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too much already.”
“All we did was kiss.”
“Yeah, but we never should have.”
“Are you saying you didn’t enjoy it? Because it didn’t seem like that to me.”
Alicia looked away, and he turned her chin back toward him.
“Hey. I can’t help the way I feel. I’m thirty-eight, and still, I’ve never been more in love with a woman in my life. You’re my world.”
“How can that be true after all these years, Levi?”
“It just is, and I can tell you feel the same way. There’s too much passion between us, too much chemistry, to pretend like you don’t.”
Alicia turned away from him again.
“You have no idea what it was like being locked up. Someone telling you when to go to bed, when to get up, when to eat, when to do everything. But you know what brought a smile to my face every single day?”
“Levi, please—”
“No, let me finish. What brought a smile to my face was the thought of you. The photos I printed of you from your web site and a few other places online. I held on to the hope that one day I would get out of there, and you and I would finally become man and wife the way we were supposed to.”
Alicia looked back at him. “But you know that’s not possible. You know I’m marrying Phillip. We’ve been over this a thousand times.”
“So are you saying you don’t love me?”
“I have to go now,” she said, scooting toward the edge of the sofa.
“Look at me and tell me you don’t love me. Tell me that the feelings you had for me are gone, and I’ll let you go.”
Alicia grabbed her key fob and stood up. “I’m sorry, but what we had is over.”
Levi got to his feet and folded his arms. “That’s not what I asked you. What I want is for you to tell me you don’t love me.”
Alicia ignored him and went down the hallway toward the front entryway.
Levi followed her. “So you’re not going to answer me?”
“I already did,” she said, reaching for the doorknob and holding it.
Levi turned her body around and held her close. “Look at me. You can’t answer because you know you still love me.”
Tears filled Alicia’s eyes. “Why won’t you just leave me alone?”
“Because I can’t. I wish I could, but I didn’t struggle through all I’ve been through just to lose you again. I’m not doin’ that, sweetheart.”
Alicia pushed him hard, but Levi kissed her. She beat his chest with both her fists, sobbing…still he kissed her on her neck and on her lips again. He devoured her in a rough and powerful manner, and she loved it.
She no longer fought back.
Not even when he led her up to his friend’s master bedroom.
Chapter 11
A licia backed her white Mercedes out of the driveway, and though she knew Levi was standing in the doorway of the house staring at her, she never looked at him. She drove away speechless and ashamed. It was as if she’d had some out-of-body experience and was in shock.
She continued down the street, turned left, rolled to the stop sign, and broke into tears. “Oh my God, what have I done? What…have…I…done?”
She sniffled and wiped her face with a tissue she pulled from her glove box and drove onto the main street. When she heard a loud honk, she noticed her car veering to the left and swerved it back into the center of the lane. She was so distraught, all she could do was pray she got home safely. How could she have betrayed Phillip with Levi again? She didn’t want to be this kind of person, a woman who allowed temptation to consume her, but there was something about Levi she couldn’t resist. For one, she never should have agreed to meet with him. She never should have taken any of his calls. But deep down, she’d wanted to hear his voice. Truthfully? She’d needed to hear it. Needed to see him. Touch him. Be held by him oh so gently, yet firmly. And yes, as wrong as it was, she’d desperately wanted to make love to him.
She’d told herself that she wouldn’t, but from the moment she’d laid eyes on him,
“All we did was kiss.”
“Yeah, but we never should have.”
“Are you saying you didn’t enjoy it? Because it didn’t seem like that to me.”
Alicia looked away, and he turned her chin back toward him.
“Hey. I can’t help the way I feel. I’m thirty-eight, and still, I’ve never been more in love with a woman in my life. You’re my world.”
“How can that be true after all these years, Levi?”
“It just is, and I can tell you feel the same way. There’s too much passion between us, too much chemistry, to pretend like you don’t.”
Alicia turned away from him again.
“You have no idea what it was like being locked up. Someone telling you when to go to bed, when to get up, when to eat, when to do everything. But you know what brought a smile to my face every single day?”
“Levi, please—”
“No, let me finish. What brought a smile to my face was the thought of you. The photos I printed of you from your web site and a few other places online. I held on to the hope that one day I would get out of there, and you and I would finally become man and wife the way we were supposed to.”
Alicia looked back at him. “But you know that’s not possible. You know I’m marrying Phillip. We’ve been over this a thousand times.”
“So are you saying you don’t love me?”
“I have to go now,” she said, scooting toward the edge of the sofa.
“Look at me and tell me you don’t love me. Tell me that the feelings you had for me are gone, and I’ll let you go.”
Alicia grabbed her key fob and stood up. “I’m sorry, but what we had is over.”
Levi got to his feet and folded his arms. “That’s not what I asked you. What I want is for you to tell me you don’t love me.”
Alicia ignored him and went down the hallway toward the front entryway.
Levi followed her. “So you’re not going to answer me?”
“I already did,” she said, reaching for the doorknob and holding it.
Levi turned her body around and held her close. “Look at me. You can’t answer because you know you still love me.”
Tears filled Alicia’s eyes. “Why won’t you just leave me alone?”
“Because I can’t. I wish I could, but I didn’t struggle through all I’ve been through just to lose you again. I’m not doin’ that, sweetheart.”
Alicia pushed him hard, but Levi kissed her. She beat his chest with both her fists, sobbing…still he kissed her on her neck and on her lips again. He devoured her in a rough and powerful manner, and she loved it.
She no longer fought back.
Not even when he led her up to his friend’s master bedroom.
Chapter 11
A licia backed her white Mercedes out of the driveway, and though she knew Levi was standing in the doorway of the house staring at her, she never looked at him. She drove away speechless and ashamed. It was as if she’d had some out-of-body experience and was in shock.
She continued down the street, turned left, rolled to the stop sign, and broke into tears. “Oh my God, what have I done? What…have…I…done?”
She sniffled and wiped her face with a tissue she pulled from her glove box and drove onto the main street. When she heard a loud honk, she noticed her car veering to the left and swerved it back into the center of the lane. She was so distraught, all she could do was pray she got home safely. How could she have betrayed Phillip with Levi again? She didn’t want to be this kind of person, a woman who allowed temptation to consume her, but there was something about Levi she couldn’t resist. For one, she never should have agreed to meet with him. She never should have taken any of his calls. But deep down, she’d wanted to hear his voice. Truthfully? She’d needed to hear it. Needed to see him. Touch him. Be held by him oh so gently, yet firmly. And yes, as wrong as it was, she’d desperately wanted to make love to him.
She’d told herself that she wouldn’t, but from the moment she’d laid eyes on him,
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