He began to move faster, his hips pumping against her, his pubic bone hitting her in just the right spot outside while his cock rubbed the perfect area inside her. The waves crested quickly, but they were no less spectacular because they were fast. If anything, the emotions she couldn’t fight combined with the perfection of their union.

He wasn’t fucking her, sleeping with her, or merely having sex until their time together ended. This was making love, and as she climaxed, her body suspended in a place only Xander could take her, she heard sobs and whimpers, sounds she didn’t recognize. Sounds she made.

And then his motions became faster, more frantic and out of control. There was the fast and furious pace she’d expected, but as his climax hit, there was no distance between them. They came together as one perfect whole.

***

Sasha returned to work on Monday, and though she insisted Cassidy stay home and rest, her friend was on set, iPad in hand. She’d spent the night at Dash’s apartment after the attack, her brother by her side, to appease his worry. The next day, she insisted on returning to her hotel room and living her life. Sasha had tried to convince her to move into Xander’s spare room, but she lost that battle, too. Her strong friend would do what she thought was best and Sasha admired her for it.

They’d finished filming at the mansion and were now on the main set in a studio, and Sasha had her own trailer. Jared, of course, was standing nearby, and another man was watching her trailer door. She had spent hours on Sunday going over her script and character and had come in early to run lines with Cassidy.

Her co-star, Adrian, was a nice guy with enough of an edge to play Steele, the focused, man-on-a-mission Marine. Sasha felt enough chemistry with him to know their scenes together were electric, a gift that didn’t happen with everyone she worked with. And though she sensed Xander’s tension during their emotionally and sexually charged scenes, he never brought jealousy between them after the director called cut. Not even after the first kiss scene.

On the other hand, having her mother on set was a challenge. First, Annika had introduced herself to everyone she deemed important, reminding them of the smaller roles she’d had in movies that… no one knew about. When that effort failed, she began to declare to all who would listen, and even those who didn’t, that she was Sasha’s mother and had given up so much to get her daughter where she was today. It reached the point where Sasha was grateful when filming started and everyone had to be quiet.