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doing, she brought her arms up to circle his neck, her movements made clumsy by the bulky weight of his coat.
    Without breaking the kiss, Dan bent to scoop her up in his arms. He carried her up the walkway, finding his way more by instinct than sight. Her slight weight barely slowed him going up the stairs.
    He had to put her down momentarily to find the keys to the front door. Kelly leaned against the doorjamb, her breathing ragged. The warning bell rang frantically, the sound drowned out by the pounding of her own pulse in her ears.
    The door was pushed open and Dan swept her into the hallway, kicking the door shut behind them. The denim jacket and Kelly's own coat landed on the floor with a soft thud. His hands framed her face, his mouth slanting across hers, his tongue plunging inside.
    Kelly was helpless to do anything but respond. She was caught between the wall at her back and Dan's scarcely less taut frame. His hands swept up and down her sides as he kissed her, long drugging kisses that drained but at the same time filled her body with a strange burning sensation.
    His fingers found the zipper on the back of her dress, sliding it down the length of her spine. The garment slipped down her arms. Kelly shivered, wrenching her mouth free as his hands slid between the two of them to cup her breasts. Her fingers dug into his shoulders, her whole body rigid.
    For an instant, sanity almost made itself heard. She was rushing toward something for which she was woefully unprepared.
    If Dan felt her sudden tension, he misunderstood its cause.
    "Beautiful," he murmured. "So beautiful." His thumbs brushed across her nipples.
    The sensation was so intense, it was almost painful. She felt his touch, not only at her breasts, but deep inside, like an echo in the pit of her stomach. She continued to shiver, her back arching in an unconscious gesture of surrender.
    He'd called her beautiful—no one else had ever said she was beautiful.
    "Unbutton my shirt," he muttered against her throat.
    Her fingers shaking, Kelly did as he asked. When the shirt hung open to where it was tucked into his belt, she flattened her palms against his chest. She felt the shudder that went through Dan at her touch. It gave her a wonderful feeling of power to feel this man tremble because of her.
    Her hands slid to his shoulders as he drew her forward until her breasts were gently crushed against his muscled chest. For a moment, neither of them moved, neither of them breathed.
    "I want you." With those words, Dan scattered the last warning bell in Kelly's mind. She had never felt wanted, truly wanted, in her life.
    "Yes." The word was a surrender. An offering. A plea.
    She couldn't have said how they got from the hallway to the bedroom. It didn't matter. Her dress had disappeared somewhere along the way, along with her underwear, leaving her naked and vulnerable. She didn't care. She was beautiful and he wanted her.
    Dan lifted her onto the bed before stepping back to strip off the rest of his clothes. And then he came to her, his muscled body pressing her down against the sheets. She'd never felt anything so intense in her life. A million nerve endings sprang to life, each sensitized to his slightest touch.
    She cried out when his mouth found her breast, drawing the nipple inside and suckling. Her fingers twined in his hair, her legs shifting restlessly. She felt hollow and aching inside. Empty and needful. She whimpered when Dan's hand slid across her stomach to tangle in the soft curls at the top of her thighs. She would have closed her legs in automatic reaction to this invasion but his fingers found the warm dampness of her and she could only tremble in helpless reaction to his touch.
    Dan's head was spinning with need. He'd never wanted a woman like this, never felt such a powerful, burning need. It was as if something beyond his control had brought him to this woman, this moment
    Her skin was soft and warm. She fluttered beneath his touch, her response