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shot out and snared her wrist.
    Jana glanced back. Even with no make up, her shining hair in disarray, she looked deliciously pretty and very appealing. “Why?”
    “It feels wrong to just leave it like this,” he admitted, gazing at her mouth. It was soft and tasted wonderful, and there was just no way on earth he could stand to never kiss it again. Not to mention those spectacular breasts and how hot and tight she felt as he thrust between her long luscious legs…
    “Look.” Jana Johnson visibly set her shoulders. “Last night happened, yes. That’s it.”
    No, he really wasn’t in agreement over that. “So you said, but I want to see you again.”
    “You will. Monday morning we almost always pass in the hall after my first class. Besides, you need to return my key.”
    Dammit .
    He tried again. “What happened between us in bed aside, I had a good time talking to you is what I meant to say before, Jana. Yes, I’m attracted to you, I think most men who are breathing are attracted to you, but I also like you. You’re smart, which is the number one thing I look for in a woman, believe it or not, and when you relax a little, you have a great sense of humor. I wasn’t just looking for sex. Give me a chance. I’d love to take you out to dinner tonight.”

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    She gently tugged her arm free. “You are twenty-five, Jake.”
    “You’re going to have to bear with me, because I don’t see how in the hell that matters. I’m a grown man and in a year or so, will have the same string of letters behind my name as yours.”
    Her sapphire eyes widened just slightly at his vehemence. After a moment, she sighed. “Dating someone you work with is also a problem, and you know it. It’s fine as long as it all works out, but terrible if it doesn’t. My policy has always been I would never become involved with someone from the university.”
    “Your husband was also a professor. How did that happen? It seems to me I heard he was actually your professor when you met.” It was kind of a low-down tactic to bring it up, but he could feel his chances slipping away. “He was quite a bit older too, wasn’t he?”
    “It isn’t at all the same thing.”
    “Explain to me how, then.”
    In response, she shook her head, her smooth hair brushing her shoulders. The day was clear, but cool, and despite her rumpled clothes, she still managed to look elegant and lovely in the crisp autumn sunshine. “I’m fairly certain you could have your pick from any number of interested young women, Mr. I.Q. Why are you bothering to be so persistent? If all you wanted was a conquest, it seems to me last night you got it.”
    The hint of amused capitulation in her tone made relief wash over him. Jake smiled. “If you can figure out why one man is attracted to a certain woman more than any others, that would be an interesting scientific breakthrough, Professor Johnson. In my case, let’s just say there are a few fantasies still unfulfilled.”
    “I didn’t say I’d ever sleep with you again. I believe you asked me out for dinner.”
    “So I did,” he agreed readily. “Having dinner with you is one of the fantasies I just mentioned.”
    That was much smoother.

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    And thank God, it worked.
    Jana gave him one of her clear-eyed looks. He could hear her keys jingle as she took them out of her purse. “All right, I’ll have dinner with you on one condition. Can we keep this all quiet, please?”
    “I won’t say anything, if that’s what you want, but in case you haven’t noticed, I don’t go around talking about my love life anyway.”
    Jana nodded crisply and pressed the button to unlock her sleek car. “Be at my house at seven then. And instead of going out, if you don’t mind, I’ll cook.”
    That was definitely a dream come true. There wasn’t a man on earth who preferred an impersonal restaurant to a beautiful woman fixing him dinner.
    He said evenly, “I’ll be there.”

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