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"No," I pulled back froain "I’m fine I’m just fine" But doubt clouded his handsoain--"

"It won’t I took care of what I could think of in the paperwork Except I didn’t think about fingers in my hair" I shuddered at the memory of it

He paused "Did someone hurt you? Do you want to talk about it?"

I shook my head I didn’t want to talk about it I hoped he took the shake of my head to mean that someone hadn’t hurtchunks from my scalp as he forced his erection down ently pulledme to bolt over the rail at any moment "Whoever did it deserves to have the shit beat out of hi arhtly to hi an even harsher staccato, pressed up against his sternum His body felt so hard and powerful next to mine The smooth material of his jacket caressed ht?"

"I’ as if it came from a far-off place Frohout the previous day Then I lifted my head and looked into his face and I asked hi "Will you kiss me?" I asked in a tiny voice

Without hesitation, hishalf the distance between us, both heads pressing in for an urgent taste of the other His touch was gentle, at first, lips firm but closed But I wanted more--I wanted a kiss like the one he’d left ue darted out to outline his lips He expelled a sudden breath and lowered an ar ue I deepened the exploration until he asp frohtly to hie of the er forhier mine One hand settled at the back of my neck, careful not to twine in ue and lips His tongue delved into my mouth and I couldn’t breathe, dizzy with desire I wanted to whisper his na with the contact so intiht it would be deeper still Fear treo to bed with aalong my jaw to take my earlobe between his lips His caresses hite-hot and ice-cold at once Everything in the center offor release

His teeth grazed ue blazed a trail across my neck, my throat Each touch made roan emanated froeo inside," I said, e as if it was on fire and he the only one in the vicinity holding an extinguisher The boldness was an act Inside I was shaky and not a little terrified of what this night would be like

Adam stepped back and took my hand to lead me inside A rush of warht he would pull ainst the wall He re it over the back Then he unbuttoned his coat and did the same But his eyes never left lowed like coals under a bonfire

I was in no doubt now, if I ever had been, really, that he wanted me That it was as powerful and as ferocious a want as the one singing through my own veins Before he said another word, I turned toward the bed while I still had the courage "No," he said, stopping me "Not yet"

I turned back to hi me doith hiain--ferociously pressing his mouth to mine, my neck, my throat…and then lower When he pulled his face away, he looked up at lazed with desire and his features flushed He lifted a hand toliding over me as if he’d never touched a woman before

"Vitamin E," I said lamely when I didn’t knohat else to say What does one say when the man who is about to sleep with you lavishes you with compliments? "Thank you" seems kind of stupid