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you.”
    “That makes two of us. So what do we do?”
    “Ignore it.” Her hands clenched on the strap of her shoulderbag. “You could go back to New York.”
    “No way.” He smiled lopsidedly. “And you’re wrong, I can’t ignore it. Do you know what I’ve been thinking since you got in the car?”
    She shook her head. “And I don’t want to know.”
    “I’ve been thinking how much I’d like you to unbutton that silk blouse and let me look at your breasts.”
    Her eyes widened as a hot tide suffused her and she murmured a soft protest as his gaze moved down her throat to the rise of her breasts.
    “I’ve been thinking how ruby-colored your nipples might be in the light of the dashboard. I’ve been thinking how I’d like you to come over here and let me fondle you as I drive. I’ve been thinking how much I’d like to pull over to the side of the road and take off—”
    “Stop.” Her voice was trembling and she tried to steady it. “We’re not a couple of teenagers.”
    “I never felt like this when I was a teenager,” he said thickly. “I told you it was new to me.” He forced his gaze back to the road. “Will you come back to the hotel with me?”
    “No.”
    He muttered a curse. “Dammit, you want it.”
    “I don’t do one-night stands.”
    “It’s the only way we’re going to get rid of it. It wouldn’t be an affair. No strings. Just let me—”
    “No!” She tried to keep her voice from shaking.“I’m not an animal. Besides, it would complicate everything. I can’t deal with this right now.”
    “Do you think I can?” He pulled over to the side of the road and turned off the car. He sat hunched over the steering wheel, his knuckles turning white as he gripped the smooth plastic. “Look, it
has
to happen. You have to play Desdemona and I can’t keep on feeling this—” He stopped searching for words. “Sense of possession. Maybe if we—”
    “Oh, I see.” They were speaking of lust, not any gentler emotion, and she shouldn’t feel so hurt. Yet her tone sounded brittle even to herself. “You think if we hop into bed you’ll be able to look at me with more perspective. What a charming way to put it. I believe I prefer your music to your lyrics.”
    “I’m trying to be honest. Do you think it’s easy for me?” He looked straight ahead. “Come with me. I’m not particularly kinky. I promise I’d make it good for you.”
    “I think you’d better take me home.”
    He muttered an imprecation beneath his breath and turned on the ignition.
    The rest of the drive was made in silence, but the air in the car was so heavily charged with emotion, Daisy found it hard to breathe.
    The lights were ablaze in the cottage when Jason pulled over to the curb. “Does your father always wait up for you?”
    “He keeps late hours. He’s probably working.” She reached for the handle of the door. “Good night.”
    “Wait.” He put his hand on her arm, and a bittersweet smile curved his lips as he heard her gasp at this touch. “You see? I can’t lay a handon you without us both going up in flames.” His hand moved to touch her throat and then moved down to finger the top button of her blouse. She could feel the warmth of his knuckles on her upper breast through the thin silk. Her breasts were swelling, pushing against the material, and the muscles of her belly instinctively clenched. She knew she should break the spell and get out of the car, but she couldn’t seem to move.
    He slipped the pearl button from the hole, and his index finger slowly rubbed up and down on the flesh of her cleavage. She looked down at the contrast of his tanned hand against the delicate silk of her blouse, the pale gleam of her breast under his finger. He said softly, “It’s going to happen, Daisy.”
    His finger slipped into her bra and touched her nipple. She bit her lower lip to smother her cry as he rubbed back and forth on the aroused, distended tip. A liquid aching was starting between her