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"It’ll be good for both of us, I can promise you that" He trailed the back of his hand over her cheek in a lover’s caress "I’ for love any more than you are We’re the perfectto make us both happy Really, really happy"

Oh

She should be cheering, should be so glad that he’d just spelled things out so clearly But even though he’d just given her precisely what she’d always said she wanted, his words felt like a knife shoved straight through her chestas if some stupid, reckless part of her heart had secretly been wishing he would fall in love with her

Even though she wouldn’t have trusted his professions of love if they had co away fro both of them away from the man as more potent than any she’d ever known

Only, she’d lost hold of her self-control at the first brush of his ood it felt to have his body pressed into hers, warer one this ti interrupting the natural flow of their passion

But at the sa deeper beneath the sensual spell he wound around her, Heather had run her life for too long to let aas Zach Sullivan--lead her down a dark path

If she were going to head into the darkness, she’d go of her own free will, da to be absolutely sure she was clear with hi to be"

A flash of purely h his eyes as he ied her closer

"Kiss me to seal the deal"

Her breath came even faster at his softly spoken command She hadn’t realized how much she craved Zach’s brand of sensual dominance until today She’d loved the way he’d stolen the kiss fro of wantonness as he took what he wanted froainst the wall And now, even as she should have been annoyed at his deement, she was more turned on than she’d ever been

She knehat he expected her to do--either give him a peck on the lips out of annoyance or let hiain

But now that she’dphysical with Zach, she not only wasn’t going to deny herself whatever pleasures were in storeshe was also going to make darn sure he realized he wasn’t any less affected by her than she was by hi for his jaw, feathering out her fingers across the super-sexy dusting of stubble that shadowed his tanned skin Desire flared in his eyes as she et closer She slid her hand into his hair and pulled his face down to hers

Her lips touched his a split-second before he growled and slaainst hers It was the perfect kiss to seal the deal for their newly negotiated affair, a wonderful predictor for the incredibly passionate, no-holds-barred sex they were going to have with each other

Nothing more