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whisk me away.”
    “I did and I’m glad. Now I’ve got a beautiful woman in my arms,” he said and she ducked her head and stuttered a protest, obviously unnerved.
    He tucked his forefinger under her chin and applied gentle pressure to urge her head upward.  “You don’t believe me?”
    She waved her hand across her body. “What you saw tonight . . . the fancy gown and stuff.  That’s not the real me.”
    He stroked his thumb across the straight line of her jaw and then skimmed his fingers down to her collarbone.  With the sweep of his hand across her warm skin, he eased the robe off to expose her to his gaze.
    “What I see is a strong woman.  One whose brave enough to buck what people think she should be.”
    Bridget trembled and looked away.  “I’m not brave at all.”  Since coming home, every day was filled with one fear or another, from finishing college to wondering if she’d ever really fit back into a regular life.
    He once again cupped her chin and urged her to meet his gaze.  She expected to see pity, but instead his gaze was filled with understanding and if she dared to believe, love.
    “I saw the medals on your uniform.  Bronze Star.  Purple Heart.”
    “It was just a broken arm – ”
    “More importantly, I see the strength inside.  You’re a hell of a woman, Bridget Sullivan, and I want to know more about you.”
    God, how can I resist this man?  Why would I want to?
    She laid her hand on his chest and stroked it across the powerful muscles there. He still had a warrior’s body, but beneath all that physical power there was an emotionally stronger and more intriguing man.  “I want to know more about you as well, Mark.”
    “I’m all yours,” he said and as she peered at him, it was impossible to deny she wanted for this one night to possibly be about more.
    She shifted upward until her lips were barely an inch from his.  The warmth of his breath spilled across her face.  Against her skin, the heat of his body brought a tingle of awareness from her breasts all the way down to her toes.  Especially when his cock shifted and hardened along the softness of her belly.
    Cradling his jaw, she kissed him, a slow and leisurely kiss that explored all the nuances of his mouth.  His hard full lips. The softness of his inner lip and fresh taste of his mouth.  His agile tongue that had brought her such pleasure and tangled with hers now, teasing her.
    She rubbed her hand along the planes of his face as she continued kissing him.  The water-softened stubble of his evening beard and the smoother taut skin above.
    She skimmed her hand across the short strands at the side of his head and then up to the longish hair at the top.
    But she wanted to touch more.  Feel more.  Taste more.
    She broke away and kissed her way down the powerful column of his neck to his chest and the hard points of his nipples.  She licked one while she tugged on the other with her fingers and he grunted in satisfaction.  Against her middle, his erection swelled ever larger, making her insides clench and dampen.
    With a quick nip of her mouth against the smooth muscle of his chest, she moved downward, licking the ridges of his abs.  Ringing around the indent of his navel before encircling his cock with her hands.
    She shot a quick look upward and saw him watching her, his icy blue gaze filled with heat.
    He moved his hands to her breasts and cradled them, finding the sensitive tips to play with them as he said, “I need to touch you.”
    Each little tweak of his fingers had her clit humming, but before she could fulfill that need, she wanted to satisfy him.
    She licked the sensitive head of his penis and he sucked in a pleased breath with that first touch. She intensified the caress, grazing her teeth along the head before wrapping her lips around him and swirling her tongue against the sensitive underside.
    He tightened his hands on her breasts and pushed up with his hips, inviting an even deeper stroke of