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Shit, why did she have to go and do that?

"Uh, I’ where I was going," I say, hten ood Too good My skin is electric,to search her body, and I realize I should shove her away End this conversation now before it has a chance to get coht then Maybe you should" Her fingers curl tighter into ainst my skin, and I feel her touch to the very depths of h the fabric My breath sticks in my throat as I stare at her, completely fascinated with the sultry expression that crosses her face "Apologize, Mr DeLuca"

"Sorry, Miss Jaeous Everything about her is gorgeous Why did I never notice her like this before? Well, I did get hung up on her scent but toldspecial

Was I such a shallow bastard that for clothes and makeup hat it took to really make me notice her?

But there’s more to this woman She’s smart and always there when I need her, which is often I try my best to be fair and not always take, take, take, but I’ve been pretty da and breathing this place for weeks and months

Bryn has stood by uiding me when I’m lost She keeps me on task

And I’m a lust-addled idiot because all I can think about is howand see her naked for the first ti like I have no control over it, and she’s tilting her head back as if in waiting, the s into kiss her

Yep, I’ to kiss her and find out what those delicious lips finally taste like And when I finish kissing her, I’ to press my face into her hair and breathe deep her addictive scent Inhale it until it fills rance wrapping all aroundme, and I close my eyes just as ht Si myself She doesn’t run, doesn’t so much as jerk in my hold No, it’s worse She should pull away from me and slap my face Or at the very least, stomp on my foot, tell o because it’s the right thing to do

Pulling her intoto do

Instead, she sighs against my lips The softest, sexiest little sound I think I’ve ever heard inaroundto n I’ve been looking for despite the flash warning repeating in my head:

Step away, step away, step the fk away, assle

I ignore it I can’t resist her I don’t want to resist her All those soft, delicious curves press againstwith mine She’s taller with those fk-me heels on and I’m tempted to slide ht do

With the way she’s responding toshe’d like it

The kiss is still si for the other to make the firstto etch this et it The way she feels in my arms The little sounds she hs and whi She tastes likemy lips, ready to take it deeper

But unbelievably, she beats ue darts out for a tentative lick against mine--a wicked little flick that sends ainst my trousers Fuck, I want her I could drown in her

I’a delicate dance that gets deeper, wetter, hotter with every second that passes I clutch at him, slide my hands from his shoulders to circle around his neck, one hand in the thick, soft hair at his nape, holding hihten around les at the possessive way he touchesforwith Matt When he walked into my life and pretty s and return to Cactus, totally ashaht I would be

I’ve fought this dizzying attraction for Matt for what feels like forever, especially this last week, and I think he has too Over dinner, the connection only seeible presence

Why else would he so readily kissinto each other, but it feels so natural, being in his arer and now, alone in the dark, hushed, quality of the office, with no one else close by, we can finally give in to our attraction and take it a step further

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