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here.”
    “We can take a cab this time.”
    “That’s not necessary.” Plus a cab ride had more potential for hanky-panky. How ironic that she was in the crazy position of holding him at bay.
    “A cab will actually be easier for me. I don’t have any tokens and the bus won’t take cash at this hour.”
    She used a bus pass, so she didn’t have tokens to give him, either. Apparently they had no choice but to ride together in the back of a cozy, intimate cab. At least they couldn’t have sex there. Well, technically they probably could, but Lily wasn’t a fan of backseat sex. She couldn’t imagine Griffin would like it, either.
    “Okay, we’ll take a cab,” she said.
    His hand closed over her arm in a warm, possessive grip. “Then let’s go.”
    His heat penetrated her sleeve and made a quick journey through the rest of her body, finally settling smack-dab between her thighs. Well, so what? She was a twenty-six-year-old woman who didn’t have to act on every arousing thought that passed through her mind. She could handle this. She hoped.
    As they stepped out of the bar, a chilly wind whipped down the deserted street.
    Griffin yelped. “Jesus, it’s cold out here!”
    “Then let’s go back inside and call a cab from there.”
    “Nah.” He grabbed her hand. “We’ll run down to the corner where there’s more traffic.”
    “I’m not exactly dressed for a run.” She lifted one foot to display her high-heeled boot.
    His gaze traveled slowly from her boot up the length of her tight black pants. He seemed to have forgotten all about the cold breeze, the cab, even their surroundings. His grip on her fingers tightened. “I see what you mean.”
    Whew. That was some elixir she’d brewed. The look in his eyes was hot enough to scorch the material right off her body. “We could jog up to the corner,” she said.
    He cleared his throat. “Not now.”
    That’s when she noticed the sizable bulge easily detected under the soft fleece of his sweats. She quickly looked away, but it was too late. She was already turned on.
    “Let’s walk.” His voice was low and rough.
    “Can you?”
    “Barely. But if we don’t move out, I’m liable to shove you and your do-me boots up against the nearest wall.”

Chapter 4
    The cab ride was torture as Griffin fought the urge to take Lily right there on the worn upholstery. The exotic spice of her perfume drove him crazy in the close confines of the cab’s backseat. He hugged the side door, afraid that if he touched her at all he’d soon be ripping at her clothes. At his current level of desire, the presence of the cabdriver made no difference to him.
    In fact, all social restraints were falling away, while his senses had sharpened considerably. Underlying the tang of her perfume, he breathed in the unmistakable scent of her arousal. He wanted his nose right there, right between her thighs. He wanted his tongue there, too. Moisture pooled in his mouth at the thought.
    He recorded the pace of her breathing, which he guessed she was unsuccessfully trying to control. He was in the same boat. If not for the thin veneer of civilization, he’d be panting like a damned dog.
    He wanted her with a ferocity that alarmed him. His lust was an immediate thing, a craving that he needed to satisfy tonight. He couldn’t plan beyond that, because taking her to bed didn’t fit in with any of his long-range goals.
    Worse yet, he didn’t believe in one-night stands. Yet that’s exactly what he had in mind. She’d balked at the idea and he could hardly blame her. He wasn’t wild about the concept, either.
    But for some reason his libido had taken charge tonight, and he had to have her. He wasn’t proud of his single-minded pursuit of one night in her bed. He’d never thought of himself as a selfish bastard, but he was acting like one now.
    He’d coaxed her into taking him home with her by promising a coffee date. The truth was he had no intention of leaving her tonight without