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her eyes seemed to flicker as brightly as the light flashing off his golden cuffs. They had glimmered with desire after he kissed her. He could only imagine how beautiful they would be if she allowed him to pleasure her. There was nothing quite as exquisite as watching a woman come undone. And for a woman as beautiful as Valerie, the pleasure was doubly his. His body tensed at the mere thought of her passionate cries echoing through the small cottage.
    " I’m not that interesting, I assure you."
    " In that, Mistress, you are very wrong. If given leave to, I could spend hours simply listening to your melodic voice or exploring the soft contours of your body." Valerie gasped softly, but she didn’t shy away or divert her gaze from his. "I have a great deal of interest in many things about you, do not doubt it."
    The spark was there. He could see the glint of attraction in her eyes as she looked at him. She wanted him, but she was afraid to have him. Something had made her push him away before. He would have to coax the tiny flame into a raging fire before she would give in to her desires.
    " Raj, I—" She started to speak but was interrupted by another loud crack of lighting. In an instant the house went dark and the buzz of electronic devices quieted. The only light came from the fire.
    He wanted to know what she ’d been about to say, but the weather’s poorly timed interruption saw to it that she would never finish her thought. She immediately turned away, seeking out the flashlight on the table.
    " Just perfect. I need to call the power company and report the outage," she said. "It will be awhile before they can fix it, though. We’ll probably have to fire up the generator to get things going again."
    R aj wished that he could snap his fingers and handle the situation, but restoring the power was a big task. One that would require a wish. He could fix it, but she would have to ask him to.
    She returned from the kitchen and looked down at her cell phone with irritation , wrinkling her nose. "Well, it’s worse than I thought. Power is out on the mainland, too. We will definitely be at the bottom of the priority list for this."
    " I can fix it," Raj offered. She seemed to get uncomfortable every time he broached the subject, but he wanted her to know what he was capable of. "I can restore power to the island. To the whole area if that’s what you want. I can even repair the power lines so they don’t go out as easily. But you would have to wish for it."
    Valerie’s grip on her flashlight tightened, and with it, so did her mouth. The full, pink lips flattened into a hard line of concern. She was holding back what she wanted to say, but Raj already knew before she spoke. She didn’t believe him. "There’s no need for that. I just have to go out and start the generator." She turned away from him, retrieving her hooded jacket from the hook on the wall.
    " I shall go with you."
    " You don’t have a coat, Raj. Before, it was sprinkling, but now the weather is too bad."
    Raj certainly wasn’t going to let that stop him. He envisioned a coat similar to hers but in blue, and with a snap, he was wearing it.
    " I’ll be right back," she said, leaning down to get a flashlight but stopping when Raj snatched it off the table.
    " I said I shall go with you. I am properly attired now."
    Valerie’s gaze ran over him from head to foot. Then she reached out and touched the jacket as though it was some magic illusion that wasn’t real. Her fingers glided over the slick, waterproof fabric. The touch of her hand moving over the hard muscles of his bicep made him painfully aware of her physical presence and the conversation they hadn’t finished. But now was not the time.
    “How did...?” A loud crack of thunder shook the cottage and she pulled her hand away. "Never mind. Right now, I want to get the power back on, but we need to talk about..." She bent down to grab another flashlight and gestured at his coat with it,