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made sure Ari lost her hostess job. Max kept his until Henry"s goons broke his fingers. God, he"d cried that night. Only the second time she"d seen him do it, the first being when he"d confessed he was in love with Sarah. Things were finally getting better for all of us , he"d choked out with his beautiful hands lying immobilized by splints and bandages in his lap. What’s wrong with us? Why can’t our dreams come true?
    Ari"s throat closed with emotion. She turned away from Adam, unwilling to let him see the personal things in her eyes.
    “You"re close to this Maxwell?” Adam asked.
    The discernible growl in his voice yanked her attention back to him. Color was rising faintly in his lean face.
    “Sorry,” he mumbled. “That"s not my business either.”
    In spite of everything, Ari smiled. He was jealous. He thought Maxwell was her boyfriend.
    “He kissed me once,” she said, unable to resist teasing him. “But it was a mistake. He"s been in love with Sarah forever.”
    Sarah was the fragile one in their little trio, a sweet-faced beauty with light brown shampoo-commercial hair and a heart so tender she"d give her last penny to someone worse off than she was. Max and Ari were tougher, but they loved her.
    “I see.” Adam cleared his throat and stared at the table. His cheeks were bright red now.
    Ari laughed. “Jeesh. For such a sexy dangerous guy, you"re adorable.”
    Maybe she shouldn"t have called him sexy. When his head came up, his eyes were fiery. His irises glowed like a gas stove"s flame, the green edging into blue.
    Ari"s breath caught and she jerked back against her chair. Her breasts might have been small, but they were sensitive. Her nipples felt like someone was pinching them. Warm sleek fluid gushed from her pussy, dampening her panties. Adam"s nostrils got wider. He flattened his hands on the table top until their knuckles paled from pressure. His gaze dropped to her mouth and stayed there.
    “I want to kiss you,” he rumbled like hot gravel.
    His canines were sliding out like his cousin Tony"s had earlier. This
    shouldn"t have aroused her, but more cream trickled out of her. His lengthening teeth made her think of erections.
    “I don"t think I"d stop you,” she said faintly.
    He licked his gorgeous lips, his tongue leaving a wet trail. “I want to do more than kiss you.”
    A blaze of heat swept through her. Ari stretched her handcuffed hands toward him. “You could take these off first.”
    He shook his head, a tight side-to-side motion.
    “You can trust me,” she said in her most persuasive voice. “I didn"t run away when you let me pee earlier.”
    Again, he wagged his head. “You"re in my custody.”
    “Not officially. Unless you"ve got a thing for bondage.”
    Adam began breathing more quickly. Ari must have hit an accidental bull"s-eye. She couldn"t remember making a man pant before they were in bed.
    “I don"t,” he said defensively. “At least, I never thought I did.”
    He looked at her helplessly. God, she wanted him - all flushed and horny and embarrassed. She wanted him to pant harder. Wanted him to thrust into her and feel so good he cried out. She licked her own lips, and he let out a groan. Ari decided.
    “To hell with it,” she said huskily. “You like these cuffs so much they can damn well stay on.”
    He came out of his chair so fast he shocked her. He stopped when he saw she"d tensed. His lungs went in and out like bellows. “I"ll be careful,” he said.
    She didn"t know what that meant, but right that second it didn"t matter. She stood and he was so much taller she felt silly. He didn"t, apparently. He bent, one hand behind her head, the other resting light as air on her waist. He caressed the strip of skin above the waist of her low-slung jeans.
    “Ari,” he murmured, the way he said her name making her shiver. “Don"t cut yourself on the points of my incisors.”
    Oh, man, that just did it for her. She stretched up and kissed him. The tip of his tongue