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squinting up at him despite the sunshine.  “ Rais , what do you want from me?”
    He leaned against a tree and looked down at her.  He thought of several different ways he could answer her question, but rejected each of them, deciding instead to be bluntly honest with her.  “I want you.”
    She blinked at his response , not sure she heard him correctly.  “Excuse me?”
    He almost laughed at her stunned reaction, but held back so she would know that he was completely serious about what he was about to say.  “I want you, in my bed.  Naked and calling out to me, as excited to be with me as I am to be with you.”
    She couldn’t believe how direct he was but she should have known better.  “That’s impossible,” she said softly and started walking again. 
    “Why?” he asked as he fell into step with her. 
    “Why what?” she asked.  She couldn’t help it, but the idea of having sex, not just with Rais , but with any man, was terrifying.  She had a deep dread of the sexual act, afraid of the pain and humiliation of it all.  And sex with Rais ?  That would be even more terrifying, even if she knew that their relationship had a future, which it didn’t since Rais wasn’t the kind of man to have just one woman in his life. 
    “Why would a relationship between the two of us be impossible?” he clarified. They were walking along a path that went in and out of the sunshine as they passed under trees, stepped over rocks and jumped the creek as the path wound its way through the woods along the border of his property. 
    She had to laugh at his question as she balanced one foot on a rock before jumping onto another, keeping her feet out of the quickly flowing water .  “Well, first of all, you were just talking about sex which isn’t a relationship, I’m sorry to inform you.  But secondly, you don’t do relationships, Rais .  You’re not a one woman kind of man and I don’t really enjoy being just another in a long line of women in your life.”
    He thought about that for a moment and nodded.  She had some valid concerns and he could easily explain away those women, but he didn’t want to frighten her.  He had to show her that she could trust him.  “So if I were to declare fidelity to you, that would reassure you of my intentions?”
    She glanced up at him, then away.  “No Rais .  We’re not going down that road.”  She abruptly turned around and headed back to the horses, intending to ride back to the stables and start brushing down Dolce. 
    “Where are you going?”
    “This conversation is finished. I have things to do.”
    She heard him behind her only moments before he grabbed her arm and spun her around.  “So do I ,” he said.  A moment later, his mouth covered hers, obliterating her admonishment for him to leave her alone. 
    She stood still for all of one second, maybe only half that time, before she whimpered and her arms went around his neck, her fingers holding on to his shirt tightly because she wasn’t sure what to do.  This seemed so familiar to her, like it had just happened a few hours ago but that was impossible.  She couldn’t help but kiss him back, feeling her body ignite as his hands moved around her waist and pulled her against his hard body.  She’d never felt anything like this, her whole mind shut down from reality while he kissed her.  His tongue moved inside her mouth, tangling with hers and driving her more insane, heating her up even higher with a need she didn’t really understand. 
    He pulled away for a moment, both of them staring at each other as if to gauge the other’s reactions, their breathing heavy and labored.  “We can’t do this, Rais ,” she finally whispered, but her body pressed against his, her mouth opened to scream out but nothing happened as his head dipped down again towards her, his mouth explored her neck, her ear, finding little places that made her shiver and go crazy. 
    “We seem to be doing it quite well