His heart thuds hard against his ribs as her mouth presses to his chest, and he's trembling by the time he grasps the shirt and tugs it up and over her head. He watches her hair spill free with the dark-blown eyes of a man lost in her beauty and sweetness, and he takes a hard breath as he looks at her. "You're so beautiful," he murmurs, trailing a reverent hand along the bared curve of her arm, her side.