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Noelle groaned in frustration and turned around to stare up at him "Honestly, I don't knohat to think I uy and you're sexy as sin, but a child is a big deal"

He crouched down so he was at eye level with her "It is a big deal, but you're not alone I was there, too, re"

"No you didn't If you'd known I could get pregnant, you would never have touched me"

His blue eyes warht now if I had even a hint that you wouldn't try to slapinside her went liquid and hot in response to the completely sincere look on his face

Baby or not, the idea of getting naked with hi else around theive in Too easy

"I'd never slap you," she whispered

His nostrils flared and his eyes darkened to er over her mouth, his eyes focused intently on his touch "Don't tempt me, Noelle I'm about two minutes away from meltdown and we still don't have any condo to risk it, you'd best not test s seeht on her frame Her body ached to feel the callused slide of his hand over her skin, his mouth at her breasts And lower

She shivered reue felt so hot and wet and excruciatingly gentle between her thighs

Man, oh, et the way it felt to fly apart with his fingers buried inside her and his tongue dancing circles over her clitoris And that was nothing co around his erection while he thrust deep and hard, giving her no way to escape the force of her orgasm

She'd never known sex could be like that

She doubted that it would be like that with anyone besides David

Her body screanant, but would that really be so bad? She was ss work for both herself and a baby She had no illusions that David would be in the picture, but that didn't scare her She would learn to be a good single mother Lots of wo that every ti thatfor him She wasn't a fool Sex and love were too closely linked for her to ignore the correlation

She knew that wo for the for her

He was career military She was opposed to violence of any kind The two had no place together Add to that the fact that he still had the death of his wife haunting hiet, no ht he felt in bed

If she fell for him, she'd end up hurt Her life was already such athat wouldin love with a sto her than he already was

That, she couldn't handle

"I'm sorry I can't," she whispered

"You mean you won't You already proved beyond a doubt that you can last night Quite well in fact"

"I don't regret e did last night I just don't think that's it's sht now"

He jerked away, his ht, of course You don't have to explain," he said through clenched teeth "I'll be outside"

The cabin shook with the force of the door sla Noelle both inside and out She hated to see hi to put so to be able to resist hi to return to noritated inside Her body felt twitchy and unstable and she knew this had to be what sexual frustration felt like She wished now more than ever that her normal, laser-focused tunnel vision would kick in, and the world--including her frustrated body-- would fall away But it didn't happen Her focus was held captive by thoughts of David Thoughts of what they'd done last night

Maybe she shouldn't have refused hiht now--so this stressful ti to be okay She didn't even care how big a lie it was

David was only human, no matter how formidable a hu?

Their situation was dangerous Men had tried to abduct her, or kill her Noelle could tell by David's steely deterot, he'd protect her, even if it cost him his life

In fact, sometimes, when she looked at him, she wondered whether or not part of hirieved for his wife; the fact that he still held on toj his wedding ring and the way he spoke about her proved that

Maybe that hy he was fearless in the face of danger Awould have little to fear

But that didn't mean he didn't want companionship while he was still alive No one wanted to die alone Was David any different?

Sout told her that she'd better be careful She was falling for David Hard