky gasped, then she sighed as her eyes slowly closed.

  “Open your eyes, I want you to look at me while I make love to you, I want you to know how much I want you, and how I could never get enough of you. You can touch me as much as you like, in fact I encourage it.” Ben said his body thrust inside her. “When you are moving beneath me with all your pent up passion, , that’s what makes me want more and more, so move beneath me as much as you want Sky and no other man is going to have you because you are mine, do you understand.”