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His eyes turned into glea "You knohat I want to know"

She took a stabilizing breath and tried to stall "Do I?"

His nostrils flared and she kneas taking effort to control his temper "You're mine Only mine I know it, and you know it, and noant to hear you say it"

Arrogant ass How could she love hi this out on him? Maybe it was her fault She could have easily ridded herself of her virginity if she'd wanted to She was just irked that he'd waited so da to finally be with her The wait had been beyond ridiculous They could have been together every time he'd come to Florida Every time she'd come to St Louis for holidays She wouldn't have turned him down and furthermore, he had to have known that She paused only a moment more and then replied in a purposely off-handed way, "I'm yours"

Her flippant answer set off a look of danger about him His brows creased into a pissed-off frown as his hand slid frohs where he cupped her with a forceful grip "Now's not the time to fuck with me, baby"

Courtney gasped as heat coiled through her bloodstreaer lit her blood at the thought The son-of-a-bitch had kept her so innocent she'd never been touched there Maybe it wasn't his entire fault, but in thathis splintered disparately She was furious; she was also so turned-on she could hardly stand up without her knees caving underneath her

With a surfeit of emotion, she lifted her hands and wrapped the to her tiptoes, she pushed her torso forward and put her lips on his She kissed hi, and within seconds, he was groaning and stabbing his tongue between her lips His hand was a hot, rasped her intian experiencing a kind of desire that she'd only gotten a hint at when she'd touched herself while fantasizing about him

He kissed her long, hard, deep, as if she belonged to hiripped her bare behind with strong fingers She felt the sharp edge of the plastic he still held in his hand rasp against her buttocks; it created a tactile sensation that sent her spinning even further into the depths of desire

His breathing becaripping her with one hand at her front and the other behind, he opened his eyes and stared down at her He inhaled sharply and said, "I need the truth"

Sing hard, she shook her head, re him an answer

His eyes blazed and his words held a sharp edge "Courtney There's a o here If you don't tellassumption and not take the kind of care I should" His eyes held hers as his control seemed to slip a notch and he rasped, "You understandcrazed already; if there's a chance I ht now"

Hishit her all at once

It was probably ridiculous, but as she realized that Nick was fueled with enough testosterone to stop atrain and that he was impatient on top of it, her face paled and she stared back without speaking, a sudden ferip

His hands clenched as he pro here Give o on"

She took a deep breath and held his eyes and made a decision because in essence, not only did she despise pain of any kind, she could only lose her virginity once, and even if she and Nick were standing up inside a closet, she wanted it to be special between them "Be careful," she whispered

He stared at her for the count of two seconds before his eyes closed and he leaned in toward her He placed his lips gently on her forehead, and there was no other way that Courtney could describe it He kissed her in benediction

It was as if a switch had been flipped inside of hio; in his place was Nick, as he'd been on her eighteenth birthday

With a gentleher by the hand, he led her from the closet and into her bedroom He started for the bed, but then with a quick turn, he swept her up into his arms and carried her out of the room, down the hall and into his suite of rooms