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waitresses at Fat Eddy’s told me you were
there.”
    There, naked at last. She looked over, surprised to find him
still fully dressed.
    “What’s the matter, hon? Need some help?” Her confidence
boosted by her new look—as well as the attention she’d gotten in the bar—Cassie
sauntered her way across the small living room to where Jay still stood by the
door, a serious look on his face.
    Reaching for the buttons of his shirt, she slowly undid
them, savoring the undressing as one did a rich, decadent piece of chocolate
cake.
    “Cassie, I’m serious about this.” He tilted her chin up with
his hand. “You won’t need Ella to pick up the pieces because I’m not going to
hurt you again.”
    “Well, of course you’re not,” Cassie agreed, watching as
confusion filled his face at her matter-of-fact statement. “Because I’m not
going to let you. Stop talking, stop thinking. I’m not interested in talking, I
want sex.”
    She didn’t want to think, to reason things through. She
longed to move, touch, feel.
    “I want a night of hot, hmm,” she licked his nipple, moving
her hands to his belt, “hot sex.”
    “Cassie, stop.” His hand grabbed hers, halting her as she
reached for the buttons on his jeans.
    “What?” She arched an eyebrow at him. “Are you trying to say
you’re not here to fuck? Because if not, then what the hell were you doing
scaring off all those other guys?” She took a step back, her hands resting on
her hips.
    A low rumble filled the room. “No one else touches you.”
    She snorted, turning to where her clothes lay strewn across
the living room floor. Moving as fast as she could with hands that were
shaking, she pulled on her G-string. “Well if you’re not going to fuck me, I
can assure you I’ll find someone who will.”
    Even though every cell in her body protested leaving him,
she grabbed the rest of her clothes, prepared to storm out.
    “You’re not going anywhere.” A raw command.
    Moving so fast she didn’t even see him, he picked her up,
throwing her over his shoulder as he stalked into the small bedroom and tossed
her onto the bed.
    She lay there catching her breath while he stripped off what
little clothing she’d managed to get on. Then he stood back, staring down at
her.
    “What has gotten into you, Cassie? This isn’t you.” He waved
a hand over her body. “The makeup, the clothes, throwing yourself at strange
men. What’s going on?”
    Cassie sat up on the bed and scowled at him. “This is me!
This is the new me. This is the new me who’s not afraid to live a little. Look,
Jay, I’m not going to involve my feelings like last time, so don’t worry. I
know exactly what this is. Sex. Hot, glorious sex.”
    “I am not here for sex.” Each word was nearly
unrecognizable, his jaw was clenched so tight.
    “Yeah? What are you here for then?”
    “For you. I came to find you. I want you—”
    “And I want you,” she interrupted, reaching for him, running
her hands over his chest. Right now, she didn’t much care why he was here. He
was here, he desired her, and she’d been craving his touch. Why not just get on
with it?
    “So are we doing this? Or do I have to go find someone
else?”
    He glared at her, unmoving, and for a moment she really did
think he was going to call her bluff. He opened his mouth and she moved,
slipping off the mattress. She was going to have to go back out, pick up some
stranger and sleep with him. Something deep inside her shuddered, remembering
how the other man’s touch on the dance floor had revolted her. How much worse
would the feeling be if she slept with him?
    Damn werewolf had ruined her for anyone else.
    Then he was moving, pushing her back onto the bed, stripping
off his clothes, and the ferocious hunger for him shoved any lingering
misgivings aside.
    “Do you wander around naked all the time?” she asked
huskily, her gaze roaming his naked flesh.
    He paused, his head cocking to one side in