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And then her fingers were curving around his shaft, gripping him with cool and delicious friction and he had tiht--God, don’t let this be another fantasy--before gladly giving in to the sensation Kara’s fingers, which slipped past locks and dealt blows hard enough to fell grown men, were the sweetest of dreaasped, then brought her breasts together and ran his tongue along her cleavage as her breathing grew harsh and her fingers ran across his now-slippery tip He groaned and lobes until he ers He wanted to mark her

He wanted to kiss and suck every inch of her body, leave a ring of hickeys around her throat like a necklace, wanted to write his name on her forehead with a laundry marker, wanted to marry her so she would be his forever and he hers Instead, he stopped hi and attacked the button fly of her jeans Being a fuered physician, his technique wasn’t nearly as stealthy as hers She didn’t, thank God, seeood--"

"Yes, you--"

"You--"

"Oh yes--"

He didn’t knoas saying what, didn’t care, it didn’t s in the world were her breath, her skin, her face, her sweet, courageous self

"I’ve got to--got to send hiain

"Who?" She said the word into his htly bit his lower lip and squeezed his throbbing dick with perfectly even pressure fro hiain "Who?"

Who indeed? What the hell had he been talking about? Oh, yeah… "Carlotti One Eyebrow The wonderful thug who brought you into my life I’ll send hi"

He felt the change in her at once One instant she ar and had her hands all over hi at hiht, then, in the next instant, eyes that showed nothing except cool waiting

"That’s enough of that," she said calently pushed him back

"Guh," he said, conscious of the fact thatin his dick and, as such, he was definitely having trouble keeping up "Wha?"

"Sorry about that We shouldn’t s Why don’t you zip up and joinroom?"

"Why don’t we have sex on the bathroom floor instead?" he asked in what he hoped was a reasonable tone, but what he was afraid sounded dangerously low and rough with lust He felt growing anger and stole her right now Had he ever been so aroused? Not since the night he lost his virginity…and maybe not even then

"No thanks"

"The kitchen floor? The living room? The fire escape? The hallway? The corner diner? Where?"

"Get dressed," she said, not unkindly and left the rooht thundered through her brain, even as she cupped her breasts, even as she ached for more of Jared’s mouth and hands She had nearly let him take her ‘Let him’--ha! She had nearly raped him in his own damned bathrooood and she was exactly the opposite and why, oh why couldn’t she keep that in mind?

Kara fastened her bra, pulled her shirt back over her head and sat down on the couch, dreading the moment Jared would co the out without so irl" She wouldn’t have been surprised if he’d wanted to slap her She was so disgusted with herself she would have stood still for it

But only once

She tried to pull her hair into a ponytail with treers, then reave up "Re to soothe herself, calm herself Her voice sounded hoarse and she cleared her throat and went on silently, trying for calm Usually she didn’t have to try People you care for die or leave So it’s better--safer--to never show true feelings

Don’t get close Don’t get personal You stupid cow

Scolding herself usually made her smile Not this time She had used Jared badly and owed him an explanation she would never let him hear: that she was powerfully drawn to hi hiht as ish she wasn’t a carbon-based life form…