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heart now,” he whispered.
    Oh my God, he was talking about hearts. But she’d learned not to read too much into words, which she knew as an English teacher, could have varying meanings. All Nick really wanted was for her not to deny the physical attraction that was so obvious.
    He was seducing her into his bed. That’s what she needed to both respond to and keep in mind.
    “What’s it gonna be, sweetheart?”

Six
    All Kate had to do was agree to give them a chance and hope her heart was strong enough for whatever came next. Meeting his gaze, she lifted onto her tiptoes and kissed his lips. He let her take the lead and she pressed harder against him, her fingers threading through his hair and, keeping him right where she wanted him, she deepened the kiss.
    Her tongue slid sensuously against his and his control broke. With a groan, he backed her up to the nearest wall, his entire body bracketing hers, his breathing ragged and rough.
    “What you do to me,” he muttered, cupping her chin in his hand.
    Don’t break my heart , Kate whispered in her own mind, knowing she was in over her head with this man. Then, too far gone to listen to reason, she grabbed the waistband on his shirt and pulled it over his head, stripping him so she could feel his bare skin.
    At last.
    He let her hands roam in silence and she tested his hair-roughened chest, his hard abs and stomach, before heading upward again, her palms settling on his nipples, her fingertips running up and down over the tight tips.
    He let out a painful sound that told her exactly how affected he was, how much he wanted her.
    For Kate, it was hard to keep the past away, to fight the notion that a guy could get into sex and it didn’t mean anything more, but she’d started this, taken a deep breath and let herself dive in—and now they were here.
    “You still with me?” Nick asked, his gruff voice bringing her back to the present.
    She managed a smile. “Yeah.”
    “Bedroom?” he asked.
    She nodded.
    “Thank God,” he muttered and took her off guard, sweeping her off her feet.
    Literally into his arms.
    She locked her hands behind his neck and held on as he carried her to his bedroom and laid her down on his big, gorgeous sleigh bed.
    “I’ve waited a long time for this,” he murmured and began to slowly undress her, peeling off her clothing piece by piece, skirt tossed, blouse following, thigh-highs rolled slowly down her legs, his fingertips trailing along her skin at a leisurely seductive pace.
    She remained in a not-so-sexy bra and pair of underwear she’d chosen in the dark this morning, and she silently promised she’d kill Faith for not dropping a hint of some sort to warn her she might want to fancy things up a bit. But when Nick’s eyes glazed and he groaned his approval, Kate forgot all about what she was wearing, her sole concentration on the moisture in her panties and the painful way her nipples rasped against lace.
    She studied his gorgeous chest, the slim tapering of hair that ran into his dark jeans and asked, “Aren’t you going to join me?”
    “As soon as I can stop staring, yeah.”
    He grinned and her heart turned over. He unbuttoned his jeans and slid them over his muscular thighs, taking his boxer briefs along with them.
    A wave of female appreciation along with sheer desire swept over her. This man had her in his bed and wanted her fiercely. She desired him just as much.
    “Kate?”
    “Hmm?” she asked, never taking her gaze from the impressive erection that stood proudly against his stomach.
    “I have condoms in the nightstand but I haven’t been with a woman in over six months. I’ve been too busy working on the house. And I swear to you I’m clean. I want to feel you. All of you and only you.”
    Sweet heaven. Her stomach fluttered and she felt the yearning between her legs.
    “So the only question is—” Nick’s voice trailed off.
    “I’m on the pill,” she said, for the first time grateful she had problems with