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His words brought her back to reality.Tempt?
“Me? You’re the one who kissed me.”
And now that it was over, she was wondering why. She could feel the heat rising in her cheeks as she tried to step back, but he held her easily in place.
“I believe it is more accurate to say we kissed each other.”
The knowledge that he was right only added to her embarrassment.
“Call it a moment of madness,” she said lightly. “It was… nice meeting you, Damian.”
She stumbled over the word nice and his smile grew. The hand that was still on her ass flexed, kneading the soft flesh, but she did her best to ignore how good it felt.
“You can let go of me now.”
“Can I? You’re a very delectable female.” The hand that had been in her hair returned to her neck, feathering across her wildly beating pulse. “Almost edible.”
“Are you going to bite me?”
Her voice threatened to tremble, and he frowned before finally releasing her and stepping away. Why did she immediately miss the press of that strong, hard body?
“Of course not. I would never do such a thing.” His eyes glinted. “At least not without an invitation.”
He laughed when her lips parted but nothing emerged.
“Don’t worry, kitten. You’re safe from my dangerous wiles. For now.”
Then it’s just as well I’m leaving town, she thought, although she was oddly tempted to return to his arms.
“How long are you in town?” he asked, as if he read her mind.
But he couldn’t, could he? She clearly didn’t know enough about vampires.
“I was going to leave tomorrow.” She should have stopped there, but some foolish impulse compelled her to add, “Alison convinced me to stay for the Winter Festival.”
“Then perhaps I’ll see you there. Would you like me to escort you home?”
“That’s not necessary, thank you.”
They stared at each other for a moment, then he brushed cool lips across her mouth one more time, turned her towards the door, and sent her on her way with one last squeeze of her ass.
I should have told him not to do that, she thought belatedly, as she went to retrieve her cape. The other server helped her, then gave her hand a quick squeeze.
“Thank you for helping out earlier.”
“I was happy I could.”
The woman darted a nervous glance down the hall to the closed office door.
“Things have been kind of… difficult around here.”
“He mentioned that there have been some problems.”
“A lot of problems, but I swear it isn’t any of us.”
“He doesn’t blame any of you,” she said soothingly.
“I don’t suppose you have any suggestions?”
