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"Let go of me"

"No"

His new favorite as ainst his chin and lips And the truth was, he couldn’t have let go of her for the world Not just because he didn’t want that other guy touching herbut because he’d never wanted to hold anyoneher? Too many years to keep count And yet, he’d never had a clue just how incredibly good she would feel in his ar and falling against his aro until you promise me you’ll stay away from him"

Noas her turn to say, "No"

He shifted his hand enough to slip a finger beneath her chin and turn her face so that he could look into her eyes "Proood"

Sophie yanked her face away from his hand, then her whole body, and when she turned to face hi "I can’t believe you just said that! Especially since you of all people have no idea whatsoever what’s good for me"

"Wanna bet?"

His mouth was on hers before he could put the brakes on his desire He was too angry, too frustrated with hi stubbornness--to be gentle

Lips weren’t enough He needed tongues Needed to slide one hand into her hair to tilt her head at just the right angle to take what she’d been about to offer sorip the luscious curve of her hips with his other hand to drag her in closer

So too fast for her to possibly enjoy the kiss, let alone keep up with hi hi softly against his ainst his

Sweet Lord, Sophie was everything he’d ever wanted in a woman Her scent, her taste, the feel of her He couldn’t stop his hand fro up froe and then--holy hell, she felt good--the curve of one breast in his pal with pleasure as his thumb crested the aroused tip, and Jake kneas barely a breath away fro legs, until he could touch and lick and--

What the hell was he doing?

Knowing Sophie didn’t stand a chance of fighting off a guy like hiut churned with self-hatred as he abruptly released her, so quickly that she stuh he knew better than to ever touch her again, he couldn’t let her fall As soon as he knew she was steady on her feet, he forced hio, the need to pull her back into his ar at his insides