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he’d kissed Regis the other night at the mill.
    She was looking at him intently and he wondered if his thoughts were giving him away. And yet, she didn’t look away or blush. She just studied his face and then…there it was in her eyes. The sparkle.
    “Come here,” he said, moving closer to her until he could feel the heat of her body more than the heat of the fire. “I like having you close by.”
    “Oh, really?” she teased with a smile.
    “I like you. A lot.”
    She drew in a deep breath and looked into his eyes. He reached up and touched her hair, pushing a few silky strands away from her forehead. He let his hands trail down the side of her cheek until he found that adorable cluster of freckles that had consumed his thoughts for days. He brushed his thumb over it and then bent his head to place a soft kiss on her cheek. But before he could do it, Regis lifted her face to him with her mouth slightly parted.
    “Not yet,” he said, when it was clear her mouth was seeking his. “I want to look at you. Discover you. Know all of you.”
    The flame of fire that lit her eyes sent sparks flying through him, settling deep in his chest and lighting a fire below his belly. He wanted her more than he wanted his next breath and couldn’t think of anything else.
    As Hawk moved to give her what she wanted, what he wanted, Regis shifted closer to him and then winced. He pulled back quickly. “Did I hurt you?”
    She reached up and wrapped her arm around his shoulder as if she didn’t want him to move too far away. “I just pressed my leg against the ground. Forget it.” Then she lifted her face to him as she did earlier, wanting him as much as he wanted her. His mouth claimed her instantly, playing, teasing, tasting and then devouring until he thought he’d lost his mind.
    As he wrapped one arm around her waist and placed his hand at the nape of her neck, Regis’s hand made a slow journey from his stomach and up his chest until she abruptly stopped.
    Pulling back he saw her confused expression as she touched his chest. Not wanting the distraction, he reached inside his shirt and pulled out the chain and medallion he always wore.
    “Is it going to bother you?”
    She shook her head and touched the cross and medallion with her fingers. “I just wondered what it was.”
    Relieved Hawk went back to the very thing that was driving him crazy. As he kissed her check, he breathed in the sweet scent of her and made a trail of kisses along her face until he nestled his face against her neck and kissed her there. He heard her soft moan of pleasure and it only surged him on.
    “Keith?”
    With a ragged breath he dragged himself from the source of his pleasure to look at her. He couldn’t remember the last time he was out of his mind wanting a woman, and now, he realized he’d never wanted a woman more than he wanted Regis right now.
    * * *
    She was coming completely unglued by Keith’s every touch. Regis couldn’t think. She couldn’t breathe. She dug her fingers into his shoulders and for a second, she questioned whether she should even be considering getting involved with Keith McKinnon, much less making love with him. And she hoped with every fiber of her being that this was leading to that because she couldn’t think of anything other than getting gloriously naked with this man.
    As he gazed at her with the same desire that was like a drug to her, his eyes were questioning. There were no more questions in her mind. With her fingers, she pulled at the buttons of her shirt. He watched her attentively as each button slipped out of place until her shirt was fully free and she pushed it aside. He freed her the rest of the way by slipping it off her shoulders and dropping it to the floor. She undid the front clasp of her bra under his watchful eye and marveled at the blaze of fire that ignited in his eyes as her breasts fell free of their restraints.
    “I don’t know how much more of this I can handle,” he said,