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sake.”
    “Great.” At least that problem was solved. What would be trickier to figure out was how to control her hormones whenever she was alone with Zach.
    His eyes gleamed hot. “I’ll change our reservations from separate rooms to a single suite.”
    “No way.”
    “Yes way if you want Michael to believe we’re sleeping together.”
    “Good point.”
    He circled the underside of her wrist. “You want to start practicing our fake relationship today?”
    She’d no doubt he’d test her limits. “Is it really necessary?” Kennedy asked, though her tingling sensitized girl parts had no question that it was absolutely necessary.
    He pulled her closer. “Do you want to kiss or not?”
    Heat flamed through her skin. Branding her. Marking her as his. She couldn’t lie.
    “Yes.”
    He anchored her neck, then moved his mouth over hers. His kiss was hungry, wild, bruising her lips with his power. Over and over he plunged his tongue into her mouth.
    Even as her mind rebelled against the ramifications of testing her own limits, something equally wild whipped through her, obliterating her rational brain’s objections.

Chapter Six
    Zach kissed her, holding her close, mercilessly assaulting her mouth with his. The battle Kennedy mentally waged against her body slipped away. She was Zach’s as she’d always been—his lover, his woman, his mate.
    She curled into his strength, drew power from him, rushed her hands up his strong back and wove them around his broad shoulders. His muscles tightened beneath her touch, and she reveled in the masculine power flowing through him, the feral need growing dangerously out of control inside him.
    Still, she couldn’t stop the kiss. She wouldn’t end the heat blazing between them. Over and over he plundered her mouth, rendered her mindless with his brutal, bruising lips. She met his challenge, twined his hair into her hands, acutely aware of his unspoken anger and regret, blurring the boundaries between love and hate. Emotions she’d wrestled with for years.
    She refused to bend first. Refused to be the reason why they stopped this insanity. If he wanted, he could have her here. Right now. And she wouldn’t fight the taking.
    He wrenched his mouth from hers, his breathing harsh and ragged. “Give instructions for the construction crews to Caleb. We leave today.”
    Anger, lust, and passion roared through her veins, heated her face. She swallowed her angry retort to his abrupt tone.
    This is for our friend. For the company’s future. Don’t surrender now. Don’t let him win when you have so much to lose .
    “I’ll pack my stuff and meet you in Asheville,” she said, raising her chin.
    “You’ll ride with me.” Zach walked to his chair, then lifted his gaze, staring at her from top to toe. “See you in sixty—and leave the tool belt and boots in Sweetbriar. I’ll buy whatever you need for the benefit gala after we arrive. You can shop the boutiques tomorrow.”
    Though she’d learned a trick or two in the feminine wear department, his disparaging appraisal reminded her that his recent dating list included A-list stars and rich socialites. She’d almost forgotten how much power Zach wielded beyond the North Carolinian border. “I’ll pack the dresses I own for this trip.” She met his obsidian gaze. “But if you want to spend your money on me, that’s your prerogative. After all, what woman wouldn’t want to buy a boatload of couture clothes on her fiancé’s dime?”
    His nostrils flared. “Don’t test me,” he said.
    “Don’t condescend to me.”
    She’d wear a dress designed to make his mouth water. Let him suffer some serious male discomfort for all the crap he’d put her through with his takeover attempt. She twirled her emerald engagement ring and squeezed. The sharp-edged pain of the gem sliced into her palm and encouraged her to stand her ground.
    “See you in an hour,” she said before leaving.
    The minutes of time vanished in a vortex of