Alexei's words were as stunning to Ingrid as the feelings he had produced in her body. He didn't seem shocked or disgusted at her wantonness. Then she remembered briefly that he was well acquainted with the female body and all its reactions. She was probably not the first woman he had coaxed in this way. The thought sent a slight chill through her, and the accompanying shudder could have been an echo of the pleasure that was now softly ebbing away.<br/><br/>When he caught her mouth with his kiss again, she tasted his tongue for the first time, and the sensation caused a ripple of reverberations through her body, extending the lovely little aftershocks of her first...she couldn't even say the word to herself, it was so embarrassing! Let alone the fact that she was - OH DEAR GOD! - sitting in front of hundreds of strangers!<br/><br/>"I always knew that my first..er...experience would be in company," she whispered against his lips. "I just wasn't expecting<em>this</em>company. I hope I haven't embarrassed you or the family!"