the touch of max by kay hooper

Author:kay hooper
Language: eng
Format: azw
ISBN: 9780553443622
Publisher: Loveswept
Published: 1993-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

Several days passed, busy ones for Dinah—and for everyone else at the museum. The slow process of converting an outdated security system continued. Wolfe was in and out, sometimes clearly harassed but usually his rather laconic self, and Morgan dealt briskly with the myriad details of her job.

Dinah continued with her own work, spending long hours alone in her office. Her tormentor called twice during those days. He didn’t ask her to do anything, but simply repeated variations of the threats he’d been making since the beginning.

She didn’t tell Max, partly because she knew it would upset him, and partly because she was able to remain relatively calm herself. That whispery voice still made her feel cold and dredged up painful memories, but she found she could handle the emotions because she felt more in control. Less alone. Being with Max made it surprisingly easy to face the threat of her faceless tormentor, and despite the calls her sense of safety increased dally.

Besides that, Max had begun what she could only define to herself as a courtship, and thoughts of any other men were seldom on her mind.

As promised, Max was taking things slowly. He didn’t hesitate to touch her now, casual touches that sometimes led to gentle kisses, which often became heated ones. He never went farther than that, and was always the one to stop. Dinah was conscious of his control, and as time passed she developed a solid trust in that. There was absolutely nothing in him to remind her of violence or force, and nothing to trigger fear or panic in her.

As her trust in him deepened, her fear of the physical side of a relationship with him faded until it was a ghostly thing, not quite conquered but not the wound it had been. He made her feel desired without feeling pressured. Her body forgot pain with a new and exciting knowledge of pleasure.

It occurred to her only gradually that in a few short days he had become a vitally important — even necessary — part of her life. The realization sparked a number of emotions in her, most of them based on uncertainty. He hadn’t mentioned the future, nor any kind of long-term commitment beyond the fact of his desire for her. Though he had used endearments more than once, she had no idea if that was unusual for him, or if it meant anything at all Her own instincts as well as observation of him told her Max wasn’t a man to take any kind of relationship lightly, but that didn’t guarantee he had thoughts of permanence. The question was, could she allow herself to go forward without a clear understanding of where it would lead? And what was it that she wanted—a relationship with him or only the peace and safety of the haven he had provided for her?

Dinah didn’t have the answers, and there was only a week left of the time she had promised Max. What would happen when that

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