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“Dylan.” She came up for air. He gave her two seconds, then kissed her again.
Every thought was suddenly obliterated but one. He wanted her. His hand moved to her trim waist; her body held no excess flesh, suggesting she worked out in some way. Her strength was obvious by the ripple of muscle that clenched as his fingers slipped beneath her top.
“Ah God, that feels good.”
She sighed into his mouth as he cupped the full flesh of a breast. Blood thundered through Dylan’s body as lust consumed him.
“I want you, Piper.”
“I know.” Her sigh brushed his neck before she eased back and out of his arms. “But I also know that nothing good can come of us doing that.”
“It sure as hell feels like it would be good.” Dylan’s voice was rough.
“I can’t just do that with you, Dylan. I want to wake up tomorrow respecting myself.”
She looked like sin. Lips smudged, eyes soft and sensual. Her top dipped low, showing him the valley of lush curves beneath. He wanted to lift her onto the railing and devour her.
“I’d respect you.”
“No you wouldn’t, but then I’m thinking that you don’t worry about that kind of thing.”
“What the hell does that mean?”
Her head tilted slightly as she studied him, and he resisted the urge to look away or feel uncomfortable.
“You’re a one-night-stand kind of guy. No messy stuff like emotions, just a night to scratch an itch, then you move on.”
That she’d hit the mark so accurately was disconcerting. “You make me sound shallow.”
“No, I just don’t think involvement of any kind is something you’re into.”
How the hell did she know that about him?
“The thing is, Dylan, we all have our pasts to outrun, but some of us do it different from others.”
“What the hell does that mean?” he said again.
“We’re different, you and I. My family is important, and it’s taken a while, but I respect myself now.”
“Don’t try and analyze me, Piper.” He was growling but couldn’t stop. “I respect myself, and my head’s exactly where it wants to be. I’m here to see Dad, and I thought you and I could have some fun. Turns out I was wrong. No big deal.”
It was a fucking big deal because he wanted her far more than he should, and Dylan usually got what he wanted.
His heart was suddenly thudding hard inside his chest, and his palms felt sweaty. He hadn’t experienced a reaction like that in years. How this sexy, smart-mouthed woman had achieved that in a matter of days was unnerving, and told him he needed to keep his distance from her.
She was right, this wouldn’t happen, and he was grateful to her for stopping him. He’d let emotion and lust cloud his thoughts, and if they’d had sex, it would have complicated things. Dylan could see that now.
But Christ, he still wanted her.
“So no hard feelings,” he said as calmly as he could, sounding like a class A jerk. But the truth was he was off-balance.
“Sure, you want to shake on it?”
Was she taking a shot at him? That was something else that never happened. People never laughed at Dylan.
“I think we can pass on that.”
“Excellent, then I need a drink.”
