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felt her heart jolt and her pulse start pounding. Without a word, he stepped closer, pinning her to the door with his large frame. She gasped.
    “Nico…”
    She didn’t get to finish her sentence as Nico pulled her roughly, almost violently, to him and crushed his lips against hers.

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    N ico kissed her hard and fast as he pressed her up against the wooden door of the guesthouse. At first, shocked, Amber tried to resist, but she felt her knees weaken. In an instant, her hands tangled up in his hair as she opened up to him.
    They kissed like they couldn’t get enough of each other as their tongues danced in an endless motion, getting lost in the kiss. Nico pressed his arousal into her stomach and she let out a moan, pressing herself harder against him.
    Abruptly, Amber pulled back, breaking their connection. She placed her hand on his chest for distance. What was she doing? This was not how it was supposed to be! Her breathing was erratic as she tried to settle the desire running through her.
    “Nico,” she whispered, still breathing heavily as she touched her fingers to her swollen lips.
    "Merda!"
    She heard his curse in Italian as he roughly ran his hand through his hair. His closeness was driving her crazy with desire as she desperately tried to calm down. Nico looked at her, lust-filled eyes mixed with regret. Slowly he backed away.
    “I’m sorry, Amber.” He half-turned around, looking up at the stars and slightly shaking his head. “It won’t happen again.” She heard him inhale deeply. “You should find everything you need in your room. I’ll come by in the morning and we’ll go for breakfast.”
    Unable to meet his eyes, Amber just nodded, her fingers still pressed to her lips. She watched him walk away then turned the door handle. Shutting the door behind her, she took a shaky breath and leaned against it, tightly squeezing her eyes shut. A single tear escaped as she fought with her feelings of desire and frustration. She told herself over and over that she could not fall for Nico, that he would ruin her.
    She scanned her beautiful room, running her hands on the soft duvet of the king sized bed as she made her way to the bathroom. The deep iron-cast tub was the first thing that caught her eye. She would definitely be making use of that, but right now, all she wanted was a hot shower and bed.
    Placing her hands on the counter, she looked at herself in the mirror. Her face was still flushed and her pink lips were dark and swollen. She noted that her piercing blue, tear stained eyes were filled with sadness. Looking away, Amber quickly stripped off and walked into the rain shower. The hot water was heavenly on her tired body. Wrapping herself in a towel and quickly brushing her teeth, she crawled into bed. Normally she would sleep in a t-shirt, but the bed was so comfortable and the sheets so soft that she decided to just fall asleep in the nude. Thankfully sleep came quickly. Her dreams were filled with Nico.
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    A mber heard a distant knocking , but she was sure she was dreaming, so she continued to sleep. Turning around, she found another comfortable spot and immediately sank back into the darkness. She slept deeper than she had in months.
    Dreaming of Nico, she envisioned them out on the lake in a sailing boat. The sun was shining down on them with only a light breeze to break up the warmth and gently push them along the water. Nico was standing at the helm in only a pair of swimming trunks, which was tied low on his narrow hips. His skin was a beautiful shade of brown with a light dusting of hair covering his muscular chest and rippled abs that formed a tempting trail lower down into his suit.
    Nico turned and caught her watching him and smiled, stunning her with his handsome face and twinkling eyes. She heard a nagging voice in her head to be careful, that a man like Nico, who could have any woman he wanted wouldn’t really be interested in her for any more than some fun. But no one else was around