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ushed off from the counter, but didn’t ht ones And no as he rushing things

“When you said that you loveda little “Have you ever been in love before?” Those big blue eyes of hers were fixed on hihts overhead

“No” There was no hesitation He answered her directly and took a step forward “Never”

“Not even once,” she replied, eyes widening

“No Not even once”

“I have” The words hispered “How did you know?” she asked

“How did I knohat?” Teague frowned slightly, taking a step closer to Sabrina

“You’ve never been in love before How do you knohat you feel for ether in the summer? And then you left You just left and…and I know you had reasons Dallas and that little girl I get that But I can’t help but wonder how you know that what you feel is love? How do you know it’s not so else?”

She wasn’tthis easy

“What else could it be?” he asked, searching for the right thing to say Where the hell was Tucker when he needed hiht words

Sheyou feel could be anything It could be lust or the thrill of the chase It could be infatuation It could be…” Breathless she stood there looking at him, that precious face of hers open and honest and confused as hell

Teague took those last steps He moved fast and took her unaware He sank his hands into that silky hair that he’d been dying to touch all evening, and he swept his mouth across hers She stilled, held her body stiff At first his touch was gentle, nothing more than a whisper across her lips But when he felt her relax, he took co and clai as his

She e, his free hand roarily across her body and down her back until he cupped her ass and pulled her in so that there was no doubt as to hoorked up he was

Teague kissed her until he felt that thread inside hiin to unravel When he finally pulled away, they were both breathing heavily He stared down into her eyes and felt that un at him for months

With one more kiss to her forehead, he stepped away He walked back to where he’d left his coffeeand poured the remnants into the sink Then he loaded it into the dishwasher, trying like hell to put out the fire in his gut Especially the one that had his cock bulging out of his damn pants He wanted her so badly that it was painful, but he knew that this ay beyond the physical This was soto screw it up