He
lifted a hand toward her. Releasing the tangle of her own fingers, she moved to
the porch steps and hesitantly placed her hand in his.
“I want
to be here for you,” he said quietly.
She
wanted that, too. She needed someone to be there for her. She wanted it to be him.
At the
slight pressure of his fingertips on hers, she stepped down onto the cool
grass. Now he stood over her, his eyes in shadow as moonlight fell over him.
“Actually,
I want more than that,” he went on. “I know we haven’t known each other very
long…”
“It
doesn’t matter.”
Her
heart began to throb. To her surprise she wasn’t worrying about questions or
secrets for the moment. She simply allowed herself to enjoy the attraction that
swept through her. She saw in his eyes that he, too, wanted to put away
questions for a time. They both deserved to live in the moment for a while.
He
lowered her hand to his side but held onto it. Then, reaching for her other
hand, he stepped close enough to brush his body against hers. His head came
down.
The kiss
started out tender and tentative, yet it was flavored with a hint of fate that
had them both pressing closer. She tilted her head, opening her mouth to his,
accepting the sweep of his tongue over her lower lip, answering it with her
own. The kiss deepened. Their fingers tangled at their sides and her body
flushed with heat. But this wasn’t the cloying heat of a Texas night. This was
the magnetic heat of desire.
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