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Yet he hadn’t attempted to kiss her, hadn’t taken up her offer to come inside her place where he could have atte physical Instead, he’d said she could convince hiiven her control, left the power in her hands about what happened next

“I’ll see you bright and early Monday , McKenzie”

“Have fun at your party”

“You could go with me and have fun, too”

She shook her head “I wouldn’t want to cramp your style”

His brows made a V “My style?”

“What if you met someone you wanted to take home with you?”

“I already haveme no”

“I’ about me”

“I a about you”

Exasperation filled her She wasn’t sure if it was from his insistence that he wanted her or the fact that he hadn’t kissed her Maybe both “Would you please be serious?”

His thumb slid across her cheek in a slow caress “Make no mistake, McKenzie I am serious when I say that I’d like to explore the chemistry between us”

Shivers that had nothing to do with the Deceoose-pimpled her body

“Why should I take you seriously?” she challenged “We’ve been standing on my porch for five ain Much less actually made a move I don’t knohat to think where you’re concerned”

That’s when he did what she’d thought he would do all along It had taken her throwing down a gauntlet of challenge to proap between their mouths