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their
presence.
    Taking a deep breath, she moved
down the hall to the back stairs and climbed them quickly to return to her own
room. It was on the far side, a small suite with a large queen bed that looked
so damned inviting she wanted nothing more than to sink into it. She had spent
nearly a week with little sleep and it was making her sluggish. She couldn’t
afford not to have her wits about her on this job.
    She closed the door behind her,
locking it automatically as she moved through the small sitting room and into
the much larger bedroom. The deep forest green carpet cushioned her feet as she
kicked her sneakers off her feet and moved them to the side of the door.
    Her suitcase sat on the large
rosewood trunk at the bottom of the bed, opened invitingly, her gown lying on
the top of her serviceable clothing. Closing the lid to the case, she stared
around the room silently. The dark cherry wood furniture made the room seem
warmer, comforting. This room was meant to pleasure, to soothe, and it did that
far too well.
    “Do you like the room?”
    Kimberly jumped in surprise as she
turned, facing the door on the opposite side of the room that Jared had managed
to open without a sound.
    Her breath caught at the swift
punch of desire that contracted her womb and sent heat spreading through the
vulnerable flesh between her thighs. She could feel the thick, warm juice spilling
along the folds there, preparing her for him, making her ache all the more.
    He looked good enough to eat.
Leaning against the doorframe, his muscular arms crossed over his chest, his
gaze somber as he watched her. His gray eyes were stormy, the color flowing and
ever-changing as tension thickened the air around them.
    “It’s beautiful.” She cleared her
throat, hiding her grimace at the thick huskiness of her voice.
    She was so weak. She pushed her
hands into the pockets of her jeans as she fought the need to touch him, to
taste his kiss again. Her heart was racing out of control, the blood pumping
furiously through her veins and echoing in the swollen bud of her clit.
    Drawing in a deep breath, she
swallowed tightly as she watched his eyelids lower sensually. She could see the
sexual tension moving through his body. Darkening his eyes, swelling the front
of his jeans.
    “You know this won’t work,” he
growled the words at her. “You, here, in this house. I couldn’t even keep from
putting you in the room beside mine, how much longer do you think it will be
before I have you in my bed, Kimber?”
    Images too hot to escape flashed
through her mind. His hard body bare, perfect, muscles gleaming with sweat as
he came over her, his powerful thighs moving between hers…
    “I didn’t want this. Not for you,
nor me.” She shook her head fiercely, fighting the temptation. And it was a
temptation. The need to go to him, to accept him and to forget the vow she had
made so long ago.
    She remembered his kiss, dark and
intoxicating, the sensations whipping through her system as his lips dominated
hers, his tongue forging past hers to take possession of her mouth.
    “I know you didn’t. And I know what
we’re both risking.” He straightened from the doorframe. “It’s why I’ve stayed
away from you. It’s why I jack off at night instead of kidnapping you and tying
you to my bed where I can fuck you at will. It’s why I think this is one of the
dumbest things I’ve ever done in my entire life.”
    He gripped her shoulders, ignoring
her gasp as he pulled her against him, his head lowering.
    She was caught. Helpless. God, he
tasted too good. Too hot and seductive. Her hands gripped his hard waist, her
lips opening for him as his tongue pressed past them, a groan vibrating from
his chest as she met it with her own.
    This wasn’t a kiss. It was a
possession. It was a hunger, a temptation and an addiction. And she couldn’t
get enough. She wanted to wrap around him, to lose herself in the pleasure and
the heat that was Jared.
    “God help us