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raged out of control, and then exploded in such a way that it had their tongues mating, licking, sucking, devouring all and resisting none. She believed that if it hadn’t been for his ironclad control, combined with his ingrained sense of honor, he would have made love to her right there, in her parents’ house. And she would have gladly given herself to him as she succumbed to the love she had for him as well as to the urgent hunger he had elicited within her.
    “Christy?”
    She blinked, returning her thoughts back to the present when she heard him say her name. She met his gaze and felt heat turning in her stomach when he reached out and softly stroked her cheek with his fingers. His gaze remained locked with hers. “I am sorry, Christy, for every damn thing I said that night, and I promise that I will make it up to you.”
    His whispered words had Christy taking a deep breath. She wished she could believe him, wished she had the will to turn her heart over to him for safekeeping. She had done so once and it had gotten ripped in shreds, and she couldn’t let that happen again.
    She watched as his mouth slowly lowered to hers. “I don’t want this, Alex,” she heard herself say, knowing it was a lie even as she said it. Her heart was resisting and she wished she could get her mind in sync. He was going to kiss her and she wanted it as much as she had wanted anything in her life. This would be their last kiss, she reasoned, and she knew if it was anything like the one they had shared that earlier night, it would remain inflamed in her mind forever.
    Before Christy drew her next breath, Alex captured her mouth with his. Her initial reaction on contact was a slow moan that emitted from deep within her throat as a silky heat started forming in the pit of her stomach. Those sexual urges that she had discovered upon their first kiss were revving, taking over her mind, her body, and making her focus on what he was doing to her mouth as it moved slowly, steadily, and intensely over hers, inviting her tongue to join in the stimulating foray and mate with his.
    He so easily made the kisses she had shared with Kevin obsolete, a waste of good time, expulsionable. Her heart pumped wildly, and when he tightened his hold on her and deepened the kiss, desire thickened her tongue. That same tongue he was a master at capturing with his, mating with and inflaming it so potently and powerfully. Christy felt fire move through all parts of her body. She felt her knees weaken, felt her brain turn to mush, and felt her vital sexual organs become alive and aroused with a need for something they never had before.
    Alex had felt her initial resistance but continued to break down that resistance with passion. He was an experienced man and although he knew he had to be patient and not push her too far, their desire was burning too hot and too bright. He drew her hard against him, needing the feel of her body close to his.
    This was the second time he had kissed her. The last time she had been not more than a girl. But no mere wisp of a girl could have driven him close to losing control as she had that night, challenging his resolve and making such mind-whirling sensations grip him as they had. He could now admit that one of the reasons he had unleashed his fury on her that night was because he had not expected her to have such power over him, a man known for his control. She had done something no other woman had ever done. Rock his world. She had made a hunger well up in him so profound he’d been tempted to yield to anything and everything she demanded of him.
    Even now, a part of him wanted to kiss her forever, wished he had all the time in the world to do so. He had longed for this again so many times. Every time he had seen her at some function or other, he had wanted to cross the room and take her into his arms. But his stubbornness, his refusal to believe that anything could happen between them had forced him to keep his distance. There