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"I do, but--"

How could she explain that it wasn’t Jack she didn’t trust, but herself? The biggestand losing love

"Every day I had to ith hi time to heal those cracks"

He reached for her hands and threaded their fingers together "I promised to try to be patient, and I couldn’t live with myself if I broke my promise to you"

She’d neverof a promise…not to mention such respect for her as the model that somore than just a pretty face

"You knohat you want and what you need to do to get it," she said softly, "but you never coet there How do you do it?"

"I could ask you the sa you want, but you earn everything through hard work"

"You make me sound better than I am Especially when I know it’s not fair to want so badly to kiss you after I’ve just laid down the rules again…but I can’t figure out a way to stop "

"Nobody’s perfect," he said with a s toto say after the pressures she’d faced while building a career based on perfection "In that case, I hope that iveher hands on his chest and slowly sliding theel"

Her insides turned to liquid heat at his endear his name when his mouth covered hers in a kiss that stole her breath away entirely Both of the fueled their hunger for each other and bringing it to new heights

Mary had been kissed at the top of the Eiffel Tower She’d been kissed in a horse-drawn carriage in the ue She’d been kissed on the Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro But this kiss with Jack, in his garage surrounded by cables and machines and stale cups of coffee, was thekiss she’d ever shared…and one she knew she’d res turned out between them

He backed her up into one of the tables, and the next thing she knew, he’d lifted her up onto it so that she could wrap her legs around his waist Again, she felt like a naughty teenagerout with her off-liether behind his hips and pulled hi off inside her were on the opposite scale from fine, from content On the contrary, she felt as if she wasn’t just on the edge of Jack’s worktable, but teetering on the edge of soly wicked