his deep voice sounding intimately in my ear , the smell of him in my nostrils ( he wore cologne that night ; it was subtle but it had hints of cedar and musk , and mingled with his natural smell that was all man , it did a number on me ) , his arm tight around my belly , by the time we made it to the restaurant ( what i guessed was around ten blocks ) at his horse 's slow canter , i was in a state .