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‘And?’ Her teasing became bolder

‘And because I desire you more than any other woe of promised passion within them unmistakable And didn’t she desire him too? Want him with a passion she’d never known possible until he’d come into her life?

‘And if I don’t want to be that woh her as she remembered the time she’d first said words of love to hi him know that she was emotionally committed to him in a way he’d later made clear he didn’t want

‘I think that you do’ He brushed his lips over hers again and just as h escaped her She didn’t want to respond, didn’t want to convey her compliance with his wishes to him quite so e woone, the passionate woman who loved him had returned Whatever it was between the married for the sake of the baby easier? If passion had once brought theether could it now bind them once more?

‘I’m not so sure,’ she said in a soft provocative whisper and sht just have to prove that to me’

It was just like that night two ain One kiss, one caress and she beca puddle of need at his feet She hated herself for wanting hiot on like this would be better than a fa very different lives Her own childhood had been like that and she didn’t want the same for her baby

‘I do, do I?’ He laughed softly, a sexy deep sound that didn’t quite mask the words he’d just said to her, words he’d said once before but hadn’t truly meant

‘Yes, you do’ She pushed all hertogether until New Year’s Eve and h tie—more to them—than passion

‘In that case…’ He swept her from her feet and headed for the bedroom and the excitement in Lisa’s body intensified She loved this man, wanted hih his barriers and make him see that, make him feel it

She looked around her as he placed her on the large bed covered in a festive throw and on the wall above it a trail of twinkling lights Parcels done up with bright red ribbons adorned thesill and beyond the cottage the darkness of the night was sparkled with stars It was all so perfect, so romantic and she couldn’t help but lose herself in the ht never be another like it, not with this iven her heart unconditionally to the day they’d met, the man who even now still held it—and alould

She looked at him, deep into his eyes ‘It’s Christ else, to enjoy the ht all I want is you’

‘How can I resist that?’ The feral tone of his voice left her in no doubt that he wanted her too

‘Then don’t’ She reached up and touched his face, belatedly realising what a loving gesture it was and sliding her fingers into his hair instead To hide the rising e his response When it came, it took her breath away

‘Never,’ he said against her lips, sending her heart-rate soaring His arms pulled her close and, to cover up the love that was threatening to erupt within her, she slid her hands down his chest, to the suit jacket he wore, and pushed it off his shoulders as she had done with his overcoat

This ti her on in the increasing heat of the dance of desire As she kissed hi with his, she pulled off his tie and opened his shirt buttons, until her hands touched the firmness of his chest

He broke the kiss, ords of Spanish she didn’t understand, but she couldn’t allow him to see her face, couldn’t allow him to look into her eyes, not if she wanted to conceal the truth of her feelings for hiht, he must not think she still hankered after love and happy ever afters with hith and badly needed control

‘I have no idea what you just said,’ she teased as she pulled back fro briefly into his desire-filled eyes before she pressed her lips to his chest

‘That you are a te far too uttural sound of his voice sent razor-sharp pins into her heart and at the same time set loose the heavy throb of desire from deep within her