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“Of you, orto skirt around him, only to come up short as his arm snaked out, wrapped around her waist and drew her to a stop
She stared up at him, way up Six-four was a hell of a stretch for her five-six Her head barely topped his chest, and his height and breadth made her feel entirely too feminine
“Why would you be frightened of yourself?” he asked her, using his other hand to stroke down her hair as though soothing her His fingers threaded into the strands, caressed the into her eyes
Ria sed tightly “We have enough proble it with a sexual relationship between us isn’t a good idea”
She could barely breathe And focusing on all the reasons why a relationship was a really bad idea was getting harder by the second By the stroke The stroke of his hand over her long hair She had never considered her hair particularly sexy until thisit
“A sexual relationship between us is a given,” he told her, that growly thing he did with his voice sending shivers down her spine “I think you know that, sweetheart”
He called her sweetheart, and he said it in a way it had never been said to her before, as his hand tightened at her hip and pulled her closer to him
She felt his erection beneath his jeans, thick and hard, pressing into her lower stomach
“Mercury”
His head lowered His hand slid beneath her hair, cupped the side of her neck and held her in the ainst hers
“Kiss me, Ria,” he whispered “Don’t leave me alone in the cold Warm me, as only you can warm me”
And she was supposed to deny him? No man had ever asked her to warm him Not to leave him out in the cold where she always felt she existed herself Always on the outside looking in Always left out in the cold
But there was no cold here As Mercury’s lips opened over hers, pressing into hers, there was only heat and pleasure; the feel of his hands stroking her, building the fire inside her as he soothed a part of her
It wasn’t supposed to be like this He h
ad alreadyto her Not really all-the-way-to-the-soul belong to her But she couldn’t deny him either