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“It’s all-important But what you feel now could be PTS”

“Post-traumatic stress? From the attack, you h uncharacteristic, uninhibited acts after surviving a life-threatening experience”

“And you’re an expert in that, right?” His gaze dropped, his whole face beco to analyze his reaction, she had to resolve this “Since I detailedcrush on you, you know this isn’t spur of thelike a pathetic fool by pretending it was the stress talking, go ahead, be chivalrous to the end”

Without raising his eyes, he ed back on her heels “Then it’s even worse You succumbed to an ‘uncharacteristic and uninhibited act’ because you’re stressed and had a hor you all over Now that the urge has subsided, you want to end this on a not-too-sour note”

His eyes rose then, bored into hers again “Does it look likehers with it and Whoa His clean sweatpants showed thatnothing had subsided Not in the least “And women have thrown themselves at me and pawed me before, and none has caused even a hormonal blip”

Her heart thundered “You ed in his voice and gaze again “Everything But I needed to be sure I wouldn’t be taking advantage of your vulnerability”

So Moht She wanted everything with him, whatever it led to

She leaned into hi at feeling his vitality and power quiver beneath her touch “If another ot medical attention and promised to be there for hione home with him, and I certainly wouldn’t be in his bed now Fro I did was because it was you Everything I feel is for you All I want is you”

He suddenly severed their contact by standing up

At her choking disappoint justice, I’ve revisedher lip on the yo-yoing agitation and excitement, she whispered, “So ill you do?”

He undid the drawstrings of his pants ever so slowly “I’ll savor you within an inch of your sanity”

She wanted to tell him she was already a few ht suffer a coronary Then he did

Finding black silk boxers beneath didn’t ward off the hs and legs encased in the perfect a what all that would soon be doing to her, was enough

Then, ain He ski his delight at her scent The conqueror she’d expected hi her out of her mind