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"Hum?" She was so comfortable she didn't want to move

"Have dinner with ht?"

She stiffened, yet his war it away "Adood between us" She leaned back to look at hi a brow "Besides the baby," he whispered, then ducked even closer "You knew it the instant we kissed And kissed" He inhaled the wonderful scent of her "Hell, Tessa, we ca his eyes, he added a safety net "It's only dinner No "

His sincerity touched her in a place she'd sworn he'd never reach, and Tessa warred with the reasons keeping her back Keeping her fro his company like a normal man and woman and not prospective parents Each reason was vividly clear when she'd walked in here, but now…

She nodded and he sging of his lips His gaze raced over her face, absorbing every detail, and Tessa felt a difference in this look Unspeakably intierous than ever before

At the end of the session, he rolled the blanket, stacked the pillows, then helped her with her shoes As he pulled her to her feet, he settled her against hi clutch in the vicinity of his heart The large conference roo, he pushed her arms around his neck and kissed her She didn't pull away, didn't jolt Instead she accepted, received, ale, lushly tasting her over and over, a gentle, loving kiss that made her toes slowly curl

She drew back, breathless, war

He didn't care "I like kissing you"

Her guard went up and she stepped out of his arms "You said just dinner"

"Yeah, tos

"Great job, Chase," Debbie called as they left the center

"Teacher's pet," Tessa teased "I actually think you enjoyed this" She wanted hiselse

But he ise to it "You didn't?"

She shrugged, then sent hilance behind loose tendrils of dark hair "Of course, watching you nearly hyperventilate yourself into a co"

His face darkened a bit "Pinching you had its ht with her