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onto the bed and with a deft motion, he whipped the tank top over her head and tossed it aside. She was wearing the briefest kind of lacy bra. She stood there in it, her mouth half-open, her eyes like saucers.
    â€œThe first time I touched you, I did that,” he recalled, his black eyes narrowing on the generous view of her breasts that the lacy garment afforded him. “Neither of us was expecting it. You were soaked to the skin and we’d argued about something. You refused to change into anything dry, despite the fact that you were shivering from the cold. I herded you into the study and closed the door. We argued. You refused to take off your wet clothes. And that’s exactly what I did. Except,” he added in a husky, deep tone, “that you weren’t wearing anything under that top. And I didn’t realize it until it was too late.”
    She felt his eyes like brands on her soft skin as he looked at her.
    â€œDo you remember what I did next, Abby?” he asked, still staring at her bare shoulders and throat. “I put my mouth on your breasts and you cried out. I thought I’d frightened you until I lifted my head and looked at your face.” His chest rose and fell heavily. “Dear God, I’d never dreamed of passion like that. I pushed you onto the couch and followed you down,” he continued quietly, holding her spellbound. “I never even realized what I was doing toyou. Every soft little cry, every bite of your nails into my back only made it more urgent. It took every bit of willpower I had to draw back in time.” He touched her breasts where they rose above the lacy cups, and she trembled with memories and sensation. His eyes met hers, seeing the embarrassment she couldn’t hide even after four years. “I managed it, just. But I damned near satisfied you right through your clothing,” he whispered. “You, and myself. And that’s why I couldn’t come home again. It was such a near miss that I was afraid it might happen twice. Except that I knew I’d never be able to pull back a second time. I wanted you too much.”
    She averted her eyes, red-faced.
    â€œWe burned together like twin flames,” he whispered. “I’ve had women all my adult life, but I never lost my self-control so completely with anyone until you came along. I was embarrassed and ashamed by what I almost let happen between us.”
    Her shocked eyes met his. “You were?”
    He scowled. “Didn’t you know?”
    She shook her head. “Oh, heavens, no. I thought…” She swallowed and let her gaze fall to his chest. “I thought men did that all the time with women. You were older than I was, and I’d never even let a man touch me before. It didn’t occur to me that it was anything unusual for you.” Her hands fumbled nervously with the fabric of hisshirt. “I thought I’d done something wrong and you blamed me.”
    â€œSomething wrong.” He laughed mirthlessly. “I came within a breath of stripping you and going the whole damned way, right there,” he added roughly. “It’s still my first inclination every time I look at you.”
    That was a little shocking. She glanced up at him uncomfortably and saw the fires burning in his dark eyes. “Inclinations don’t mean much, though, do they, when you leave skid marks getting away from me?” she asked sadly.
    â€œDon’t look like that!” he said sharply. “You know why I left. You know why I stayed away.”
    â€œSo it wouldn’t happen again,” she agreed with a tiny sigh. Her eyes searched his face slowly, with a longing that she couldn’t begin to hide. “But it doesn’t seem to matter, does it, Chayce? I can’t have anybody else. I don’t want anybody else.”
    He drew in a heavy breath. “Neither do I,” he said shockingly.
    She didn’t believe she’d heard