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tow.
    She was still
bristling when they slid into the back seat of the limo that was waiting to
bring them to the finest hotel in the city. Kate’s eyes swung to his in anger
but he had a wicked glint in his eyes that told her she should just leave it
alone.
    “The guys can
meet us at the tour bus tomorrow morning. I’m sure they wouldn’t mind us
leaving them at Chase’s since things will be heating up soon enough over there.
As for you and me…”
    He placed his
hand on her arm, but Kate was fuming as she shrunk away to the other end of the
seat.
    “Is there any
part of this tour where you don’t get to use me? First you think you have the
sole right to my body – and now you just kissed me in order to get Chloe
off your back? You know, Gage, I may not be part of this world of glitz and
glamour, where you’re treated like a spoiled child, but I deserve at least a
shred of respect.”
    “Kate…” Gage whispered,
sighing as he raked his fingers through his hair in frustration. “I wanted to
say more to her for the way she spoke about you, but then I thought…of course
she is going to be angry when she sees you.”
    “Oh,
seriously!” Seething with anger she had no patience for his ego. “You know
Gage, there’s more to life than being famous or having thousands of women
believe that they’re in love with you just because you....”
    “That’s not
what I meant, Kate.”  His voice was strangely flat, frustration dripping
from every word.   “I meant that she has the right to be angry and
jealous when she sees someone like you because… you are everything that she
isn’t.”
    “You hardly
know me anymore. I’m nothing like I used to be.” Her words cut sharp in a
brutal hiss, and she wished she hadn’t let them slip from her lips like a paperweight
smothering the passion and truth between them.
    “Don’t tell
me that I don’t know you,” he fired back between gritted teeth.
    Kate felt a
flutter deep within her belly, but she forced herself to turn away, even as her
heart warmed. Gage had stood up for her, in his own way and she had to
admit, it certainly felt good and she was wrong. He did know her…probably
better than she knew herself.
    Gage was
silent for a moment, and she turned to look at him but saw only the searing
glint of speculation and confusion in his eyes. “And what is it that you think
I don’t know about you, Kate? Tell me.”
    Kate felt
tears welling in her eyes and she bite down on her trembling bottom lip in an
effort to stop them from falling down her cheeks. She was too strong of a woman
to be crying in front of a man this way. His pity was something she neither
needed nor wanted. But the heat in his eyes, though tender, held no trace of pity.
Instead they brimmed with desire and intrigue, as if he knew she had a secret
and wanted nothing but for her to confess.
    In truth,
Kate did have a secret and it was one that she had been harboring for
many years.  She had never gotten over Gage. How could any woman get over
such an incredibly passionate man?  Even the many years apart hadn’t been able
to dilute the fiery intensity between them, and now that he was back in her
life she wanted nothing more than to give herself to him, but she was afraid.
    Afraid
didn’t even come close to describing it , she thought as another spike of
terror rushed through her.  Terrified, absolutely and completely
terrified.
    Somehow, the
space between them disappeared and before she could say a word he was pulling
her onto his lap, her trembling body brought flush against his heated chest.
She thought about refusing him, but then his mouth slanted over hers and she
felt her body ignite with intense passion that swirled around her belly,
melding a string of thoughts together, her mind locked on a channel that she
couldn’t switch off. 
    Resist him
and protect your heart…
    Just let
go and enjoy every moment…
     Knowing
how easy it was for him to give her the most pleasurable high