Desire Never Dies by Jenna Petersen

Author:Jenna Petersen [Petersen, Jenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780061138089
Publisher: Avon
Published: 2006-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Lucas cleared his throat before he opened the door to his parlor where Anastasia awaited him. But as soon as he saw her, he realized what he should have tried to clear was his head. Every erotic fantasy, every inappropriate dream he’d had of her since the moment they met came roaring back to taunt him.

She was standing in front of the fire, staring into the flames with a faraway look in her eyes. She didn’t seem to notice as he stepped inside and closed the door. Instead she reached up and caught a loose lock of chestnut hair between her fingers. He watched, mesmerized as she slowly twirled the curl around and around her delicate finger. Then she parted full lips and let out a sigh.

He was taken aback, just as he had been earlier in the evening, by how drawn to her he was. How mesmerized he’d been by her smile that night. How her laugh enchanted him and made him long to hear it as often as possible. And how natural it was to see her with his family, like she had always been there in their loud and teasing ranks.

And now here she was in his home. And it was just as easy to imagine she’d always been here, too. In his life. He wanted more of that. More of everything.

Meeting with her alone in the middle of the night was a mistake. A very bad mistake. He should have been thinking about their case and whatever mysterious thing she wanted to reveal to him about it. But he wasn’t. Instead, he was pondering how there was nothing to stop him from what he was about to do: cross the room, draw her into his arms, and kiss her.

It was inevitable.

So he did. In a few long steps he made his way to her, grasped her shoulders and turned her. Ana gasped at the unexpected touch, but she didn’t pull away. She didn’t run.

“I’ve been waiting to do this all night,” he admitted before he brought his lips down on hers.

He meant for the kiss to be slow, gentle, in the hopes that he could keep it from exploding out of control. But Ana had no such plans. Instead, she parted her lips and took more, demanded more. Lucas was strong in many ways, but not against that kind of assault.

He speared his tongue between her lips, tasting the faint hint of sherry mixed with her natural sweetness. For a wicked moment he wondered if she tasted like that everywhere else and groaned at the unbidden thought that made hot blood rush to his ever-hardening erection.

He slid his hands down the curve of her back, feeling her shiver in response as he pulled her closer and let her know how much touching her affected him. When he gently stroked against her, Ana gasped and pulled back, eyes glazed with need and dark with desire that she too-often repressed out of respect for a dead man he currently hated more than anyone else in the world.

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