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He let out a low groan and she licked over his lips, pushing gently so he’d open his mouth to her advance And then, as she’d hoped, he took control of the kiss

He pulled her into his lap, deepening the kiss, sliding his tongue across hers in a gentle exploration Her bodythe hard wall of ainst her much softer body

She was tall, nearly five-ten, but he was still a head taller than her If they were standing her head would tuck perfectly underneath his chin and she’d only have to angle her mouth up a bit to kiss him

She was the first to break the kiss but she wasn’t finished Not yet She started at the corner of his entle line over the entire puckered slash that ended close to his eye

"You are beautiful," she whispered "To me, you are"

He fraret si desire He actually picked her up and deposited her back onto the sofa and then backed off, standing a distance away

"That shouldn’t have happened," he said hoarsely

He dragged a hand raggedly through his hair and looked away

"Besides the fact that ue it’s not even funny I don’t even exist on the same plane as you"

Her eyes narrowed as she stared back at hiets to decide who’s in ," he said bluntly "You could have anypointedly at him

He stared back at her in clear confusion "Why me?"

She smiled ruefully "Attraction doesn’t follow a set of rules, you know But I know that I don’t look at the others like I look at you I don’t feel any chemistry with them, or anyone else for that htened and he cursed softly beneath his breath "No, I don’t deny it, but that’s not the point I have a job to do and I can’t do that job if I’m distracted, and babe, you’re definitely a distraction"

She smiled, pleased with the irritation in his voice He didn’t want to be attracted to her and he was fighting it, but he was She’d just have to work a little harder to crack through all those barriers he was putting up