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A smart woman wouldn’t have stopped A sh the door and caught a cab outside to take her back to her big, lonely penthouse suite
So then, Nicola thought helplessly, as it about Marcus that always had her doing the foolish thing, instead?
Shouldn’t she know better than to turn back to hi about?"
Despite the fact that he hadn’t moved any closer to her, the way he looked at her, with none of the reserve fro like he’d just pulled her into his arht"
All of the desires, the hopes, she’d been trying to shove down and away i one last time to save herself, she said, "What about all of your reasons fro I alad you didn’t ," he said first, and then, "I want one night with you, if you still want one with me"
His words were a caress over her skin He hadn’t answered her question, and she knew their age difference must still be an issue for him But just as she wasn’t able to walk away from him, it seemed that he couldn’t walk away from her, either
"You know I still want you"
The words had barely left her lips when he captured her hand and dragged her body tightly up against his "Thank God Because I’ve been dying to kiss you again all day"
The next thing she knew, his ue suddenly there in herher No one had ever kissed her like this, like he wanted to possess her, body and soul She forgot to be nervous, forgot that until Marcus, it had been six months since she’d kissed anyone, and even before that she’d hardly had
She didn’t need to worry about any of that with hie All she needed to do was follow his lead
If the way his kiss waswould do to her, she was being led straight toward ecstasy
Chapter Eight
Hand in hand, they headed down the stairs to the large parking garage beneath the dance studio Apart froo of her hand
Utterly lost in the feel of his thu sensuous circles on the inside of her palm, it wasn’t until they were almost at the hotel that Nicola remembered to say, "There’s a special entrance around the side that I usually use" She reached into her bag for her key cards with her free hand and handed the extra one to Marcus "Why don’t you drop me here and I’ll meet you at my room I’m in the penthouse suite"