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Wow! Where the hell did that come from?
    “Are you trying to imply that I can’t protect myself?” I fumed. “Believe it or not, I was fine until you walked into my life!” I was breaking character a little, but I was angry that he thought I could be that naive.     
    “Why did you come back to New York, Jade? You should have just kept running!”
    “Maybe I will!” I yelled, standing up. His jacket slipped off my shoulders as I rose. I had no idea why I was losing it so much, but I couldn’t stop.
    “Do you run from everyone you love?” His words struck me down like a bolt of lightning, and I fought back the images from my past. Now wasn’t the time to be thinking about the people I had loved and let down. Unfortunately for Oliver, he’d sparked a pure rage that had been dormant inside me for a long time.
    “What gives you the right to ask me that?” I screeched. Startled, he took a step back at my sudden advance. “You’re the one who decided to wear your heart on your sleeve! I told you not to put your trust in me. I warned you. I’m damaged, Oliver. You should have stayed away!”
    “Jade,” he soothed, trying to reach for me. “Calm down.”
    “No! You think you know me, but you don’t!” Without really thinking, I started to storm off down an alley. I needed to breathe. I was so angry.
    “Jade,” Oliver called as he followed me, “you were the one who walked out on me, remember?”
    I stopped in my tracks and spun around to face him. “You had to complicate everything! Why couldn’t it have just been about the sex?”
    “It meant more to you than sex. I know it did.” With each step he took, he closed the distance between us and my body began to burn. “Why do you fight it?” he asked, backing me up against the wall.
    “Why do you look too closely and complicate everything? What happened to taking things slow?” I countered.
    “I couldn’t help the way I felt. I wanted you—only you.”
    “You should never let emotions get the better of you.”  
    “So you’re trying to tell me it was only about sex to you? Nothing more?” he muttered, slipping his hands inside my dress softly rubbing my thighs. Jesus, my body was in spasms, igniting all the memories of how he made me feel.  
    “You know I care about you.” My words must have sparked a rage inside him, because I felt him grab both my legs and hold me against the wall. “Are you going to take me right here in this alley?”
    “Don’t tempt me, Jade. I’m so angry right now. It won’t be pretty if I lose control.”
    “I want you to,” I yearned, squeezing him between my legs. Our closeness seemed to have an effect on him, and I felt him grip me tighter. I could feel his erection growing against my stomach. “Please, Oliver, take me. My body is burning for you.”
    He gave in with a groan, beginning to kiss and suck down my neck. It wasn’t enough, though. I needed to feel his lips on mine.
    “Ugh, Jade, what are you doing to me?” His hands were snaking up my body toward my breasts.  
    “Stop thinking about it. Just go with your feelings,” I purred, moving my fingertips over the top of his dress pants.
    He froze with his lips still pressed to my neck. “Now you’re bringing feelings into this?” he seethed, his mouth brushing against my skin as he spoke. Shit! I’d said the wrong thing, but when he was this close, I had a habit of losing my mind. “You’re contradicting yourself. How am I supposed to keep up?”
    “I…I…” I had no answer for him.  
    “I can’t do this, Jade. Not anymore,” he winced, pulling away from me.
    “You can, just…”
    “No! This isn’t going to go anywhere. You made your feelings very clear when you walked out on me six months ago. I’m not looking for sex. I need more. Did you have any intention of coming to see me? Or was this meeting strictly by chance?”
    “Yes, I was going to come see you, I just needed to gather the courage.”
    “I don’t believe