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together, poised above Venus, to fall in gentle plummet back to earth and each other.
CHAPTER THREE
“I love you. I love you.” It stunned her when he said that to her.
“I love you too.” That shocked and delighted her too, when she answered him back.
“Marry me,” Dash groaned in her ear.
“Marry me, marry me, marry me, marry me . . .” the jet engines on the plane sang as Lotus flew east from Las Vegas to Rochester, New York, with a stopover at O’Hare in Chicago. The words that Dash had said to her filled her mind. She couldn’t concentrate on anything else. And she had told him she loved him back! He had made love to her all through the night, and she knew before morning that she belonged to him for all time. She groaned in her mind as she stared sightlessly out at the clouds scudding past the wing of the plane. And she did love him! Her eyes were dry but tears coursed through her being as she thought of Dash and all she had given up when she fled from Cicero’s.
Petras had booked her flight and she had taken a taxi from her rooming house after telling Dash she had to change for work and that she would see him later.
It was as though she were with him still on that huge bed of his, lazy eyes alight with fire as he looked down at her.
"Cat got your tongue?” he had whispered as he stared down at her after loving her and making the declaration.
“Marriage is a very serious step,” Lotus had replied from the circle of his arm, her one hand caressing his fresh shaven cheek.
“Very.” Dash’s smile had been white heat. “I heard you say that you loved me.”
“Did you hear that?” Lotus’s voice had tremored. “I heard you say it too.”
“Yes.” His mouth had begun a slow search of her breast. “So when shall we marry?”
“Could I have a little time to think about it?” She wanted to tell him no, that she was going back home, but she couldn’t destroy what was between them with such words. She wanted to hold it, cherish it, keep it . . . forever.
“Five minutes?”
She had smiled up at him and shook her head. “Let me think about it.”
Dash could feel his being stiffen in resistance. He didn’t want her to think. He wanted her to say yes, then they would find someone to marry them at once! He wanted to keep her. “All right.” He expelled a big sigh and nodded. He didn’t think there was a someone like Lotus for him on the planet and now that he had found her, he didn’t want her out of his sight.
When Lotus tried to rise from the bed, he’d urged her back again. “I want to love you,” Dash had told her.
Lotus ran every reason why she should get up from that bed, dress, and leave around her head. They dissipated like smoke in a wind as she lifted her arms to hold him, embrace him, and lock him to her body.
They had made love again. The gentle frenzy generated by Dash had left her gasping with delight and awe, as it would do all through the night.
They were still lying on the bed holding each other the next morning when the phone rang next to the bed.
“Colby,” Dash had barked. “Yes. Damn it, man, you don’t need me for that. All right, all right, I said I’d come and I will.” Dash cradled the phone with barely suppressed violence. “I have an appointment.” He turned to look at her. “Another casino has come on the market. My business adviser assures me it’s a good deal.” Dash grimaced and hugged her close to him. “The last thing I want to think about is business, but I gave my word I would make this meeting. Will you wait for me here?”
Lotus felt shot with lightning. She had to go home today! She couldn’t stay any longer! She had the file. “Dash, take me back to my room, please. I need a change of clothes.” And I need to say good-bye to you, she added silently. She reached out and clung to him, her lips coursing his face and neck.
“Darling,” Dash groaned. “I won’t leave you.”
“Yes. You must. Go to your meeting. I’ll
CHAPTER THREE
“I love you. I love you.” It stunned her when he said that to her.
“I love you too.” That shocked and delighted her too, when she answered him back.
“Marry me,” Dash groaned in her ear.
“Marry me, marry me, marry me, marry me . . .” the jet engines on the plane sang as Lotus flew east from Las Vegas to Rochester, New York, with a stopover at O’Hare in Chicago. The words that Dash had said to her filled her mind. She couldn’t concentrate on anything else. And she had told him she loved him back! He had made love to her all through the night, and she knew before morning that she belonged to him for all time. She groaned in her mind as she stared sightlessly out at the clouds scudding past the wing of the plane. And she did love him! Her eyes were dry but tears coursed through her being as she thought of Dash and all she had given up when she fled from Cicero’s.
Petras had booked her flight and she had taken a taxi from her rooming house after telling Dash she had to change for work and that she would see him later.
It was as though she were with him still on that huge bed of his, lazy eyes alight with fire as he looked down at her.
"Cat got your tongue?” he had whispered as he stared down at her after loving her and making the declaration.
“Marriage is a very serious step,” Lotus had replied from the circle of his arm, her one hand caressing his fresh shaven cheek.
“Very.” Dash’s smile had been white heat. “I heard you say that you loved me.”
“Did you hear that?” Lotus’s voice had tremored. “I heard you say it too.”
“Yes.” His mouth had begun a slow search of her breast. “So when shall we marry?”
“Could I have a little time to think about it?” She wanted to tell him no, that she was going back home, but she couldn’t destroy what was between them with such words. She wanted to hold it, cherish it, keep it . . . forever.
“Five minutes?”
She had smiled up at him and shook her head. “Let me think about it.”
Dash could feel his being stiffen in resistance. He didn’t want her to think. He wanted her to say yes, then they would find someone to marry them at once! He wanted to keep her. “All right.” He expelled a big sigh and nodded. He didn’t think there was a someone like Lotus for him on the planet and now that he had found her, he didn’t want her out of his sight.
When Lotus tried to rise from the bed, he’d urged her back again. “I want to love you,” Dash had told her.
Lotus ran every reason why she should get up from that bed, dress, and leave around her head. They dissipated like smoke in a wind as she lifted her arms to hold him, embrace him, and lock him to her body.
They had made love again. The gentle frenzy generated by Dash had left her gasping with delight and awe, as it would do all through the night.
They were still lying on the bed holding each other the next morning when the phone rang next to the bed.
“Colby,” Dash had barked. “Yes. Damn it, man, you don’t need me for that. All right, all right, I said I’d come and I will.” Dash cradled the phone with barely suppressed violence. “I have an appointment.” He turned to look at her. “Another casino has come on the market. My business adviser assures me it’s a good deal.” Dash grimaced and hugged her close to him. “The last thing I want to think about is business, but I gave my word I would make this meeting. Will you wait for me here?”
Lotus felt shot with lightning. She had to go home today! She couldn’t stay any longer! She had the file. “Dash, take me back to my room, please. I need a change of clothes.” And I need to say good-bye to you, she added silently. She reached out and clung to him, her lips coursing his face and neck.
“Darling,” Dash groaned. “I won’t leave you.”
“Yes. You must. Go to your meeting. I’ll
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