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"Why you been avoiding htly lowered lashes "I’ to think you don’t like ertips rode up beneath the he increased and her heart thundered so hard that blood rushed in her ears

"But you do like that I can tell" His beautiful eyes becaertips snaked their way e of her panties, Sunny ca hold of his hand, she forced it from underneath her skirt "Jamieyou need to stopnow"

"Why?"

For Jamie, it undoubtedly was that simple: If you liked someone or were attracted to thelements, just pure, unco into her eyes, waiting for some kind of answer, and only then did she realize that their fingers had becoo "Because I don’t even know you"

"But you could" He gave her a suggestive glance "In fact, it’s downright biblical To ’know’ me Very Old Testament, since that was the euphemism they chose"

She flushed "That’s disrespectful"

"God invented sex," he said reat love I don’t see a conflict of interest"

Oh, forto still the crazy te

"Well," she said on an unsteady exhale, "I don’t believe in having sex with so s into view "Now, that, Sunny Renfroe, is a full-on crying shaar Instantly she missed the war inside of her Stupidly, she had the urge to cry out, Never mind

Let’s start over! But thethe s froain, and it threw hi able to see him clearly He had some of the ht, so vivid, especially the way they contrasted with his naturally golden skin

"So how long does it take, then?" he asked casually

"For what?"

"Until we’ve known each other long enough to have sex For me to seduce you properly A few hours? A couple of days? A week? Because I’m a very determined man You should know that"

Sunny leaped to her feet "I’ve gotta go"

"Oh, co to scare you off Sit down and hang out with me for a while Tell me why it is you’ve been here most of your life, but I’ve neverto decide whether she dared risk staying, because Jaht he’d ever harm her Not that he could overpower her if he tried, not with her otherworldly abilities It had all been in that one look he’d given her, the hidden sweetness that all his bravado and flirtation masked Her heart had flipped over inside her chest, her breathing had grown shallow--and she’d known she could fall in love with hi all the way down as she fell

And caring for any human in that as strictly forbidden

"Jaht now," she said, starting toward the porch door

"Oh, co arht down onto his lap before she could even react

She found herself leaning into a chest that was hard and ainst his strength His breath arh she expected hi He reached out and caught one of her curls between his fingers, his breath hitchingabout you?" he murmured "I love your hair It’s beautiful Well, I , it would be your eyes I could lose myself in your eyes, Sunny But I do love these curls"

Very gently, al her hair, as if he meant to soothe away her fears of hi for

He looked deep into her eyes, and although it was dark, she could see intensity in the depths of his gaze, al Only then did she realize she’d begun trehtly He frowned "Hey, noon’t hurt you, sweetheart I’ainst his chest "I forgot about the possibility of teeth and claws"