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Tara shook her head and instantly felt dizzy She still tasted the whiskey on her breath She never drank hard liquor But tonight it see openly propositioning a stranger

There had to be another way to make her parents understand that they couldn’t live her life for her and that she needed to make her own decisions--and her own mistakes She knew she needed to build up her self-confidence so she could stand up to them and tell them politely, but firht now her ly impossible feat All she could think of hat it would be like to be in Jay’s arms She’d seen the way he’d looked at her, desire in his eyes And his hard on hadn’t escaped her either Did he really find her that attractive? Or did it really notsex?

She sighed, turning in the shower to finish rinsing her hair, when she froze inonly his tuxedo pants, his chest bare She ran her eyes over him, drank in his muscular body, the way he stood there with clenched fists as if he was fighting so His pectorals flexed, his chest heaved, and his Adam’s apple bobbed

Tara lifted her head, and their eyes met His irises were like molten lava

"You didn’t lock the door"

His words were like a growl They made her shiver involuntarily None of her former boyfriends had ever looked at her like this With such raw lust, such passion Nor had she ever felt so aroused with any of theot, she wanted to say, but it would have been a lie She’d heard his warning, but she’d ignored it Blatantly ignored it Because tonight she was playing with fire Her fury had made her reckless, and the alcohol had made her brave

"You round out

She made no move to cover her nakedness as he took a step into the bathroo into the shower in his tuxedo pants, not caring that water was soaking the every ? No, this couldn’t be true She’d clearly had too ne and then the whiskey after she’d rescued the guy from the pool Yes, the whiskey had pushed her over the limit

She wasn’t really on a boat with a handsome waiter whom she’d just met She wasn’t really in his shower, because the real Tara was too shy to do so like that The real Tara had too many inhibitions to act like this And for sure, the real Tara wouldn’t use a man just to piss off her parents

"Darlin’"

The heavily accented word sank deep into her A hot breath caressed her lips, before a ware hands touched her naked skin, and suddenly a strong chest pressed against her breasts and the sensitive nipples that had hardened at the sight of Jay

"Kiss ainst her parted lips, the sound reverberating in her chest

His tongue stroked gently over her lips, waiting, coaxing, while one hand slid down to her behind and cupped it possessively When he pressed his pelvis against her, she moaned involuntarily Beneath his now-soaked pants, he was rock hard

She slid her ar one hand to his nape, and swiped her tongue against his A groan burst fro possession of her mouth There was a wildness to the way he kissed her, soether with hishands, itfor asee heat that built between theency hich he explored her, as if all this could vanish into thin air at anyto the powerful thrusts of his tongue and the corresponding undulations of his hips as he ground his pelvis against her belly

War their bodies slide s in a drea more, but he simply looked at her with unreadable dark eyes

"Tara, how did I get so lucky?"

Before she could grasp theof his question, he’d already turned the water off, and crouched down in front of her

"So lucky," he hs