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“Yeah, that’s what I thought.”  She hoped her face didn’t convey the tremor of hurt that ran through her.  
    “ Look, I admit, I was a little slow on the uptake.  That has nothing to do with whether I’m attracted to you.  I am.  Incredibly attracted.”  He put his hands on her waist.  “And I know you’re attracted to me too.  Right?”
    “ I…I….”  His hands almost spanned her waist.  They were strong hands, equally capable of caressing a woman’s soft skin as they were of beating any man who threatened her.  
    “ Right?” he whispered, before lowering his lips to hers once more.
    She couldn’t do it.  Couldn’t let him kiss her.  She wasn’t sure she’d be able to stop again.  Not now that she knew what he tasted like.  And she had to remember who he was.  
    Who she’d worked so hard to become.
    How those two people could never mix.  Not in her world.
    She backed away before their lips could connect.  “Yes, I’m attracted to you, but I’ve been attracted to a lot of men.”  Not true, but he didn’t need to know that.  “I don’t always act on it.  And I’m not acting on it with you.”
    “ That’s—”
    “ Final.  Goodbye, Daniel.  Again, thank you for offering to help me out but I’ll just go to the dinner alone.”
    Daniel dropped his hands from her waist, spun on his heel and paced to the door, then startled her by coming back again.  He looked like a big cat prowling around her small living room.  And not a fat house cat like her Tikka.  No, Daniel Mays was a big, sleek panther, circling his mate, ready to make her his.  In turn, she felt not like his prey, but his willing victim.  “God, Justice, you are working my last nerve.”
    His southern drawl was slightly more prominent, making her shiver.  Down, girl.  “Well, hey, that’s the way to win me over.”
    Daniel closed his eyes, as if calling upon a higher power for strength.  “All right,” he said after a moment. “What is the way to win you over?”
    “ Leave,” she said.
    Daniel slowly walked towards Bryn, who backed up despite herself.  He kept pace with her until she bumped into a wall.  He then planted both of his palms above her head and leaned down, staring her in the eyes.  He was so close she could see that a gold band encircled his dark pupils.  “I’ll go, but this isn’t over yet.  Not by a long shot.  We’ve tasted each other, Bryn.  Just that one taste, and you got me harder than any other woman ever has.  Think about how good it was.  And how good it’s going to be.  Because we’re just getting started.”  
    Daniel dropped his heated gaze to her lips.  She held her breath.  Waiting, secretly praying,  for him to kiss her.  Instead, he pushed himself away from her, walked backwards towards the front door, then turned and left the house.  
    Bryn slowly slid down the wall until she was sitting on the floor.  With her heart thumping heavily in her chest, she touched her lips with her fingers, closed her eyes, and, just as he’d commanded, thought of how good it had been.
    Just one kiss and her body had ignited.  Wanted more.  Wanted him.  Her starved senses had come alive.  She’d felt the heat emanating from his body.  Had smelled him, clean and spicy.  Soap mixed with the heady strength of his cologne.  She’d opened her mouth to him, but she’d wanted to do more.  She’d wanted to touch him.  Press her body into him.  The wanting hadn’t surprised her, or particularly scared her.
    What had scared her had been the wildness of her response.  If she’d thought she could lie under Daniel and let him have her while she moaned softly, she might have given in to her body’s desire for more.  But the minute he’d kissed her, she’d known she could never maintain that level of control.  Daniel brought out her wild side.  Made her want to push him down and tear off his clothes.  Made her want to throw caution to the wind, forget