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Chapter One

His breath fanned across my face as he effortlessly swept me offainst his hard, tanned, chiseled chest, and de eyes danced with a combination of amusement and suppressed desire It was as if he could peer into ht I wanted hi man craved one last breath of air, and he knew it There was no way to deny it when my body so openly betrayed me My chest heaved with anticipation as his eyes moved to my full breasts that barely peeked out of the thin silk dress I wore His eyes darkened with yearning, giving me a small measure of satisfaction He wanted me as badly as I wanted him

"I' hisht is over" His lips were inches away The expectancy leftwith need

He stopped just shy offor it I would not give in to his silent de to take me, the decision would be all his

His arhtened around me as he took in my silence He knew my stubbornness well It hat had kept us apart all this ti me to the bed

I shook ht hi that I surrender to what it had been wanting for longer than I could remember

"Kassie," he crooned, playing onhis body so he was lying between s "Say it"

I could feel hiritted rindevery tool in his arsenal, his hands slithered alongthe sides of my breasts

"Kassie," he growled, reacting to ainst me

I shookhis hips My starving bodyto quench its thirst Our bodies danced, fillingWorld

Wait—what? A Great Big World? That's not right I jerked my eyes frohtly blurred Sunlight streaht before I shookup, it had been pitch black outside I had been writing all night The rabbed my attention continued to wail fro a hand across roped for my phone, which had slid down the arm of the oversized recliner and nestled between the cushions Happy to see the call was froer across the screen before croaking out a greeting fro by the e on the small table adjacent to the chair, it had been solecting allCase in point,ht, but ifa case forthis wasn't my first novel, you'd think my body would be used to the routine by now

"Nicole?" Olivia asked, sounding concerned

I cleared my throat to find a voice that soundedwasn't much better "Yes"

"Are you sick?"

"No," I answered, grabbing a can of diet soda from the table next to my chair I shook it to find the can about half e Yuck Flat diet soda absolutely sucked donkey nuts I grimaced as the vile liquid slid down my dry throat At the very least, it served its purpose to wetlike a toad