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you think that’s a rather archaic comment? Dana never mentioned her brother was a chauvinist.”
    “She never mentioned you were a little spitfire, either.”
    Oh God, her evening was a disaster and she couldn’t wait to get home. “Now I know why I didn’t recognize you as Dana’s brother,” she began hotly. “She’s warm and friendly and you’re…you’re just a conceited, arrogant bully.” She cringed inwardly. Oh my God, did she just resort to name calling?
    He ran a dark gaze over her face. “And you have got to be the most exasperating female I have ever met. And you talk too much,” he added in a curiously husky tone.
    Kate tensed. His attitude towards her had shifted slightly. It was barely perceptible, but she felt it.
    “Hardly. Women voice their feelings and thoughts while men internalize their thinking process and only voice the end result.”
    Something suspiciously like amusement flickered at the back of his eyes. “You don’t say?” He regarded her with a curious mixture of interest and caution.
    “Look, I think I…tonight wasn’t…I’d better go,” she ended weakly.
    He stared at her flushed face. “What did he do to you?” He asked quietly.
    “Who?”
    “The guy who obviously did a number on you.”
    She froze. “I don’t know what you mean. There is no guy who did a number on me,” she said as calmly as she could. “I just want to go home. In a cab.”
    “You’re running away from me again.”
    “I was never with you in the first place,” she replied tautly. “Surely your ego can accept the fact a woman who’s had a disappointing evening would want to put an end to it as soon as possible? Or haven’t you ever been privy to this situation? Is rejection something so alien to you that you couldn’t see it if it was staring you in the face?” His mouth thinned as a look of purpose entered his eyes. Kate panicked. “Now see here, Mr. Tyler— oof !”
    The rest of her words disappeared under his crushing mouth. She froze as his mouth moved over hers in one fast and furious kiss.
    Unable to move, she felt his hands slip around her waist as he drew her closer. She inhaled his scent, an intoxicating mixture of clean and woodsy aftershave, and something else male that triggered an ancient response in her. She grasped his arms and tried to push herself away, but he held fast, pushing away all her resistance, weakening her shield until she melted against him with a small whimper.
    His body felt strong against hers. Sheer pleasure coursed through her veins and she found herself kissing him back with a passion that startled her.
    Everything in her mind disappeared. The only thing she was aware of was the man kissing her with rising urgency. She melted in his arms. She heard a low, deep groan in his throat and Kate slid her hands up to his muscular shoulders and clasped them around his neck.
    Adam groaned again, louder this time, and gripped her tight around her slim waist, gently pushing her away from him. Kate opened her eyes and tried focusing on his face. His breathing was labored and a curious muscle throbbed along his jaw. Their smoldering gazes locked. Something in his black eyes flashed and flickered.
    Kate saw desire, and something else. Something she couldn’t define. Had it been surprise? Kate wasn’t certain because she was having a hard time bringing herself under control.
    “Now that I have your attention,” he began thickly, “are you coming with me or do I carry you to my car?” His gaze slipped to her full pink lips. “Unless you preferred I kissed you again,” he added, his eyes glittering like two black jewels. Kate shivered under their intensity. “A prospect I find very appealing, my little spitfire, so be warned to phrase your response very carefully.”
    Kate would have been lying to herself if she didn’t admit she got pleasure from his kiss. She drew herself up to her full height. “It just proves to me how arrogant you really are, thinking you