She heard the challenge in his voice, and her gaze zeroed in on the utterly decadent sight she presented as he cupped her in his palms, kneaded her skin with deep, erotic strokes that made her insides melt She leaned into his touch without thinking, helpless to do anything but respond. She couldn't have imagined feeling this way if she'd tried. She hadn't expected him to move so fast, hadn't in her heart of hearts believed this whole idea would work out But he was here. Touching her.  He regarded her beneath heavy-lidded eyes, a look that drugged her with the promise of his next touch, a look that made it hard to draw a decent breath. "You like how this feels." he asked. It wasn't a question, more a statement of fact that she couldn't deny. She nodded helplessly.  "What about this?" he asked again.  He caught her nipples in a firm pinch and fire shot through her li

Because she had a thing for him. There was just something about him that called to her, something that made her wish there was hope for the two of them somehow. Hope for what? She wasn't quite sure. And deep in her heart, she feared she would never get over him... Even after she was safe and he left. And yet, she had honestly meant what she said to him, that she knew that nothing could ever happen between them. Nothing was ever going to come out of their time together. She accepted that. She had no expectations concerning him. So she was going to go home and cry out her eyes. She wasn't going to throw away her pride and dignity and do something crazy like beg him to stay or get into a relationship with her. So, yes. It had been rather a bad idea to have sex with him. A bad idea that had turned out absolutely perfect. Something beautiful and real and honest in the middle of a terrible mess. She probably should regre

Kimberly looked away. "No I haven't" she said. "I wanted to wait two weeks before I took it so I could be sure about the result. But you don't have to worry" she added immediately. "I feel fine" Asher nodded. "okay" he said. "I'm here if you need me""You don't have to leave. No matter what the result is" Kimberly said. Asher nodded. But he didn't tell her that if she was carrying his child, there was no way in hell that he was going to leave. --------------------------They ate their food quickly and, soon after finishing, they were singing its praises.“I keep telling Greg that the the food here is fantastic,” Kimberly said. “This fast food queen will be coming back here with him... Just to prove my point”“Greg?” Asher asked.“Oh, sorry. Greg is a work associate. If you insist on following me around then you’ll get the chance to

Kimberly finally slowed and walked at a leisurely pace down the small alley and back to the sidewalk that ran in front of the mall’s entrance. She half expected to see Asher blocking her path, huffing and ready to call her father, but as she scanned the faces she didn’t find his.Kimberly froze.Her muscles seized, her breath held.While she’d expected to see the bodyguard, she hadn’t expected to see another face she recognized. In fact, two faces she recognized.The couple that had originally spooked Asher, starting Kimberly's fun little exercise, were not only walking out of the mall, but doing so quickly. Like they too were in a hurry. This need seemed to intensify as the man looked to the left and the woman looked to the right, also seemingly scanning faces in the crowd.And then the woman stopped when she locked on to a familiar face.Hers.Suddenly Kimberly

Her warm breath stuttered against his neck as her arms slipped around his waist.For a second, he was lost in the sensation of her soft, firm body pressed against him. Then she pulled away. “Please don't scare me like this again” she muttered. “I have this bad feeling, like the kind I used to have before I got kidnapped, and I think that's the reason why I'm so paranoid right now.” Asher forced his brain back to her and forced himself to listen to what she was saying. "It's okay" he said. "I understand how you feel, but I'm here now. So you don't have to worry" She nodded, although she didn't look too convinced, then she turned around and went into her room.  ----------------------------- “Just take the test,” Phoebe pleaded. “Just get it over with so that you can move on.” “So that I can move