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me again.
    I shook my head.
    “I thought you said…?”
    I took the glass from him and put it down gently on the hardwood side table. “I did. You never asked me what I’d do if it was my last day on earth.”
    He swallowed audibly. “What would you do?”
    Simo was still kneeling in front of me. I tilted forward until my face was almost touching his. Then I kissed him like he had kissed me; so softly and gently that it only served as a tantalizing glimpse of what was to come.
    “This,” I smiled.
    In one fluid movement, Simo shifted his weight and pushed himself onto the daybed, pulling me with him. I lay sprawled across the cushions, staring up at him. He supported his weight on his hands and feet. I could feel the heat of his skin, but our bodies weren’t touching.
    “You’d tease me, is that it?” He grinned down at me.
    I tried to lift my head to kiss him but he turned his face out of reach. I kissed the strawberry blond hair at his temples.
    “Now you’re teasing me,” I complained.
    “What would you like me to do?” He raised an eyebrow as one of his hands trailed gently down my side.
    I shrugged shyly.
    He must have seen the fear in my face. His expression softened. He brought his hand to my hair and played with the lighter strands around my face.
    “You haven’t…”
    I shook my head. “No.”
    “We don’t have to.”
    I grabbed his face in both my hands. “We don’t. But I want to.”
    “Because it might be your last day of freedom.”
    “No. Because I want to.”
    He smiled. “So do I. Ever since I met you.”
    The tension between us was so intense I couldn’t breathe normally.
    “I bet you say that to all the girls.”
    His expression darkened. “No. Just you. You’re different.”
    “No I’m not.”
    “Yes you are,” he said, all serious now. “You’ve got such fight in you. That’s what makes me want you. And you’re beautiful.” He ran his fingers down the side of my face.
    The mood between us had changed. It was more somber now. I turned my head and stared at the wine silk wall. From here, the only indication that we were moving was the sound of the engines. “Do you really think they’ll catch us and send us to prison?”
    He was silent; hovering over me, our bodies almost touching. “I don’t know,” he said at last.
    He kissed me. It was longer than before. The feeling of his lips lingered on mine after he pulled away. “You know what I do know?” he whispered.
    “What?” I asked, reaching my arm around his neck and pulling him back to me.
    “I’m going to do whatever it takes to prevent that from happening.”
    His eyes burned with fierce protectiveness as he kissed me again. I kissed him back desperately. There was still a distance between our bodies. I reached my arms around his strong, broad chest and pulled him closer to me. Still he held himself away from me.
    “I don’t want to crush you,” he muttered, pulling his lips away from mine for just long enough to speak.
    “But I want you to.”
    He leaned his tall, strong body against me. I struggled to breathe with his weight on my chest.
    “Am I hurting you?”
    I shook my head. “No.” I hugged him tight as he kissed my neck and collarbone.
    He stroked the side of my body again, this time more slowly. His hand lingered at the waistband of my jeans. I held my breath. His hand moved upward, pulling up my t-shirt. His breathing quickened as he pulled the thin cotton up my torso, he paused when he reached my breasts.
    “Why are you stopping?” I whispered.
    “Oh I’m not stopping,” he smiled.
    He shifted onto his knees and pulled me up with him. He pulled my t-shirt over my head leaving me topless. I watched his face as he reached down and gently cupped my breasts. Then his fingers found my nipples. An explosion of pleasure coursed through me, stopping my thoughts in their tracks. I was no longer consumed by what was going to happen to us when we stepped off that train. All I could think about