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“The truth is that I ached to see you again”

Emily knehat she was supposed to say Not the exact words, maybe, but the sense of them A woman played cool when a man who interested her admitted he was interested, too That was the time to flirt a little Bat your lashes Smile up into his eyes

“I didn’t want to leave you last night”

His voice was low His words were sexy She told herself not to answer…

“Then why did you?” she said, and held her breath

“I airl like you should be involved with, cara”

Eht blue to obsidian He was arrogant Incredibly arrogant She would have been able to laugh at his egocentricity, but this was different His certainty that she would have let hi for her

It was different because he was right About everything

She did want him

And he was probably more than she could handle

He was a conqueror A man who knehat he wanted and took it Power emanated from him It was in his eyes, the set of his shoulders, the very way he seemed to fill the room

“Emily”

She looked up at hi quickened His eyes were so dark Was there a color deeper than obsidian?

“Leave now,” he said thickly “Before—”

She walked to hiers into his shirt, rose on her toes and pressed her mouth to his He didn’t ht and for what seeht she’d made a mistake