"You mind your manners, Daniel Rohan" Emma said, getting up and helping him clear the table. "I'm not afraid of you". "I know you are not" He said as he poured out two glasses of wine and handed it to her. They went back to the living room.Emma looked at the newspaper strewn couch, gathered the papers together, and stacked them neatly on the floor. "I know you are not afraid of me" he said softly as he handed her a glass of wine. "But I wonder if you know how much you scare me. Here sit down". He patted the couch cushion next to him. "The moon is bright enough tonight. We don't need this." He clicked off the lamp. Emma took a quick swallow of the wine and sat down on the end of the couch. She watched shadowy leaf patterns play on the carpeting, highlighted by the glow of the moon, and took another sip of wine. " Take it easy on the wine, my lady. We don't want you getting amorous." he said

The days passed slowly, the nights increasing Emma's restlessness. Was it really that slow? Emma didn't think it was. It only seemed that way because she missed Daniel. And the fact that she missed him so much scared the crap out of her. She was actually looking forward to his return. So much for all her 'I don't care about you speech'.She missed him. Not that she was ready to admit that to him. Hell...she was having a hard time admitting it to herself.It was Tom's birthday. And even if he said he didn't really celebrate his birthday, Emma had baked a two layer chocolate cake with strawberry frosting.Even if Tom wasn't going to celebrate. He sure as hell didn't have anything against cake. I mean... What kind of person doesn't love cake? She thoughtWhen she got to work the next morning, a new white van stood in the employees' parking lot, a dealer's tag still on the window. She wondered why it was there. Well it

He took her mouth.Took it as if this same energy inside her gripped him. As though this raw, aching hunger drove him to the same pitch. As if he needed her to match his need or they would both be lost. It was overwhelming and wild and made her tremble, but she didn't even try to slow him down. She didn't care that she couldn't breathe. She wanted more. And he gave her exactly what she wanted.This was the beauty of abandonment. She drew back to clumsily try to undo his buttons? He jerked his shirt open and yanked to free the tail. She swallowed uncertainly, but her hands went to his hot, tawny chest, too hungry for the damp, satin feel of him to let doubt prevail. He made that sexy growling noise as his own hands got under her dress. She jerked in reaction. He pressed her arms up as he peeled the dress away.She wrapped her arms more securely around his neck, shuddering as his chest hair abraded the upper swells of her aching breas

Daniel would have loved nothing more than to spend a whole day in bed with Emma. He realized that with his past lovers, he had always wanted to leave right after the sex. Always in a hurry to leave. But this time it was different. It wasn't the same with Emma. This was new. He thought. And he liked it.But very early the next morning, after a full night of the most intense lovemaking of his life, he glanced at the clock by her bed and knew he had to go. He had work to do. He needed to rush home, shower and then get to the office. He was sure she had work to do too.He hated to wake her, she looked exhausted. As she should after all they had done during the night. He smiled. But he certainly wasn't going to leave without saying goodbye. Knowing he shouldn't delay, he still couldn't force himself to do anything but watch her sleep for just a little while longer.Emma's long lashes rested on her cheeks, her beautiful, kiss reddened lip

Monica was the one who spoke. "Urmmm... So Emma, I wanted to ask you... Is your friend Tom seeing anyone?""Tom Casey?... No he is not... At least not anyone that I know of. Why are you asking... You wanna ask him out?""yeah""Wow...That's new. I remember one time I told you he wanted to go out with you, you said he looked like a nerd. You said he wasn't your type... If I remember correctly... So what happened?""Hey" Monica said. "People change their minds.. Okay?... Especially when certain people start looking hot all of a sudden. I don't know.. Maybe he started working out of something.. I guess""Oh Monica " Karen said. "I really think you should do it""Of Course you do." Emma said. "You know you are the last person anyone should come to for advice because you suck at it""Because I tell people to do what they want?" Karen replied. "You know it's not my fault