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She smiled "They don’t make men like you very often anymore Go and tell that woman how you feel And I’ll find me aher, I headed outside to hail a cab Five minutes later, I was on o, but, fuck, it was the one place I was beginning to think I needed to be

Her wary eyes narrowed on ht we covered everything yesterday"

"I thought we’d covered everything, too Turns out I’ I can think of at the mohts, it’s confused the fuck out of me that you can so easily steal their place"

She didn’t say anything straight away, and I began to think she was going to turn me away But then she said softly, "How do you do that?"

"Do what?"

"Every now and then you bare a piece of your soul to me and it makes me want to know "

I sucked in a breath Don’t say that "Can I co her to say yes

She ht when she took a step back and ushered e her mind, and strode in towards her kitchen When I reached my destination, I turned to look at her Jesus, she was so else Dressed in a pair of those deni-tih t-shirt, with her hair pulled up in a ponytail and her face free of makeup, she was easily thepast lass out of a cupboard and poured herself a drink of water Resting her back against the kitchen counter and one foot on the other, she sipped her drink and said, "So, you caht to the point

I rubbed the back of my neck and frowned "I don’t really know"

She stared ather drink on the counter andmy face in her hands, she brushed her lips across ht away Her touch was like a lightning bolt through roaned into her mouth I knew I should stop her, but I couldn’t This woman had crawled under my skin and I was helpless to stop ripped her there whilethe kiss, ue found hers and I kissed her in a way I hadn’t kissed a wo we kissed for It was both heaven and hell for me - a constant push and pull of needs All I wanted to do was take her body and bend it to give me what I desired – what I needed – but I refused to break her, so I denied myself

She ended the kiss, and stared into hts you usually reserve for this time of year?"

"No"