The heart of Devin MacKade by Nora Roberts

Author:Nora Roberts
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction & related items, Brothers, Romance: Modern, First loves, Fiction, Romance, General & Literary Fiction, Romance - General, Antietam (Md.), Sheriffs, Large type books, General, Fiction - Romance
ISBN: 9780786272129
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 2005-03-15T10:13:40.792000+00:00

"Excuse me?"

Someone else had said that, she thought frantically, looking everywhere but at him. Surely someone else had said that. All she could do to cover the overwhelming tide of horrid embarrassment was to rush on.

'"What I mean is, I want to go to bed with yore I know it'll be nice, because it's nice when you kiss me, so I'm sure the rest will be, too. And if you'd just do something, I wouldn't be feeling so stupid."

What the hell was he supposed to do? He knew very well the woman standing there was the mother of two, had been married for a decade. And he'd just realized she was as close to a virgin as anyone he'd ever touched.

It scared the living hell out of him.

He started to tell her that they would take a step back, take it slow. Then he knew that was the wrong way to go. It was painfully obvious that so much of her had been crushed already. What he would know was patience, she would see as rejection. "I should do what I want with you?" Enormously relieved, she smiled. "Yes."

It was an offer that had the juices flowing hot. He knew if he wanted this to work he had to clamp down on needs--and on nerves. "And I'll tell you what to do, and you'll do it."

"Yes." Oh, it was really so s'tmple. "If you just don't expect too much, and you"

"Why don't we start this way?" He put his hands on her shoulders and lowered his mouth gently to hers.

"There's something I want very much, Cassie." "All right."

"I want you to say you're not afraid of me, that you know I won't hurt you."

"I'm not. I know you won't."

"And I want you to promise something." He skimmed his lips up her jaw, felt her shoulders relax under his hands.

"All right."

"That you'll say stop if you mean stop, if I do something you don't like."

"You won't."

His lips cruised around to her ear and made some thing quake inside her. "Promise me."

"I promise."

He took her hand and led her through the door into the small room he used at night. It was dark. It held little more than a narrow bed, a rickety table, an ash-tray he rarely used anymore.

"It shouldn't be here. I should take you somewhere."

"No." If it wasn't now, she'd lose her nerve. What difference did atmosphere make, when it was dark and her eyes were closed? "This is fine."

"We'll make it better than fine."

He lit one of the station's emergency candles, so at least there was soft light. She ~ouldn't know how arousing she was, standing there, tidy and terrified,

prepared to give herself. To sacrifice herself, he thought grimly.

He would show her different.

"I love you," Cassie. " It didn't matter that she didn't believe him. She would. He kissed her again, slowly, deeply, patiently, putting his heart into it.

And moment after moment there was nothing but the kiss, the taste of it, the meeting of lips, the way she softened against him.

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