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and a sense of grace to the movement, despite the fact that he was standing there in his socks.
    In that moment, he was Fred Astaire...and Paige couldn’t wait to be his Ginger Rogers.
    She held out her hand and Christian took it smoothly, taking her into the moves they’d been practicing earlier. He was leading her perfectly this time, sweeping Paige up in the whirl of the movement.
    She felt as if they could have been in a black-and-white movie just then. There was no music, but he had the steps memorized, and the timing of them seemed to come from somewhere inside him. She flowed with him around the skating rink as though it was the perfect dance floor, until he finally spun her into the last movement of the dance.
    “You did it!” Paige said breathlessly. “ You actually did it !”
    Christian seemed every bit as ecstatic as she was. He held her tightly in his arms for a moment or two, looking deep into her eyes as the moment was suspended in time, as if there was no place he’d rather be and no one else he’d rather be with.
    And then he kissed her.

CHAPTER NINE
     
    Christian led their kiss as effortlessly as he had led the dance, his lips pressing against Paige’s with the mix of joy and desire. Paige kissed him back with just as much passion, because in that moment it felt exactly like the right thing to do. And even though they’d been close while they’d been dancing, their sweetly seductive kiss felt so much more intimate.
    She’d always dreamed of a kiss like this. A kiss just like the ones in the movies—sweet and passionate, tender and powerful, all at once.
    Christian drank in her smile, saying, “I love seeing you look so happy.”
    “I am. I really am.”
    He drew her close again and held her, his cheek against the top of her head. Their kiss had been so perfect, so unexpected, but at the same time such a natural continuation of everything that had been happening over the last couple of days. It had been so easy to get caught up in the excitement of their dance...and so worth it when she had.
    He had been in the zone from the moment that he’d held out his hand to her. Of course, there was still so much for him to learn as a dancer, but the Fred Astaire feeling that they were going for had definitely been there. While they’d danced, she had been able to feel his intensity of emotion and the way he had led every step. With his acting skills, he had made their dance far more than just a set of choreographed movements: He had made it beautiful .
    “You were perfect, Christian.”
    “So were you.”
    She had been talking about his dancing—at least she thought she was, wasn’t she?—but
    was he? Or was he talking about their kiss? One she knew she’d replay over and over in her head for a very long time to come.
    Still, she was on too much of a high to worry about any of that right now. “You can really do this. You can pull this movie off! I’m sure of it now.” When he had first arrived, the truth was that she hadn’t actually thought he’d get to the stage where he could be convincing in one of Astaire’s dances. And then when she’d first seen him try to dance, she’d been sure that her teaching skills would not be up to the task. But now, after experiencing the wonder of one perfect dance with him in the middle of the empty roller-skating rink, she knew better.
    He moved to take her hands as they stood near the entrance to the rink. “You really think so?”
    Paige had heard a note of nervousness in his voice only a handful of times. Once had been on the first day, when he’d been down on the floor doubting himself, and then a couple of times after that, when the moves had been really challenging. Yet, now she was surprised to see that her approval meant so much to him.
    “Absolutely, yes! If you can dance like that all the time, you’re going to be great. That was the first time I really felt something while you danced, way deep down the way I’ve needed to feel