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Joel Cassidy, he was totally honest in his
    desire. There was an undeniable excitement and a deeply feminine satisfaction in that knowledge. When the black silk
    fell aside and he found the front clasp of her bra, she sighed against the skin of his throat, and her fingers slipped
    unconsciously inside his shirt She began undoing buttons herself.
    Gently, he forced her back into the cushions, moving to lower himself along the length of her as he tracked kisses
    down from the pulse point at the base of her throat to the rounded heaviness of her breasts.
    Shelley sucked in her breath, and her fingers twined with sudden fierceness into the thick flame of his hair when he
    grazed the tight, hard nipples with his lips.
    "Oh, Joel!" Her head arched back, and her lashes squeezed shut in reaction to the incredibly exciting touch of his
    mouth and his hands.
    "The feel of you," he murmured huskily. "The hardness here—" he curled his tongue around the nipple— "and the
    softness here..." He kissed the full breast "The feel of you could drive me insane this evening. Do you realize that?"
    His powerful hands moved down to grasp her hips as he dosed his mouth back over first one rosy peak and then the
    other.
    Then he shifted once more, urging her legs apart with his knee and making a place for himself between her thighs.
    Even though the material of their clothing remained between their bodies, the uncompromisingly intimate embrace was
    enough to take away Shelley's bream. In mis position she was made fully aware of the state of his arousal, his hardness
    pressing against the softness of her with aggressive demand.
    "Feel me, honey. Feel my need of you tonight. .."
    Joel's tongue surged between her lips, this time in a timeless pattern that was meant to invoke the image of another
    kind of joining.
    "Joel!" Shelley cried his name softly when he ceased the plundering action for a moment to rain kisses across the
    ridge of her cheekbones.
    "It's all right, my sweet little hustler. It's all right," he crooned. "We fit together like the pieces of your puzzle. It's all
    right"
    It was the word' 'hustler" that finally managed to jangle the warning bells in her mind. It broke the spell that had
    begun binding her from the moment she had found herself seated across from Joel at the puzzle table, perhaps earlier.
    Damn it! She was not like him! She was not a hustler! She didn't take her pleasures where she found them or conclude
    a business deal with sex.
    "Joel, that's enough," she got out tightly, beginning to push against his shoulders as her willpower returned.
    "That's far enough. Please!"
    "Relax, honey. Relax and let me handle everything. It's going to be so good between us." He nipped passionately at
    the soft flesh of her shoulder as if gently punishing her for protesting.
    "I said that's enough, Joel," she managed in a voice that was so steady she surprised herself with it She didn't feel at
    all steady. Her body was still caught up in the sensuality of the moment even if her mind was recovering from the spell.
    "I meant it."
    Something of her determination finally seemed to get through to him. With great reluctance, he raised his head to
    stare down into hazel eyes that were very deep and very green with the remnants of her arousal. But the flicker of
    decision swirled in those depths, too, and he saw it.
    "Shelley, honey, don't do this to both of us. I want you, and I know you want me. Let it happen, sweetheart. Just let
    it happen," he begged hoarsely.
    "No." She moved her head once in denial. "Joel, we have nothing but a business deal between us. That's not
    enough. I'm sorry I got carried away and let things go this far."
    "Damn it, don't start apologizing for my seduction attempt," he grated. "When it's necessary, I'll do my own
    apologizing! But I don't think it's necessary this time," he added, rising slowly to a sitting position on the couch. The
    ice and diamonds of his eyes blazed hungrily down at her as he swept the