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that quiet intense way that always made her throat dry and her nipples harden. Feeling a tingling at her breasts she quickly folded her arms across her chest and said, “Thanks for walking me home.”
    â€œYou’re welcome.”
    With nothing else to say, Brenna opened the gate and stepped into the backyard.
    â€œRemember when you said you owed me one,” Jabarie called after her.
    She stopped and turned slowly. Something told her she wasn’t going to like what he was about to say. “Yeah, so?”
    Jabarie grinned. “So, I’ve figured out how you can pay me back.”
    Afraid to ask, Brenna waited for him to speak again.
    â€œI want a kiss,” he said as if thinking out loud.
    She couldn’t have heard him right. “A what?” she whispered her voice uneven.
    â€œA kiss.”
    â€œNo way,” she said shaking her head.
    Before she had a chance to react, Jabarie moved into the yard and closed the gate behind him. “You said you’re not attracted to me. If that’s true then a kiss won’t matter, right?”
    She stared up at him and felt the sweet slow pull of want rise up in her again. From the moment he’d arrived back at the store she’d felt it. Heck, she’d felt it since the moment she spotted him staring at her from the store window. A rush of desire that was so powerful she felt her knees buckle. It was as if the last five years hadn’t happened. Five years of not seeing his face, not touching his skin, not feeling him buried deep inside her. Five long years without a single tantalizing kiss. She swallowed when she saw his eyes focus in on her mouth.
    At her continued silence, Jabarie smiled and finally said, “I thought you’d agree.”
    Brenna tried to stop the heated desire racing through her body as he dropped his shoes in the grass and took a step closer. Before she realized what she was doing, she tipped her chin and her lips parted. “You probably shouldn’t,” she suggested softly.
    â€œI know,” he admitted as he brushed his lips across hers. “But I’m going to do it anyway.”
    Before she could even prepare, Jabarie tugged her to him and took her mouth with enough heat to make her forget everything but taking all that he had to offer. As his tongue traced her lips, it occurred to her that she might have lost her mind but she didn’t do anything to stop him. Instead she dropped her sandals and enjoyed the feel of his tongue sliding inside her mouth. His lips were hard and hot, and so possessive that Brenna arched up to meet him. His hands came around her waist and held her closer. It had to be a dream. Yet everything that she had remembered about Jabarie was real and it was hers again at last. He explored, teased and tasted like no one else could compare. And that was exactly why she had to fight him. His passion was enough to burn away everything else.
    Jabarie was making it hard for her to resist. Desire consumed her. She pushed him away slightly to see how much he truly wanted her, and Jabarie brought her closer just as she had hoped. She sank into the hunger, the taste, the need to meet him stroke for stroke.
    He deepened the kiss, one hand cupped her head, the other slid down to her buttocks and pressed her against him. She could feel him growing long and hard. And for a moment she allowed herself to remember how good he had felt buried deep inside her wet core. A moan erupted from her throat. The kiss was glorious and wild. He was zapping her senses in a way only he could. Jabarie always had that kind of power over her and he knew it. Slowly snapping out of the dizzy haze he had created, Brenna realized how easily she had succumbed to him, and knew she needed to put a halt to what was happening immediately or risk losing everything she had worked so hard to build. With a firm push, Brenna broke off the kiss, but Jabarie continued to hold her against his beating