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had been a full year since she'd been with any man and way longer than that since a man had made her feel like Aaron did. Wasn't it about time she moved on?
    "I'm all yours, beautiful," he whispered as his hand left her breast and coursed down her stomach toward her panties. Before he reached them his pager beeped. "Son of a bitch," he muttered, grabbing his pager and glaring at it. "Duty calls," he said giving her a quick kiss on the nose. "Sorry, gotta go." He stood.
    Misty sighed with frustrated relief and got out of bed. " It's okay. I understand. Be safe."
    Aaron pulled her into his arms and gave her a long sensual kiss. "Mmm," he said licking his bottom lip. "I'll come back as soon as I’m done."
    "I probably won't be here. Mandy is taking me to get a rental car today and I have to go meet the insurance adjuster."
    " All right so call me when you get home." Aaron gave her cheek a firm kiss and then left.
    Misty stared after him, her heart and mind in a tug of war over what to do about Aaron. Her heart, and right now her body, wanted him more than anything, but her mind was paralyzed with fear. She couldn't help but be terrified of allowing Aaron to lay any more claims to her. She didn't want to lose herself again and become so absorbed in him that he took full control of her life.
     

CHAPTER SIX
     
    Aaron had been calling Misty for the past eight hours and she hadn't answered once, nor had she called back. His text messages were going unanswered too. He'd gone to her apartment a few times but she hadn't been home. Over the years he'd developed a sort of sixth sense about the people he loved and he wasn't getting that feeling right now about Misty which led him to believe that she wasn't hurt, just avoiding him. His finger hesitated over the send button on his cell phone. Did he really just make reference to loving her? That wasn't possible. He'd only known her for a couple of days.
    He blew out a breath and dragged a hand through his hair. Of course it was possible. When Aaron fell in love with a woman it was immediate and intense. He was the type of man that loved with his whole heart and soul, fiercely and thoroughly and forever. It was the reason he'd only ever loved one woman. Her name was Sara and she'd stolen his heart the moment they'd met. Just like Misty had.
    Sara was the real estate agent who'd helped him buy his house. He took her to dinner the day he made an offer and every day after until the day he signed the papers. That night he asked her to move in and after she said yes they made love until the sun came up. Aaron was convinced she was the one he was going to marry and spend the rest of his life with, until four months later when she moved all of her stuff out of his house and left him a note stating she'd met someone else. After punching holes into three different walls and breaking a window he was calm enough to try and talk to her. That had been a colossal mistake. Sara had told him that she didn't want to be in a relationship with a man who was as controlling as he was. He'd been devastated and heartbroken.
    He knew he was a lot of things, but controlling wasn't one of them. Sure, he was confident and he got off on dominating women in the bedroom, but he wasn't one of those controlling men who ruled every aspect of their woman's life. As time passed , Aaron realized that it wasn't anything he had done and just an excuse Sara used to make herself feel less guilty about leaving him for another man. It had taken a long time for him to get over Sara. And once he had he swore never to fall that hard or fast for another woman ever again. He hadn't either—until two days ago when he pulled Misty from her car.
    Now he was falling for her—hard. And she was avoiding him. His gut clenched at the thought of losing her before she ever really became his. No. He would not let that happen. Dialing her number again he silently prayed that she would answer and he'd be able to hear her melodious voice. It went