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bodies. The strength of him was overwhelming. Pie wielded it with a casual ease that told her precisely how little her efforts mattered.
    When she managed to get in one good kick mat caught his leg a solid blow, Cole abruptly turned impatient.
    Binding her to him so that she was crushed against his chest, he captured her face and brought his mouth close to hers.
    „Did you think you could run from me tonight?“ he asked against her lips as the rain fell gently. „I’ve been waiting for you for a whole month. I know you want me as much as I want you, so sheathe your claws, Kelsey. Tonight you’re going to find out what’s really important between us.“
    Kelsey grabbed for her courage. „Let me go, you bastard. I’ve had enough of your way of conducting a ‘
    relationship.’ I’ll bet you actually do have something to hide, don’t you? An honest man, a man with any sensitivity wouldn’t dream of behaving like this!“
    She got no further, because he was driving the abusive words back into her throat with the force of his kiss. Kelsey tasted the rain on his mouth, and then he was inside her own. There was a savage possession in his kiss that she sensed could only be satisfied with her complete surrender. She could feel the demand in every part of her body.
    For a month she had been tantalizing herself with fantasies of what it would be like to make love with Cole. Until now she knew the few kisses she had received had been carefully restrained, designed to warm the fires of attraction that flared between them but not intending to set them ablaze. Cole had been biding his time, she realized dimly. He had hidden the full extent of his passion from her with a self-restraint that was incredible.
    Kelsey had sensed she would find excitement and fire in his arms, but she had not guessed at the depths of the desire that would flame within her when Cole released himself from the barriers he had established. The chilled rain was forgotten under the intensity of his kiss. His arms were locked around Kelsey with such force that she knew she could not escape. His tongue swept into the farthest recesses of her mouth, taunting, daring, conquering, until she went limp against him.
    „What made you think you could end everything we’ve started just because you weren’t getting some answers to your foolish question?“ he grated as he dragged his mouth damply away from hers.
    Kelsey could only stare up at his face, stricken with the knowledge of just how helpless she was. A part of her longed fiercely to surrender to the passion he ignited, but another part of her rebelled at the way it was all happening.
    She had made her decision before leaving San Jose, she tried to remind herself. It had been the right one – she was sure of it. At least she had been sure of it in the cold light of day. But tonight…
    „You have no right to force me into bed with you,“ she bit out desperately.
    ‘„No right’? When I can make you tremble like this just by kissing you? You’re the one who’s so gung ho for truth and honesty, Kelsey. Why don’t you admit you want me? I’ve seen it in your eyes. I’ve felt it in your touch. You’re only resisting now because you’re so independent and stubborn. I told you earlier this evening that you are going to have to learn to make some compromises in this affair, and I’m going to start teaching you the meaning of the word tonight.“
    „Cole, no! Put me down,“ she objected as he swung her into his arms and started back toward the house.
    „I’ll make love to you in the rain on some other occasion, Kelsey. It’s too damn cold out here tonight. We need a hot shower and a warm bed.“
    „That isn’t what I want.“ Her nails sank into the wet fabric of his pullover.
    „It’s what you want, all right. It just isn’t happening quite the way you wanted it to happen. I would have done things your way, Kelsey, if you hadn’t thrown down the gauntlet tonight.“ He was on the steps