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Alex gave her a dark glance, his face red, before he walked up and swept her in his arms. For a
second he just held her, surprising her into speechlessness. Slowly he laid her on the bed and took her
hand.
Uh. She didn t know what to say. Alex was very close. Close enough for her to smell his skin
and feel the heat radiating from him. Feeling warm, she tried to put some distance between them. My
leg is fine now. It s just a little numb, she said, before trying to climb out of bed again from the other
side.
Na pari i eychi! Why don t you ever do what I say? Alex rasped, reaching out to put his hands on
her upper arms.
He dragged her across the bed to him and bent his head to take her lips in a hard kiss.
It felt like the world had stopped. Elynn could feel her heart beating in her ears. Even her fingertips
seemed to be pounding as her hands gripped Alex s shoulders for support as he pulled away and
stared at her face. She watched him with wide eyes, completely transfixed. There wasn t a single
coherent thought in her head. Slowly Alex moved his mouth back down to hers. The movement was
almost glacial. She realized he was giving her every opportunity to stop him. But she didn t she
couldn t.
He stopped short, a mere fraction of an inch away from her. She hesitated for a moment, but then
she closed the distance between them. Their lips met softly and he pulled her closer, his upper body
pressed tightly against hers. Her head was spinning and she almost jumped when he bit her lower lip.
Reflexively she opened her mouth and Alex slipped his tongue inside. It stroked hers aggressively,
demanding that she respond.
Elynn couldn t catch her breath, but she was unwilling to tear her mouth from his. Tentatively she
touched her tongue to his. That small little sign of acquiescence on her part seemed to set him on fire.
He inhaled deeply, the sound harsh in the quiet of the room before he climbed over her to cover her
body with his.
Alex s mouth devoured hers as he pushed his knee up to nudge her legs apart. He slipped between
them and rubbed against her in a rhythmic rocking motion, a perfect storm of heat and sensation. It
was amazing, until she became aware of a growing hardness against her leg. Her eyes flew open and
she stiffened in surprise.
What the hell was she doing? What was he doing?
Alex looked down at her face and swore a blue streak. At least she thought he was swearing she
couldn t understand him because he was speaking in Greek. He leapt up from the bed as if it were on
fire.
I m sorry, he said hoarsely.
The door slammed, and he was gone. Frozen, she stared at the closed door for several minutes. A
knock finally startled her into awareness, but it was only Mrs. Braden with a tray of food for her.
Elynn ate her sandwich. It was a roast beef on a croissant with mayonnaise and tomato, her
favorite. Had she told Alex it was her favorite?
She wasn t sure, but he always seemed to know what she liked. It was as if he had some sort of
sixth sense. He knew her tastes exactly. He had never failed to give her a gift that wasn t precious to
her in some way.
This is crazy.
She tried to make herself go find Alex, but she didn t know what to say to him. He d kissed her.
Passionately. And not just then, but before when he carried her into the house. He d kissed her then,
too. She d buried that detail when she woke up. It hadn t seemed real. Did Alex want her in that way?
Was he genuinely attracted to her or was it some misplaced lust?
In a million years, she wouldn t have guessed that any of those things could ever be true. Alex was
out of her league, astronomically so. Any suggestion to the contrary was outright lunacy.
Wasn t it?
He had always been good to her, but from a distance. But lately he was spending more time with
her. And he had started touching her. A brush of his fingers here, a caress there, the way he would put
his hand on the small of her back to guide her somewhere...
Don t forget about the hug at your apartment.
She d tried to convince herself that he hadn t been aroused, that she d imagined the whole thing.
But she d felt him against her just now, and that hard-on had not been imaginary.
A shiver ran down her spine. Was she excited or scared? Both?
Yeah, definitely both.
The thought of her and Alex together in that way made her dizzy...and hot.
What had brought on this change in him? A few months ago, he would never have laid so much as a
finger on her. For years, he d respected that invisible No Touching sign she radiated in the company
of all men, even his father.
Thoughts spinning crazily, she pulled her legs in close while she waited for Alex to come back so
they could talk.
****
An hour passed, and Elynn was still alone. She ate and showered in an effort to occupy her mind, but
as the night got later and later, she grew more unsettled. According to the bedside clock, it was close
to midnight.
Why hadn t Alex come back?
Maybe she was stupid to assume he would. It was time to find him. They needed to discuss what
happened. Riffling through the bags for something to change into, Elynn felt a little dizzy when the
only thing she could find to sleep in was a short silk nightgown in the same green as the dress she had
worn that day.
Did Alex want to see her in this? The nightie had a square bodice trimmed in a soft lace that felt
wonderful against her skin. Impulsively she took off her bathrobe and pulled the slip of silk over her
head.
Catching sight of herself in the mirror, she took a surprised breath. The woman in the mirror was
almost a stranger.
Elynn had never worn anything so revealing to bed, or anywhere else for that matter. The square
bodice surrounded her cleavage like a picture frame, and the short skirt barely concealed her panties.
She couldn t go looking for Alex wearing only this.
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