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birthday
yet?"
Her head jerked up and down, just once.
He continued, "Yeah, well, I think it's more
like happy birthday to me . You know what I mean? Now, here's
the deal. I've told you I'm not going to hurt you. We're just going
to sail right past the age thing and continue on as we mean to go
forward." His calloused thumb swiped across her lip again. "And I
mean to go forward with you in my bed. All you have to do is decide
if that's what you want, too. See what I mean? Very simple,
baby."
Elaina tried to get a grip on her emotional
state, and to think calmly about what he was saying. Her nerves
clanged silently in her eardrums. As much as she wanted to deny it,
she couldn't. He was right. He was still pissed, but
he was right. All she had to do was decide if she wanted him or
not.
It was really no decision at all. Or if it
was, she'd already made it, unconsciously.
She licked her lips, sucked in a sustaining
breath and opened her mouth to speak. "I want you, Raul." She felt
a vibration go through his body as he leaned in closer to her. "I
know you're pissed at me. Maybe I deserve it, maybe I don't. But
you need to remember a couple of things," she remonstrated as her
voice grew stronger. "Yeah, I'm twenty-two. But you're still a
shit-ton older than me. How old are you, anyway?"
"Thirty," he gritted out between clenched
teeth.
"Yeah. Eight years older. So, okay, I'm not
as young as you thought I was. But I didn't lie earlier. I'm still
a virgin. That hasn't changed," she reminded him tartly, her words
coming to a momentary halt as he gripped her more tightly. She
looked down at his fingers fisted around her and then back to his
face. " Yeah , so why don't you think on that for a bit and
calm the hell down some while I go get my things."
She pushed away from his arms and turned
toward her bedroom.
****
It was after midnight and since the party was
beginning to break up anyway, it was relatively easy for Elaina to
slip away. Janie had merely raised her eyebrows and nodded her head
in acknowledgement of where Elaina would be when she had told her
aunt she was leaving.
Raul made quick work of ushering her out to
his truck. Thick silence arced between them on the drive.
He pulled the truck behind the house, and
with a hand at the small of her back, led her through the darkened
interior.
Bright moonlight spilled in through the
windows helping Elaina's vision adjust to the dimness surrounding
her. Her legs trembled from the milestone about to occur. The heady
knowledge of what was about to take place beat swiftly through her
veins.
She wanted it to happen.
And she wanted it to happen with him.
But beyond that, she wasn't willing to
think.
He slid his hand from her back and
encapsulated her wrist as he moved in front of her, leading her
through the kitchen and down a darkened hallway. He didn't speak,
and he made no move to turn on any lights.
She followed closely behind, the subtle scent
of his skin and the virile magnetism of his hot, steely hand
holding her in an uncompromising grip going to her head like a fine
wine on an empty stomach. The blood beat hotly in her veins and she
wondered if he could feel it where his fingers wrapped around her
directly on her pulse point.
He stopped abruptly and the forward motion of
her body brought her stumbling into his back. She felt his corded
strength, smelled the clean, potent masculinity that exuded from
his lean, muscled body. It was the same masculinity that had
fascinated her from the first time she got close to him. A thrill
of frightened anticipation washed through her, a subtle excitement
that she could have so completely attracted a man of his caliber.
It seemed almost too much to take in, and the fact that in a matter
of minutes, she would undoubtedly have Raul Vega hanging over her
naked body, was enough to blow her mind.
She quivered and tried to rein in her fragile
control by remembering how much she wanted this, and reminding
herself of how he had made her
yet?"
Her head jerked up and down, just once.
He continued, "Yeah, well, I think it's more
like happy birthday to me . You know what I mean? Now, here's
the deal. I've told you I'm not going to hurt you. We're just going
to sail right past the age thing and continue on as we mean to go
forward." His calloused thumb swiped across her lip again. "And I
mean to go forward with you in my bed. All you have to do is decide
if that's what you want, too. See what I mean? Very simple,
baby."
Elaina tried to get a grip on her emotional
state, and to think calmly about what he was saying. Her nerves
clanged silently in her eardrums. As much as she wanted to deny it,
she couldn't. He was right. He was still pissed, but
he was right. All she had to do was decide if she wanted him or
not.
It was really no decision at all. Or if it
was, she'd already made it, unconsciously.
She licked her lips, sucked in a sustaining
breath and opened her mouth to speak. "I want you, Raul." She felt
a vibration go through his body as he leaned in closer to her. "I
know you're pissed at me. Maybe I deserve it, maybe I don't. But
you need to remember a couple of things," she remonstrated as her
voice grew stronger. "Yeah, I'm twenty-two. But you're still a
shit-ton older than me. How old are you, anyway?"
"Thirty," he gritted out between clenched
teeth.
"Yeah. Eight years older. So, okay, I'm not
as young as you thought I was. But I didn't lie earlier. I'm still
a virgin. That hasn't changed," she reminded him tartly, her words
coming to a momentary halt as he gripped her more tightly. She
looked down at his fingers fisted around her and then back to his
face. " Yeah , so why don't you think on that for a bit and
calm the hell down some while I go get my things."
She pushed away from his arms and turned
toward her bedroom.
****
It was after midnight and since the party was
beginning to break up anyway, it was relatively easy for Elaina to
slip away. Janie had merely raised her eyebrows and nodded her head
in acknowledgement of where Elaina would be when she had told her
aunt she was leaving.
Raul made quick work of ushering her out to
his truck. Thick silence arced between them on the drive.
He pulled the truck behind the house, and
with a hand at the small of her back, led her through the darkened
interior.
Bright moonlight spilled in through the
windows helping Elaina's vision adjust to the dimness surrounding
her. Her legs trembled from the milestone about to occur. The heady
knowledge of what was about to take place beat swiftly through her
veins.
She wanted it to happen.
And she wanted it to happen with him.
But beyond that, she wasn't willing to
think.
He slid his hand from her back and
encapsulated her wrist as he moved in front of her, leading her
through the kitchen and down a darkened hallway. He didn't speak,
and he made no move to turn on any lights.
She followed closely behind, the subtle scent
of his skin and the virile magnetism of his hot, steely hand
holding her in an uncompromising grip going to her head like a fine
wine on an empty stomach. The blood beat hotly in her veins and she
wondered if he could feel it where his fingers wrapped around her
directly on her pulse point.
He stopped abruptly and the forward motion of
her body brought her stumbling into his back. She felt his corded
strength, smelled the clean, potent masculinity that exuded from
his lean, muscled body. It was the same masculinity that had
fascinated her from the first time she got close to him. A thrill
of frightened anticipation washed through her, a subtle excitement
that she could have so completely attracted a man of his caliber.
It seemed almost too much to take in, and the fact that in a matter
of minutes, she would undoubtedly have Raul Vega hanging over her
naked body, was enough to blow her mind.
She quivered and tried to rein in her fragile
control by remembering how much she wanted this, and reminding
herself of how he had made her
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