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Right He’d just kiss her goodbye, while standing in his doorith only a towel covering his lean hips, while she craved ht before

If she wasn’t careful, she’d be the one with no pride, offering to do whatever he wanted for just a little bit more of his delicious body

She had to put a stop to this Her sexual need had ebbed a little and she felt stronger,to do

She went to turn from him, but he stopped her

“I like you, Sarah,” he told her, his voice clear, sincere, i with a wo me on what you think you know Pretend you met me for the first time at the hospital today and listen to what your heart is saying right now”

If she’d ht think he onderful and not at all like the men her mother had warned her about

“My heart isn’t saying anything right now” Okay, so it was beating fast, and a little erratically, but that wasn’t speech

He put his pale

Beating a lot erratically, she corrected, wondering why his hand on her chestso difficult

“Maybe you just aren’t listening closely enough, because I think it is”

“Don’t use lines on et caught up in what he was saying The man was a practiced womanizer “I’m not one of your women”

Looking frustrated, he sighed “How about we go to dinner and the show Friday evening and then just have soet to decide how much, or how little, happens between us physically”

No doubt shock registered in her eyes because his question floored her That a lot would happen between them physically wasn’t in question If she spent time with him, she would end up in his bed She didn’t fool herself otherwise She didn’t even deny to herself that a big part of her wanted to be in his bed, to knohat it felt like to have hiive her body pleasure

“Christmas?” she finally croaked “Christ make more sense?”

Which alestion She wasn’t, was she?