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controlled,
"You know sweetheart, I get that you're young. Too young for me.
But I think you're old enough to know what you're doing to me." The
look he gave her was speculative, thoughtful. "Are you doing it on
purpose?"
    The question caught her off guard and her
breath snarled in her throat. "No."
    He continued as if she hadn't answered, his
voice turning feral, "I don't think it's escaped your notice that
I'm jealous of Trevor. And I think you're using it against me."
    She expelled a shallow pant of air. His
disclosure sent an intoxicating blend of heady power and beguiling
need through her veins. Her denial came quickly, "No, I'm not.
I--"
    "You need to have mercy on me, baby," his
tone turned slightly threatening, "before I snap."
    Her heart pounded in her ears and she
swallowed with difficulty.
    He took one step away from the door and her
voice unfroze as she tried to explain. "I've told you before, I'm
not interested in him that way. I'm not going to start something
with him, he kissed me, yeah, but--"
    He came to a jerky halt, his expression
changing to lines of fury, steel inundating his spine.
    "He kissed you?"

CHAPTER SIX
    Elaina slammed her eyes closed as she
realized what she had inadvertently revealed. Stupid. She
kept her eyes closed for a few heartbeats until she felt him move
right up next to her.
    Her lashes came up slowly to find his eyes
blazing down at her and his nostrils flaring.
    The blood slammed through her veins and a
lick of heat stroked through her body landing in a pool of vicious need between her thighs. What was it about this
man?
    "He touched your lips?"
    " Jesus Christ , Raul--"
    He interrupted her, his voice a snarl.
"Answer me."
    "Yes," she puffed out.
    His jaw hardened. "That's not acceptable."
His hands came up and gripped her forearms in a hold that
restrained her.
    She expelled a sound of laughter that wasn't
in any way funny. "What are you going to do about it?" she asked
him, smiling softly, licking her lips, challenging him to kiss
her . The sane part of her mind knew that was what she was
doing.
    Even though he held her tightly, she felt in
control. She was in her aunt and uncle's home, and they weren't far
away. But deep inside, a trickle of anxiety washed through her. How
would she feel right now if that wasn't the case?
    His eyes fell to her lips again. His hands
became harder and leaned into hers with more pressure as he slowly
began to lower his head over hers. "I'm going to wipe it from your
memory."
    Elaina froze in his hold as anticipation
melted her bones. Her breathing splintered as he slowly touched his
lips to hers. Gently, his mouth moved against hers, in a caress
that was the complete opposite of the fierce restraint his hands
had on her. He kissed her softly, over again, moving his lips back
and forth.
    His head moved to her ear and brushed her
hair aside with his face until his lips were open over her. He
whispered, "Was it like that?"
    Elaina moaned softly. No, it hadn't been
anything like that at all. Trevor's kiss had been mildly pleasant,
not something that set off fireworks inside of her and scrambled
her brain to mush.
    He took her earlobe between his teeth and
grazed her softly. "Was it like that?" He demanded an answer to his
question.
    "No," she whispered.
    Raul was hit with dual emotions; lust and
arousal from holding her in his arms, and rage from thinking about
that boy kissing her, tasting her with his tongue.
    He needed to wipe it from her brain. Wipe it
from her memory. Wipe it from existence.
    With that exact intent, he bent back to her
mouth, slanting his lips against hers, and as she took a deep
gasping breath, he slipped his tongue inside. Oh, Jesus, she was
sweet . Her tongue hesitated against his, her arms pushing
against him until he freed her. He moved his hands to her head and
lifted her mouth more fully into his.
    Her fingers came up and clamped greedily to
his scalp, her torso molding provocatively into his, and their kiss
went wild. He