slide, unheeded, to the floor. Then, as if they had a will of their own, Talia's fingers were fumbling with the buttons of the crisp, white shirt. Excitement rose in her. She was experiencing the most incredible eagerness to blaze enticing paths through the curling hair on his broad chest. For some crazy reason she was entranced by the bold red shade of that hair.
She felt the clasp of her bra being released just as she reached her goal.
"Oh, Kane!"
His name was a soft cry far back in her throat as he cupped her fullness. Desire flamed thickly in the bottom of her stomach as his thumbs glided gently across the hardened tips of her soft orbs.
She responded in kind, finding the flat, male nipples with her fingertips. When he shuddered and sank his teeth into the lobe of her ear, she bent her head to touch the tip of her tongue where her fingers had been.
"My God, Talia. Do you know what you're doing to me?" he said, his voice thick with desire. "Is this what you did to Hazelton? No wonder he…"
Talia froze, a violent coldness washing out the flames of passion in one awful wave. She stepped back so abruptly Kane's hands fell away in surprise.
"Get out of here!"
His jaw tightened as he stared at her. She could almost feel the still-high desire in him urging him to grab her close once more and set about finishing what had been begun.
"What the hell's the matter with you?" he grated, taking a menacing step forward.
"I asked you to leave, Kane."
Turning away from the anger and passion warring in his face, Talia fumbled shakily with the bodice of the apricot silk. Desperately she struggled for control of her voice and her clothing.
"It was Hazelton's name, wasn't it?" he ground out behind her. "I shouldn't have ABC Amber Text Converter Trial v ersion, http://www.processtext.com/abctxt.html
brought it up so soon."
"You mean you Shouldn't have brought it up ever!" She nearly snarled, whirling on him like a small, cornered tigress. Realizing how little self-control she had at that moment, Talia closed her eyes, striving for great calm.
"Never mind," she finally managed tightly. "It's not important. Just something I don't care to discuss. I shouldn't have lost my temper, but perhaps it was for the best." Her lashes rose abruptly to reveal her near-gold eyes. "Will you please leave?
Things were going much too far…"
The hard mouth softened almost indulgently as Kane slowly began to do up the buttons of his shirt and stuff the ends into the waistband of his close-fitting slacks.
He made a disturbingly intimate picture standing in the middle of her room, casually adjusting his clothing. The faintly tousled chestnut hair, the fading heat of passion in the green eyes, the shirt collar he chose to leave open all seemed to be affecting her strangely. Talia had a horrifying impulse to withdraw her command, tell him she hadn't truly meant it.
"You're entitled to your, opinion, of course," he drawled, bending to scoop up his jacket and toss it carelessly over one shoulder. "Personally, I think we were just getting started." He turned and strode toward the door. "I'll call you as soon as I hear anything from South America," he volunteered sardonically just before letting himself out. And then he was gone.
Talia stared for a long, shaky moment at the closed door. She should never have let that good-night kiss get so out of hand. A little dazed, she made a stab at understanding her shockingly strong reaction to a man she had every reason to dislike.
He was not only not her type; he was the very essence of all she had come to resent so fiercely three years ago.
Wasn't he?
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CHAPTER THREE
He didn't call until nearly noon the next day and Talia jumped at the phone, grabbing the receiver before the first ring had finished.
"How nice to know you're sitting at home waiting for my calls!" Kane mocked as she managed a polite greeting.
"Did you hear
She felt the clasp of her bra being released just as she reached her goal.
"Oh, Kane!"
His name was a soft cry far back in her throat as he cupped her fullness. Desire flamed thickly in the bottom of her stomach as his thumbs glided gently across the hardened tips of her soft orbs.
She responded in kind, finding the flat, male nipples with her fingertips. When he shuddered and sank his teeth into the lobe of her ear, she bent her head to touch the tip of her tongue where her fingers had been.
"My God, Talia. Do you know what you're doing to me?" he said, his voice thick with desire. "Is this what you did to Hazelton? No wonder he…"
Talia froze, a violent coldness washing out the flames of passion in one awful wave. She stepped back so abruptly Kane's hands fell away in surprise.
"Get out of here!"
His jaw tightened as he stared at her. She could almost feel the still-high desire in him urging him to grab her close once more and set about finishing what had been begun.
"What the hell's the matter with you?" he grated, taking a menacing step forward.
"I asked you to leave, Kane."
Turning away from the anger and passion warring in his face, Talia fumbled shakily with the bodice of the apricot silk. Desperately she struggled for control of her voice and her clothing.
"It was Hazelton's name, wasn't it?" he ground out behind her. "I shouldn't have ABC Amber Text Converter Trial v ersion, http://www.processtext.com/abctxt.html
brought it up so soon."
"You mean you Shouldn't have brought it up ever!" She nearly snarled, whirling on him like a small, cornered tigress. Realizing how little self-control she had at that moment, Talia closed her eyes, striving for great calm.
"Never mind," she finally managed tightly. "It's not important. Just something I don't care to discuss. I shouldn't have lost my temper, but perhaps it was for the best." Her lashes rose abruptly to reveal her near-gold eyes. "Will you please leave?
Things were going much too far…"
The hard mouth softened almost indulgently as Kane slowly began to do up the buttons of his shirt and stuff the ends into the waistband of his close-fitting slacks.
He made a disturbingly intimate picture standing in the middle of her room, casually adjusting his clothing. The faintly tousled chestnut hair, the fading heat of passion in the green eyes, the shirt collar he chose to leave open all seemed to be affecting her strangely. Talia had a horrifying impulse to withdraw her command, tell him she hadn't truly meant it.
"You're entitled to your, opinion, of course," he drawled, bending to scoop up his jacket and toss it carelessly over one shoulder. "Personally, I think we were just getting started." He turned and strode toward the door. "I'll call you as soon as I hear anything from South America," he volunteered sardonically just before letting himself out. And then he was gone.
Talia stared for a long, shaky moment at the closed door. She should never have let that good-night kiss get so out of hand. A little dazed, she made a stab at understanding her shockingly strong reaction to a man she had every reason to dislike.
He was not only not her type; he was the very essence of all she had come to resent so fiercely three years ago.
Wasn't he?
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CHAPTER THREE
He didn't call until nearly noon the next day and Talia jumped at the phone, grabbing the receiver before the first ring had finished.
"How nice to know you're sitting at home waiting for my calls!" Kane mocked as she managed a polite greeting.
"Did you hear
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