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lifted his mouth from hers, though he sighed and rested his forehead against hers for a moment before reaching up and disentangling her arms from about his neck, then setting her away from him. Now it really is good night. Im going to be in bad shape if this goes on much longer, so Im stopping it here. Ill see you Monday morning, at work.
    Quickly Sarah reached for her composure, drawing it about her like a garment, and she tried to disguise the raggedness of her breathing. Her body felt betrayed, but he was right: it had to stop there, or it wouldnt stop at all. Yes. Good night, she breathed, before stepping into her apartment and quietly closing the door.
    Rome went to his car, but sat in it for a long time before starting it and driving away. No, she wasnt cold at all, despite the way she looked and that ice-queen manner she used. He hadnt wanted to leave her; all his senses had been clamoring for the comfort to be found in her soft, warm body, but to his surprise, hed found that he couldnt take her as casually as hed taken the other women whod been with him the last two years. She was Dianes friend, and Diane had loved her; his conscience wouldnt allow him to treat her as a sexual convenience. Besides, he really had enjoyed having dinner with her. She had a surprisingly keen sense of humor, and when she relaxed, she was really lovely, with her eyes sparkling and her soft mouth curved into a smile.
    And when she kissed him, shed kissed him as if she meant it. The unquestioning response shed given him had almost driven him beyond the boundaries of his control. The feel of her soft hips pressing into him was enough to make him forget everything but the warm female body in his arms. Far from diminishing on closer acquaintance, the physical interest hed felt in her for years was intensifying every time he saw her. Hed seen her long white-gold hair in a shimmering halo around her shoulders, and now he wanted to see it spread across a pillow as she lay waiting for him, her slim, graceful body bare, her mouth swollen and pouty from his kisses. A possessive surge made him grind his teeth, and he thought of the cold shower hed have to take before hed be able to sleep. If hed stayed with her, hed be relaxed and sleepy by now, all of his tensions drained out of him.
    But she wasnt just any woman. He couldnt use her and then toss her aside. Apart from the fact that they had to work together, he wanted more from her than that. A one-night stand wouldnt do it with her; he wanted to unlock all her secrets, thrill time and time again to the sweet, hot way she melted against him. He thought of having an affair with her, and was surprised to suddenly find himself wondering if an affair would be enough to satisfy him. He wanted to know everything about her; he wanted to completely shatter her cool control and learn all the things that he could do to give her pleasure. He was adrift, and he needed Sarah right then more than he could comprehend, in all ways.
    It was more than just physical, he realized abruptly. He could talk with her; she was intelligent, amusing, but there was the added bonus that he didnt have to talk to her, because she had a quality of serenity that made silence possible. Whenever he looked into the shadows of her exotic green eyes, he had the feeling she understood everything, without words.
    But she was a dedicated career woman; shed made it pretty clear over the years that she did just fine on her own, thank you, without a man making demands on her time. Shed probably reject out of hand any hint of seriousness from him, so he had to keep it light, casual, let her become accustomed to being in his company. He had doubts, though, about his ability to keep it light whenever she turned into his arms and answered his kisses so ardently. He wanted to throw her across a bed and kiss her from her head to her feet, feast his senses on the sleek womanliness of her body. But what would she say?
    Maybe she wouldnt reject an offer