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Well, she wasn’t a faht now She was simply a woman anted a man
A man she evidently couldn’t have Because all she was to hi fro and called for a cab, giving the driver the address she re up, she was sorely teht she was Lord knew, it would be so h like a oing to do, da back to him with a fake se of ain "You don’t have anything to thank ed and the devil she didn’t care about restraining uy’s bed thisravished and exhausted Instead I’m still just as pure as the driven snow and well rested" She lifted the corners of her in to feel "Thanks to you The perfect gentleman" She held out her hand "Goodbye, Marcus"
He looked down at her outstretched hand before finally rasp it in his own
Uh-oh She should have thought that hand-shaking thing through better, should have remembered that every time they touched her body went up in fla her insides to a pile of ashes
"Holy hell," he said in a lo voice "I shouldn’t want you this un to wrap her head around his words, when he was pulling her into hi her mouth beneath his
The kiss--their first kiss--was beyond anything she’d ever experienced Every ounce of his desire, every ounce of his frustrated need, everything he was denying hio, poured froently, didn’t learn the curves and contours of her ave her so she’d never really known she wanted before
Nicola liked to be in control of everything, especially in the wake of Kenny’s betrayal For the first tiave up that control to a ue owned hers, his teeth captured her lower lip, and she heard herself gasping and , narrow tunnel
And then, just as quickly as his kiss had taken her over, it was taken away
"Damn it I didn’t mean to do that" His expression was frustrated "You need to go, Nicola Now"
She blinked at hi to clear her vision, about to tell him their first kiss couldn’t possibly be the end when it was the ood look at his face, saw the way his eyes were completely shuttered, totally closed
And she knew there was no point
He was done with her
And she needed to be done with him, too
Fortunately, that hen the taxi driver knocked on the front door She and Marcus hadn’t exchanged last names or phone nu out on his brother’s front step
This was it