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He was right, darn him Only she had no time to dwell on that fact because his mouth finished its descent and locked to hers with rock-solid possession This was no tentative kiss, no prelude to seduction, but the thing itself In living, glorious color that had starbursts going off inside her and her brain going into a meltdown

And she went under just as he’d predicted she would Without a whimper of protest Without so much as a token attempt to push him away And she couldn’t even claim it was because her hands were trapped between them because he iet closer with his big, hard body

Shethe kiss soexcept his kisses It had been this way since the very first one She’d acknowledged then what she kne She belonged here, in his ar need, she did not know, but she craved his touch

Did he sense it? Was that why he was so sure of himself? Of course he did…he was too world savvy not to But none of that explained whyhe wanted to marryher

CHAPTER FOUR

EVEN THOSE THOUGHTSsplintered as his tongue demanded and received entrance into her mouth His taste intoxicated her and she let hi in the electric charge of contact when her breasts pressed against his chest

She pulled at his shirt and then scrabbled for buttons, hungry for the feel of his hot skin They caers and she luxuriated in the silky dark curls that swirled over his chest He was such a prime specimen of the male of their species

His ertips His sheer size both intimidated and aroused her feminine sensuality

He ed her into his lap Planned or not, his desire for her pulsed between them as he had promised it would She could not deny the harsh reality of his erection pressed against her thigh or the way the hands holding her tre with sensation

But it was soShe loved this man and her heart craved this intimate connection as fervently as her body

His hands slid over the silk of her dress, caressing her curves and inciting feelings that never ceased to shock her This hat passion was supposed to feel like—not forced, not muted, but so full, so real that every atoht His hand skis to hihs through the sheer lace of her panties

He groaned and pulled his lips from hers So he could see what he had touched “Very sexy”

She couldn’t form a word to respond She looked down at herself, sprawled in abandon across his thighs, her legs spread slightly, her thighs quivering with need She could smell her own musk and rather than embarrass her, it excited her further to think she could respond so totally to this man’s kiss