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fine.” Her knees buckled and she collapsed. Before
she hit the ground, he had her in his arms. “Feeling a little woozy.” She
wrapped her arms around his neck and noticed the dark lust in his eyes. That
instant attraction had slammed into her the first moment he walked into her
shop. She suspected he felt it too. Landlord or not, he was hot, and every time
she saw him the fluttering in her stomach started. Fantasies started. His eyes
blazed with a promise of some wonderful sexual pleasure unlike any she’d
experienced before. He didn’t have to say or do anything, she knew he’d be
amazing in bed. Christ, she wanted him bad.
    “He’s more of a nuisance than a danger,” Garrick said. “But
you shouldn’t come down here.” He set her down on her feet. She held her arms
in place around his neck.
    Why was she acting like this? “Thanks for coming to my
rescue.” She leaned into him and he didn’t pull away. “Garrick, do you have a
girlfriend, a wife?”
    His eyebrows rose and his mouth quirked in a slight smile. “No.”
    “Oh good. I mean that’s too bad.”
    “You’re still under his influence. It’ll pass soon enough.”
His mouth moved close to hers. “Hmmm. I could work it out of your system
quicker.”
    God yes . He did want her and he was going to kiss
her. Locking her gaze with his, she encouraged his kiss. So little she knew of
this man but she wanted the feel of his mouth on her. Her lips parted slightly
and she heard him groan deep as if he surrendered to his passion. He took her
mouth hard, with such fury she gasped for breath. His tongue plunged into her
mouth and stroked, evoking trembling waves of pleasure undulating throughout
her body.
    She clung to him and felt his cock harden as he pulled her
against him. “Damn it, woman, you could be my undoing,” he whispered as he took
her mouth again. If he hadn’t been holding her, Larissa wouldn’t be able to
stand. Rocking her hips, she felt her clit swell and throb as she managed to
poise the tender knot of flesh against his stiff ridge bulging through his
pants.
    He growled, grabbed her hips and ground into her. God she
could come like this without taking her clothes off. “Garrick,” she pleaded.
    “Too soon,” he said again. Then a whoosh of air fluttered
her hair and they were on the bridge.
    Still throbbing with need, her body flushed and achy all
over, she took a breath and stood back and gazed up at Garrick. “What the hell
happened? How did we get up here?” She didn’t remember leaving the path or the
climb up the stairs. Faintly, in the distance that woman’s voice continued to
laugh. Garrick tightened his mouth.
    “Sorry if I got carried away,” he said.
    “It’s all right. I didn’t mind the kiss,” she said. “I meant
one minute we were under the bridge and the next we were on top of it.”
    “Now you know why I said to stay away from here.” Ignoring
her question, he checked her neck again then slid up her sleeves. “You sure you
weren’t injured?”
    “I’m sure.” She started walking, realizing it was a waste of
time arguing with him. Pressing him wouldn’t get the answers she was looking
for. “If that was the ghost, he gets around because I saw him on my balcony
last night.”
    Garrick swore. “Please don’t go down there without me. You’re
my responsibility.”
    She shrugged and took offense to his remark. “No one is
responsible for me but me. I saw joggers on the trail so I figured it was safe.”
    “It’s not.”
    “I’ll keep that in mind.” The attack by the stranger proved
he was right about the towpath after dark. Would that guy have hurt her?
Already she couldn’t remember much about what had happened. She didn’t
understand Garrick’s possessiveness. You’re my responsibility. He was
her landlord, not her keeper. Even though she couldn’t deny the delicious
fantasies swimming around her head after that hot kiss. Her body remained
aroused. Was that his game with women, tease