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“I need to think about this”

“Sure”

“What if I say no?”

“Then we’ll be back where we started:you with black lacy panties behind the bar, a big beer launch, and inevitable sex in aard places” He shrugged “You have forty-fiveenough? I won’t interrupt your thoughts, I promise”

True to his word, he didn’t utter a word as they sped through the Colorado landscape Piper stared blankly out at the blur of ragged mountains, snow, pines, and rock Her body wanted her to say yes to his proposal—heck, so did her brain if it —but she couldn’t bring herself to open her ht Or maybe it all seemed too easy

“We’re al and a bolt of awareness rocketed straight between her thighs “So, what’s your answer?”

Her heart felt too large for her chest as it pulsed with adrenaline She had to say sohed and pressed a button on his armrest to activate the privacy screen between the to you”

His arm snaked over her waist and, before she could protest, hisher without restraint She wriggled and squealed with protest for a second or two, held fir her jaw steady But as his tongue probed and explored her mouth, she crumbled and melted into him like she always did It was so unfair that her body refused to obey her brain and that hor for which there was no effective antidote except orgasm It was insane—just one touch from this man and she was like an animal in heat

His hand slid up between her thighs and she felt his thuh the silk of her panties Then he began to circle slowly She arched her back, instinctively seeking ers inside her or the feel of him on her breasts She couldn’t believe how responsive her body was to hier and she was his It felt wonderful…

He broke the kiss, but his lips were just inches from hers “You see? It’s still there, this wildfire attraction, and it’s not going away unless we feed it and let it burn itself out”

She moaned and closed her eyes as he continued to work between her legs “Don’t…”

His finger moved under the elastic of her underwear “Don’t stop? Or don’t do this?”

He slipped inside her slick heat and ran his finger up and down slowly until she began to pant and squirasped

Her eyes flew open as he suddenly withdrew, leaving her feeling cold and frustrated “What?”

“Sexual blacket the answer I want”