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a thick washcloth, she washed and dried her feet. Finished, she put on her hose and shoes, then opened the door to find Blade dressed and patiently waiting for her.
    “Did you find everything you needed?”
    The formality in his voice might have annoyed her if she hadn’t seen the desire in his eyes earlier. He wanted her, but he wasn’t going to let things go any further. “Yes, thank you.”
    “The car is waiting.”
    A good thing, too, she thought. She’d always believed her brothers worried too much when she went on dates. She’d been wrong. With the right man, you could get caught up in a maelstrom of need and passion and forget common sense, only the need of your body clamoring for release, for more of the endless passion.
    Wordlessly, she headed for the front door. Blade walked beside her, but he didn’t touch her, which was probably for the best.
    Outside, Blade opened the Rolls door for Sierra, then went around and got in on the other side. He was making sure he’d be a safe distance away. However, once inside, he wasn’t sure if there was such a thing.
    Need clawed at him. He wanted her as he’d never wanted another woman. No kiss had ever swept through him like wildfire, tested his control. He could still taste the honeyed sweetness of her mouth, feel the thrust of her lush breasts against his chest, her shapely legs pressed against his.
    If he hadn’t sensed that she wasn’t experienced, they would be in his bed now … if they would have made it that far. He looked at her profile. She was beautiful, hauntingly so. That a woman her apparent age hadn’t taken a lover or at least not an experienced one was inconceivable. Yet her soft sigh of surrender, her unmistakable moan of pleasure, had hardened his body almost to the point of pain. He’d wanted to thrust his hips against hers, pull more cries of passion from her lips, her body.
    He couldn’t. Women he took to his bed knew that, for them, there would be no tomorrow. He had thought he accepted that … until he had held Sierra in his arms, tasted desire on her lips.
    The car pulled up to the curb in front of the hotel. Blade got out almost immediately. Sierra squared her shoulders as her door opened. Blade helped her out. His hand tightened for a moment, then released her to escort her into the hotel lobby.
    “I had a wonderful time. Thank you,” she said. Dignity must be maintained.
    “My pleasure.”
    Her breath quickened. His eyes narrowed. “Good night.”
    He stared at her for a long moment. “Good-bye.”
    Sierra watched his long-legged strides carry him back outside to the Rolls. The driver held the back door open. Blade almost dove inside. Closing the door, the chauffeur quickly rounded the car and drove off.
    Good-bye, not good night. The choice of words had been deliberate. They wouldn’t see each other again. Turning, she went to the elevator and rode it up to her floor. Perhaps it was for the best. It might be explosive for them to be together, then what? She wanted forever with the man she gave herself to for the first time.
    The elevator door opened. Stepping out, she continued down the hall to her room.
    For the first time, a man had made her mind spin, her blood hot. It wasn’t just the sexual pull that called her, although that was extremely powerful; the unmistakable anguish in his black eyes touched her, made her wish she could take it away. She sensed his loneliness. She knew what being an outsider was like.
    She’d started kindergarten late in the year due to a severe bronchial infection. By the time she arrived, all of the friendships had been forged. She was the new girl and the teacher made no attempt to encourage the other students to welcome her. Since she wasn’t invited to any of her classmates’ birthday parties or to play with them, her perceptive family had caught on quickly. Her older brothers became her playmates.
    Luke, who liked being outdoors, allowed her to tag along with him. Fastidious Morgan