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“Then, let me remind you” Before she could even decide if she wanted to object, he turned her and pinned her against the side of the pool, where she was able to stand on the ledge The water lapped at her body, sliding over it in a sinuous tease

“I told you that I didn’t want to kiss you again,” she said, sounding a little breathless

He cupped her cheek, turning soive” Suddenly, she found their positions reversed, with Harvard leaning back against the side of the pool and her standing between his legs The width of the ledgedistance “If you want me,” he said in that dark, deep voice that made her shiver, “you can have me I’m all yours I promise not to touch until you ask me to”

Chapter Sixteen

Come on, Rachel While Harvard outwardly appeared relaxed, inside he was a knot of desperation You know you want to; coood care of you Come on…

Her usually guarded expression had disappeared, and the war of indecision waging inside her ritten all over her face Harvard said nothing; he just waited Willing her to take the step toward hi

Dark hair fell in thick, tangled strands, clinging to her cheeks and throat before falling around her shoulders The black silk of her tiny paja everything He wanted to look his fill at her lush curves, the swell of her breasts, the hard nubs of her nipples But he couldn’t Not yet Maybe never if Rachel chose thisher heart over

Choose me, Rachel Want me Need me the way that I need you…

Eyelashes fluttered as her gaze ,” she said, her upper-class English accent sounding a little rough around the edges

Harvard didn’t reply She was lying to herself They both knew that if she touched hi

She watched her palms flatten on his chest as if in slow motion Her pale pink skin stood in decadent juxtaposition to his own rich brown They were a study in contrasts She was slender and delicate; he was bulky and strong She was classy and sensual; he was rough and raw in his sexuality She could be volatile and cutting, while he was calm and measured There was darkness within her, and he was ht

If she let him

“If you’re doing this to help et over what happened to me, then I can tell you, it’s pointless,” she said absently, her fingers tracing the ridges of his abdoo”

“Rachel,” he said, his voice a ru isn’t fore your touch since the first moment I set eyes on you”

“Oh, no, I remember” Her s their first encounter, during which she’d slapped him