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‘No way’ She stepped back fro for the first tiht outside had faded, creating a very different ah the door of his aparto

‘No hat, Lisa?’ he teased

‘No way aain’

To her horror hethe distance between them His eyes were so dark, so heavy with desire and she couldn’t help the leap of need that juer she’d been harbouring all afternoon

‘Are you quite certain about that?’ His husky voice and heavy accent left her in no doubt that passion and desire were fighting for supremacy within him too

‘Yes’ The whisper was barely audible, but he’d heard it and she wondered if he could hear her heart thu to him

Max gathered her unresisting body against his, the s to her senses,her want him, want to be in his arms, to feel his lips on hers But she had to resist, had to hold onto her control, her sanity

‘Very sure’ She pushed at his chest, trying hard to ignore the muscles beneath her palms ‘Just as I am about the fact that by New Year’s Eve you will have tired ofthe role of diligent brother, which will leave me free to return to my life’

‘So I have until New Year’s Eve to prove this theory of yours wrong?’ The velvet edge to his deep voice sent treid and still as she glared at hier was directed as much at herself as at him

‘But you won’t prove anything, Max’

‘Are you quite sure about that, Lisa?’

She wanted to shout at hiainst the way her body even noanted to feel his touch, his caress Instead she stepped calht now

‘Absolutely sure’

He s with my wife at my side’