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Except all his reasons fleay the minute her mouth stilled under his

Her hands caught on his chest The long lashes cast crescent shadows on her cheeks But it was her wide eyes that snagged Raphael The slumberous desire in them The soft mewl of pleasure that fell from her mouth as her palms moved and settled over his chest His heart thundered like a wild beast under her pal his

One kiss… All he wanted was one kiss

One taste of the tantalizing lushness of her mouth One taste to see if she was as sweet as she sounded

One moment with the woman who stared at him like no other did As if he were her deepest fantasy

“Raphael…” Her entreaty incensed him How dare she walk into his domain and turn him upside down?

Fingers curled around her nape, he tilted her face and slid his tongue over her tre lower lip

She moaned into his mouth—a tremulous whimper that heated his blood And shuddered Her body softened and his hardened Fitting his ainst hers, he moved it this way and that Heat stirred froainst his chest Digging and pressing Grasping

He kissed herand taunting, so in his blood “Open yourin heated anticipation

Her body arched into his touch even as she said, “They’re watching…please…”

And yet, she pressed closer, until her sh was encased between his own He stroked his hands up and down her back, soothing those infinite treer consumed him “Give in, bella Kiss me”

And merciful God above, she did

Slowly Softly

Like a whisper of a butterfly’s wing, she pressed a tentative kiss at the corner of his ue Fro him until it felt like there was a hot poker inside of his own body Until the control he was exercising spewed hot shivers all through him