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kitchen...so cozy she wanted to cuddle him next to her. Yeah, cuddle him right out of the apartment , her mind argued.
    He turned his head toward her and her gaze dropped. His opened shirt showed the ripples of muscles on his hard chest and stomach. His skin looked naturally golden; touched by the sun, and not a hair was visible.
    Her mouth turned cotton dry and she wished he didn’t look so incredibl e right now. She forced her gaze to meet his eyes, reminding herself how angry she’d been. He smiled, and her traitorous heart started to melt. No. I c an’t let that happen!
    “Hi,” he said. “I hope you like Fettuccine Alfredo and chicken.”
    Her heart slipped another notch. He cooks, too!
    She shook her head, trying to focus on her anger, but he dipped the spoon in the saucepan and brought it to her. Up this close, his spicy cologne nearly made her knees buckle.
    “Here, taste this and tell me what you think.”
    Hypnotized, she kept her eyes on his and obediently opened her mouth. When he slipped the warm spoon inside and the cream coated her lips and tongue, her heart took on a different rhythm. The thermostat in her body grew steadily. Taking it slow, he pulled the spoon out, and with his finger wiped away a spot on her lips where the sauce had r emained, then licked it off his own finger.
    “Well? What do you think?” His voice was lower than it had been a moment ago.
    H er mind went blank from everything else but him. Things she shouldn’t be thinking about clouded her mind. She breathed in his musky scent and wanted to close her eyes and float away on a dream cloud.
    “I...I...” She mumbled like a fool, but was unable to correct the mistake.
    He grinned. Setting the spoon down on the stove counter, he moved toward her. Her wobbly legs retreated, but they only succeeded in backing her up against a wall. Now he had her pinned. I’m in big trouble.
    He pressed against her. It was all she could do not to sigh aloud. When he brushed his fingers so very gently up her neck and face and threaded them through her hair, she closed her eyes, unable to watch his heated green eyes any longer.
    “ Kendra ,” he whispered huskily. “ Heaven help me, but I want to kiss you when you look at me li ke that .”
    Stay angry! She brought up her shaky hands and pushed on his chest, intending to stop him. But once his muscles flexed, all thoughts of stopping him fled.
    “I’ve wanted to kiss you since last night.” He bent his head and placed his mouth to the curve of her neck. A sigh broke from her throat.
    “You smell wonderful,” he muttered.
    So do you.
    She had to stop him. She had to stop herself, yet her voice wouldn’t work and her body ignored her. Once he gathered her in his arms, she was lost for sure. He kissed her neck , sending tingles everywhere. Her body melted against his, and she was totally in his control. She clung to the edge of his shirt for support.
    “ Kendra , you take my breath away.”
    She knew exactly what he meant, because for some inane reason, she found it hard to breathe. She tried to moisten her throat to talk, but it was utterly impossible. “Eli—”
    The shrilling ring from the phone in the kitchen erased from her mind what she’d been wanting. When the second ring sounded, it had pulled her complete ly out of her hypnotized state. Disappointment flooded through her, creating lon eliness. She quickly moved to answer the phone.
    “Hello?” Her voice sounded much too deep to be normal.
    “ Kendra ?”
    Inwardly she groaned. “Yes, Dad, it’s me.”
    Out of the corner of her eye, Eli turned off the stove and left the kitchen. Sh e released a ragged sigh. Thank goodness she’d gotten out of that scrape, but what would happen if he convinced her to continue this later? Would she want to experience the spinning in her head and fluttering in her chest that he gave her earlier ?
    She leaned her forehead against the wall for support, but her legs still quivered. She wobbled to the