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feelings, Florence.”
    She tightened against his nickname for her.
    “Please, don’t call me that anymore.”
    “Why not?” He thought she’d liked being nicknamed after the famous woman who’d pioneered modern nursing.
    “Because it reminds me of the Florence Nightingale Syndrome.”
    Shit! He’d used the same excuse for forcing himself not to get involved with her. For denying the attraction he felt for her.
    “About how soldiers fall in love with their nurses?”
    “Yes.”
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    He’d heard about it. Heard about the high failure rate of those relationships. It was the reason he’d kept his distance from her, despite the overwhelming urge to be with her.
    “So you think what we feel for each other is serious?”
    “I…I don’t know. We hardly know each other,” she said quietly.
    “I’d say the sexual attraction that’s been between us since day one, those luscious sponge baths that left me so fucking hard for you and now tonight is something we can start a relationship on, don’t you?”
    He held his breath awaiting her answer.
    “I…feel guilty.”
    “Why?”
    “Because…I’m a professional nurse. You were my patient and the thoughts I have for you are so…unprofessional.”
    “I like the sound of that.”
    She giggled and he gently squeezed her nipple.
    “I just can’t believe I’ve done this,” she said.
    To his surprise she intertwined her fingers with the hand he had outstretched in front of her. He looked down and smiled. Such an intimate gesture from someone he barely knew.
    “Save that kind of talk for the morning after, Tangle. I’ve got all night to fuck that guilt right out of you. By morning you’ll have changed your mind.”
    “Promise?”
    “Cross my heart.”
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    Tangle found herself smiling the next afternoon while she lay in bed with Connor, all her guilt gone, as they stared at the snowdrifts hugging the glass panes. Sometime 31
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    during the night it had stopped snowing and now a bright sunshine streamed though the windows allowing them to see the snow-capped mountains on the other side of the valley.
    She’d never felt so relaxed after a full night of fucking. They’d made love, played in the hot tub on the balcony. Made love again. He’d brought her to orgasm after orgasm after orgasm. He’d even served her breakfast in bed before fucking her again. Now as they lay in bed resting after yet another lovemaking session, she couldn’t stop herself from sliding her hand behind her. He moaned when she wound her fingers around his pulsing cock. She could never get enough of touching him. His rod was so hot, deliciously thick and so blessedly long in her hand.
    “Be prepared to take the consequences for handling the merchandise,” he teased against her ear.
    Her tummy suddenly hollowed out in despair. Be prepared. Kidnap Fantasies motto. It was time to tell him the truth about herself.
    “Connor, I think before this goes any further…I should tell you something. Something you might not like.”
    “Whatever you tell me I’ll like…unless you’re suddenly married,” he chuckled.
    “No. I’m too busy to be married.” She’d never thought about marriage with any other man. Until now.
    “I…” Oh hell, she may as well just say it. But it was just so damned hard. She didn’t want him to think of her as being bad for doing what she did to alleviate her stress. She wanted him to think of her as Florence, a woman dedicated to her job. But she also loved to play.
    “My job burned me out a couple of times. In order to avoid it again I picked up a hobby.”
    “Hobbies are good.”
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    As if sensing her turmoil he moved closer against her. Snuggled a warm hand between her legs and gently cupped her pussy.
    “You aren’t making this easy, soldier.”
    He chuckled, and she inhaled sharply as he pressed the palm of his hand against her clit.
    “Just spill it, Tangle. Nothing you say will turn me off to