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‘You rinned

‘I’ that as a compliment’

He slipped off the boxers and she nearly fainted at the sight of his impressive arousal Her eyes were half-closed as he slipped back onto the bed next to her

Nerves threatened to overwheled to end up lying in his bed, his naked body hot and de, aching to have the flihtest bit of material felt like an iron barrier between them that had to be removed

This wasn’t her Yet, in a way, nothing had ever felt so natural Her heart was beating like a sledgeha one another, and she marvelled at the depth of his eyes, the shades of navy that flecked the black

‘You were tellingher hair back and planting a trail of delicate kisses on her face He wanted to hear her say it, which was a feeling he’d never experienced before

‘Was I?’

‘I do work out, as a matter of fact’

‘When? I thought you lived at the office?’

‘I work hard, but I play hard as well I like to think that that’s what makes for a balanced life’

Kate knehat he ys sex With beautiful women who didn’t make demands because the second a demand was made their time was up

The operative as play

It occurred to her that his sudden attack of desire for her had only surfaced when he had seen her out of her work unifor off her assets As her one for the body, and how many times had she told herself that she would never be—could never be—attracted to any man asn’t interested in her for who she was

Soable to rely on her brain to tell her what to do

She wanted this h her veins,her feel treacherously alive for the first time in her life

‘Why me?’ she whispered

Alessandro drew back to look at her Up close, she was evenHer face was dewy, satiny sreen he had ever seen

But he wasn’t lying in this bed, his body on fire, because of the way she looked The world—especially his world—was full of stunning woed into one No, he was here because she wasdifferent

And because she had witnessed him in a rare moment of confusion—when he had had all his preconceived notions about George Cape thrown over, when he had had to think on his feet and behave in a way that hadn’t been predicted by his assumptions

Vulnerable

He hated the word, but there it was She had seen hiely vulnerable

Had that created soht he didn’t bother to follow through to a conclusion because it made no difference The reality was that he was here, she was here and they were going to make love

‘These things happen,’ he enerates physical attraction? You have skin like a peach Stop talking There are better ways for us to expend energy’

He ran his hand along her thigh, under the dress, along her waist He was almost nervous, and that shook him a little

Against her, Kate could feel the hardness of his erection,as he touched her She reached down and held it and had another near-fainting moment

‘I’o out with I just thought I should warn you’

‘Okay Warning duly noted Noant you to get out of that dress It’s a nice dress, but I’d rather see it on the floor’

She hitched her hands under the hele it over her head, but he stopped her

‘Not so fast’

‘What do you mean?’