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CHAPTER 1

Sean’s eyes are locked with mine He doesn’t react to my words There’s no smile on his lips, no sense of relief or joy Instead, he stays a breath fro ainst his waist His body is so hard My thoughts keep drifting to running ue over his firm stomach It makes my toes curl and I feel shy, but I don’t look away from him

No one has ever looked at aze that’s tender and sweet Sean’s eyes are filled with desire that darkens by the second It’s like his eyes could devour roar to save itself, like it knows Sean’s bad for me

I don’t knohat I expect Sean to do, but he’s slow about doing it He teaseshis lips so close to mine that I tremble By the time Sean closes the distance between us, I can barely control ainst nites and I suck in startled breath My legs feel like they want to run, but I can’t Myover, but I force the sensation back There is no way Sean will hurthappens to me My heart on the other hand, well that’s a different issue

I stand there as Sean’s body is pressed tighter to mine Every curve, every muscle, slips into place until there is no space between us His body is rock hard and so warm I feel him under the supple fabric and kno much he wants me

Sean’s fingers gently tangle in ain The floor ofThe kiss is so light, so perfect It htheaded like I’one, I want more My eyes flutter open I didn’t realize that I’d closed them

Sean pulls back and watches aze It burns a trail between my eyes and ainst e expand as he sucks in a jagged breath Excite beneath the surface, barely contained

I don’t knohat I want or what I want him to do My mind is lost in a cavern of lust and I can’t find my way out Hell, I don’t even know if I want out My life sucks and this little reprieve is heaven There’s no reason to think, nothing to worry about After this tryst, I’ll have what I need as well as plenty of ? What am I afraid of? Iyourself that, a bitter voice says at the back of my mind

It takes htens me in a way that I can’t fathoible, but this one isn’t My emotions feel dazed, like they don’t knohat’s real and what’s fake Sean doesn’t really lovethere and it calls to me

The way his eyes drink me in, the way his hands feel on my skin, and the way he teases uy like this in my entire life There was never any heat, not even a spark That’s what s with Sean all thefor him He walked into my life and filled a hole that I didn’t even knoas there It’s too soon for that A couple of kisses and suy What the hell is wrong with me?

Sean watches me closely as I think Every tiainst his chest It feels right I want more As if he can read aze fixated on hts rush froone before I can blink

Sean’s fingers drift down to my cheek and he tilts my head to the side My heart pounds harder inthe perfect aainst his chest and my arms wrap around his neck I play with the hair at the base of his neck as he kisses ers

As we kiss, a thought races throughIt flutters through my mind, unclear Sean licks the seam of my lips once, and then twice My heart races harder as he does it I’m ready to open my mouth and let hied, ready for that kiss Every inch ofinside of me and his kiss will set it free

His kiss Kissing…

“I can’t,” I say into his , I pull away and turn my face

CHAPTER 2

The kiss breaks I can barely breathe The rapid pace of my heart won’t slow My hands tremble at his neck and there’s no way to hide it I pull away fro me “I’m sorry”

Sean says nothing at first He watches ht tremor, the way I wrap my arms around my middle, and the way I can’t look hi my services, Sean slips back into his chair like he doesn’t ize for”

I glance at hiaze says as much

Sean se, Miss Save azes at me makes me feel like I’m in emotional overload

My face flushes and I glance away What was I thinking? I can’t do this I can’t be with hi is a pastime to him, but to me it isn’t I took this job because I needed the money, but even s for Sean I like the way he makes me feel I want to know him better I want him to be mine

That’s not what this is

The tre becomeshis hands over my arms He presses a kiss toon the lips was off liize”