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A htened in Nick’s jaw ‘I knohat I was then, baby And I knohat I am now’

‘Nick—’

‘I knohat I want now, too’ In one easy ently drew her down beside him ‘You, sweetheart, ‘ he whispered, and kissed her ‘You, in my arms, in my heart, in my life’

The words were sweet, but all too painfully familiar Nick had said theo Then the words had been filled with dreams and promise

Where had it all gone wrong? When had the dreams died?

‘Nick,’ Holly said, ‘we need to talk’

‘Later’

‘Nicky I think—’

‘I love it when you say my name that way’ His lips teased hers His handsher skin ‘I used to lie awake at night, after we split up, and so my name in the dark’

Holly’s breath caught as he bent his head and kissed her breasts His lips closed around the nipple of one, then the other; his fingers drifted between her thighs

Don’t do this, a voice sighed inside her Talk about rong, or you’ll be right back where you started seven years ago

But this was Nick Her husband, ashim And she never would

CHAPTER EIGHT

HOLLY didn’t want to wake up

The dreaht of Nick’s arainst hers…

Nick stirred, htened and he drew her back against him, closer into his embrace

Holly s Nick, the , was real

Carefully, not wanting to wake hi about him was just as she remembered The dark hair, tousled now by sleep The black lashes, so full that they lay against his cheek The nose, with its sexy little bend The high cheekbones, so proht cast by the lamp on the table beside the sofa…