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by that, except she wanted it as much as he did. From the moment she’d found him in the ER, she’d wanted to be touching him, lending her strength to him. She’d never felt that for anyone and maybe later, when the physical sensations weren’t clouding her brain, she would be scared by the intensity of that feeling, but at the moment, she knew only that she wanted him in every way.
    They fell together onto his bed, which creaked a little from the impact. She might have laughed or been self-conscious, but he immediately rose up and pulled off his borrowed shirt, revealing all those muscles she’d been running her hands over, and she forgot how to breathe.
    She sighed, reaching for him. “You’re beautiful…”
    “Men aren’t beautiful,” he responded before feasting on the spot where her shoulder met her neck.
    Tingles raced across her skin, intensified by the sensation of his body settling over hers. “Of course they are…you are. You’re stunning…you’re perfect.”
    He opened the top button of her shirt and kissed the spot it had covered. “I should be telling you that.” The next button succumbed and the next and the next, and Evie moaned when the shirt fell away , leaving only her bra between them.
    “You smell amazing,” he told her. “You taste like …more.” He kissed her again, deeply, searchingly. She made a sound at the back of her throat in response to him deftly unclasping her bra. Not long after, they both lay naked, legs entwined, their gazes locked.
    “Stay with me all night,” he said. “I want to wake up with you.”
    “Who said we’d do any sleeping?” She kissed him once, then worked her way down his chest, laughing as his skin pebbled under her touch. “Do you have condoms?”
    “In the drawer,” he whispered, his voice hoarse. She looked where he pointed and found a box. There were three inside. That would probably get them through the night. “I see you’re running low.” She arched a brow as she handed him one of the packets.
    “I’ll get more. I’ll have a case delivered tomorrow…”
    “That’s more like it. Now…” She helped him tear open the foil. “Nurse’s orders…”
    Evie noticed his hands shaking as much as hers were, so she helped him with the condom, then straddled him. Her heart raced with anticipation, and she pushed any doubts to the back of her mind. They both needed this moment, it was exactly right, and whatever happened after, would happen.
    Leaning forward, she kissed him. “Let me take care of you tonight.”
    He groaned and grasped her hips to pull her down over him. “I’m all yours…Evie…God, I’m yours forever.”
    Satisfaction filled her, made her lightheaded and shivery, but she began to move, to show him how much she wanted him. “Forever is a long time. ” She moved to match the rhythm of her words, and he closed his eyes and moved with her.
    His grip on her waist tightened, and his muscles stiffened. On the verge of her own climax, Evie smiled. She leaned forward to kiss him and whispered against his lips. “ Let’s just concentrate on right now…”
    And she was his.
     
    * * * *
     
    Hours later, Tanner stirred from a deep sleep. He hadn’t planned on letting the exhaustion take him, but once Evie’d had her way with him, he’d been too satisfied to stay awake. He woke with the thought in his mind that he owed her in kind, and he was more than ready to pay his debt.
    Sliding one arm across the cool sheets, he expected to find her supple curves waiting for him, but she was gone. He sat up groggily and listened, but he heard nothing from the rest of the apartment. Had she left?
    He rose and left the bedroom, not stopping to retrieve the pants he’d sloughed off in such haste before. A petite silhouette at the living room window turned when he approached.
    Relief made him shiver as she slipped into his embrace. She wore the scrub shirt, which hung down to her thighs. Beneath the thin material, her warm body