He marveled at how this breathtaking woman should declare such a thing so casually, yet at the same time be so assertive, indeed, almost frantic, as she moved him to the bed, pushed him onto his back and swung her chocolate-creamy thighs over his hips as she audaciously moved to straddle him. Slipping her nightie up and over her head, she cast it aside so that it pooled with a rustle at the foot of the mattress.