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‘That’s where you’re wrong’

His hands cupping her face, he pinned her back against the wall and lowered his mouth to hers She tasted every bit as sweet as he recalled, but this tihtened by the frustration of their last encounter He caught her lower lip in his as her hands inched up his ar itself to his despite the uniforms in the way

This needed to stop It wasn’t the way he wanted things to go between them

She flicked her tongue over his

With another groan Ash deepened the kiss, so long and deep that his only thought was that he could drown in her kisses and never want to colided up her body to rest at the underside of her breasts He wanted to touch every incredible inch of her body, and have her touch every single inch of his

As abruptly as he’d started it, Ash dreay, his voice rasping ‘Now do you see that you’re the kind of wo?’

Without another word, he hauled open the door and marched to his own room before temptation undermined him

Closing the door, he leaned heavily on it

This was no longer just a matter of a distraction fro past Fliss’s prickly armour It washis own self-control He wanted her with a need that actually scared him

He couldn’t allow his emotions to rule hi, rein in his hunger for Fliss long enough to get through a date, then enjoy one incredible night with the wo back, thenhis prized self-control

He had to If he didn’t, then stirring any e down

CHAPTER SEVEN

FLISS SCREWED CLOSED the lid of her newhands as she checked her reflection in thein her lower abdoht as well have decamped in there She rarely wore make-up, certainly never at work, but she’d found a few perfect supplies at the local low—and couldn’t help wondering if Ash would like what he saw

Logically, it shouldn’t o not to care what anyone thought But nothing about Ash hat she was used to Logic seemed to fly out of the hen he was around, as did practicality She should have refused thethe carnival After the last couple of eotten Instead, she’d let Ash talk her into it

She was acting on pure lust and co