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She did her best to put it all behind her and try to get through the evening so that it remained a pleasant event for everyone That was part of her job at the moment

Connor played his role well, never allowing her far from his side, his ar started, they didn’t leave the floor for at least the first hour, and the ed that way by William, an event planner, or perhaps even Connor hiotten all about their decision to be wise and back away fro it was scripted to end badly

She was having trouble reain, his arhtly around her as he pulled her back into his erazed hers It was a quick kiss, followed by another and another, each lasting longer than the one before If they hadn’t been in public, the focus of almost all the eyes in the room, she was certain neither one of theth to pull ahen they did She cleared her throat and kept her voice pitched low “You’re playing with fire here, Connor”

He groaned, pulling her even closer as he buried his face in the bend of her neck, his lips gently nibbling her skin before he spoke a second later “I think I want to get burned”

She stiffened slightly “You kno this ends We both do” Heaven help her, she was saying it just as much to remind herself as she was him

“Yes, but it doesn’t mean we couldn’t have a heckuva time before it’s over Just think about it”

She groaned “I have been I wish I could stop thinking about it” That was the truth All night, all she could i into his rooht in theof desire between the all the reasons why it was a bad idea, and she could feel herself weakening

She was in big trouble

After the party, he took her hand and pulled her up the stairs behind hi look “Should I leave you here? Or do you want to go the rest of the ith me?”

The rest of the ay too far, and far too reckless She knew that, and though her body was burning and her heart was pounding, she opened her mouth, licked her lips, and said the only sensible words that she could in the situation “Take me with you, Connor”

His rooer than the one she’d been given for her use, and she was unsurprised to find they shared an adjoining door Her future father-in-law—if she’d actually beenConnor, that was—had made it easy for them to be discreet

She wasn’t too worried about being discreet right noith the door closed behind the over her body in a leisurely fashion He was just touching her in a slow and careful way, his fingertips gliding over her skin as though he was absorbing the details of her erprints

His h they had all night to taste each other Knowing they did have all night, she was able to rein in the urge to rush, to push him down on the bed, climb on top of him, and ravish the man that she was suddenly desperately in lust with

Lust was all it was That’s all it could be, and as long as she kept that inIt was just a harence, and it wouldn’t hurt anyone She just had to remember to keep it in perspective

When they reached the bed a few ression of events, and she had no hesitation when she laid down beside hih his dark blonde hair before she began to unbutton the buttons of his tuxedo shirt “Has anyone ever told you, Connor, that you’re a beautiful man”

He grinned at her, looking arrogant, but also endearingly boyish at the sauess I didn’t need them to I already knew it”

She rolled her eyes “Same old Connor”