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she wanted him to think she’d pulled away, or that he had scared her with his touch.  Which would be worse? 
    She wasn’t sure, and at this moment, she didn’t know what to tell him.  She paced back and forth through the library, wondering what she could have done differently.  But her mind wasn’t in control when he was near.  The man was an intimidating panther, dangerous and terrifying with this crazy power he had over her body and emotions.  Surely he realized what he did to her.  Or didn’t he?
    After several minutes, she was able to pull herself together and leave the library to rejoin the party.  She saw Hector across the room and she found that she didn’t want to hurt him.  He was doing so much for her family and if all he wanted was a bit of reassurance that she didn’t find his touch revolting, she could definitely do that.  He had a few business acquaintances here, but no real friends, which made her heart melt just a bit more for the strong, powerful man.  Was he lonely?  Didn’t he have anyone he could talk to?  She had her college friends that she could always turn to, but right now, Sasha was struggling with what to do with her husband and was so out of touch with everyone, she couldn’t really burden her with additional problems.  And Dana had disappeared off the face of the earth, which was scary enough. 
    No, this was something she needed to work out on her own.  And she could do it too.  She just needed to be a bit more sensitive to Hector’s feelings.  She’d thought he didn’t have any, that he was invulnerable.  But his fury a few moments ago was real, which made him much more human in her eyes. 
    As she walked back into the party, she smiled to the guests and continued to act as the hostess, doing her best to make sure everyone was having a good time.  But in addition to that, she moved closer to Hector.  Every once in a while, she would pass by whatever group he was in and touch his arm or smile at him.  She rarely got much of a reaction, but she was doing her best to show that she could do her part as well as prove to him that she wasn’t revolted by his touch .  She wasn’t sure she wanted him to know that it actually had the opposite effect so she worked on hiding her reaction, trying hard not to blush when he looked down at her after each of her passes. 
    By the end of the night, she was exhausted from the strain of both the party, and trying to figure out this man she was about to marry.  It wasn’t easy since he was such a mystery and hid so much behind a cool mask of indifference.  But she was starting to suspect that there was a great deal more to him than she’d given him credit. 

Chapter 4
    Hector hesitated in making the call, wondering what kind of reaction Kallista would have to his request.  It had to be done though.  He was in New York at the moment and there was a basketball game this evening he had to attend.  Being there without her, only a day after the announcement of their engagement , would look odd. 
    The hesitation came from what he might expect from her.  After he’d bitten her head off for pulling away from his touch last night, she’d gone out of her way to touch him.  They were all casual touches and he was furious that she’d learned a new game.  Acting the tease was very effective at paying him back for his outburst .  It was a game she knew how to play extremely well.  The small touch, the loving glance, the stroke along his back as she passed by him.  They were all touches meant to drive him insane with lust and it was working.  He never should have yelled at her but he had resisted calling her over to him to apologize .  Just as he ’d resisted pulling her into a room and making love to her , uncaring of the fact that his house had been filled with her friends and neighbors.  Every time she touched him she was paying him back for his words and his body still hadn’t calmed down from her torment. 
    “This