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too much of an allure to hold back.” He leaned down and winked at her. “If you don’t want a man to notice you, then why did you put so much effort into looking beautiful?”
She took a step back, as far as his hand would allow since he was still holding her hand captive on his arm. “I wasn’t trying to entice you! I didn’t even know you would be here.”
His eyes moved over her pale, lovely features slowly at that point. “I know you weren’t trying to entice Edward. So I guess I have to assume you’re just naturally beautiful.”
She looked up at him, her mouth slightly open with surprise as he looked down at her. They stopped in the middle of the hallway and Julianna tried to think of something to say, but no words would come to her. She should argue that she had been trying to impress Edward, but that wouldn’t be honest at all. She’d barely thought about Edward as she’d dressed for the night, had in fact been resentful that he’d disrupted her plans for the evening with his phone call. But how does one respond to such a sweet compliment from a man like James Cavanaugh?
He didn’t wait for her reaction but continued with that disconcerting, introspective gaze. “Actually, I think you’re one of the most beautiful women I’ve ever met in my life,” he admitted, his free hand coming up to touch her skin.
James looked down at the blond woman and was surprised at how strongly he needed to touch her. He wanted to see if she was real, if she might disappear if he touched her. Giving in to the need, he reached up and ran a finger down her soft, porcelain skin and was shocked at how soft she was under his rough fingertips. And when she blushed once again, he wanted to reach down at kiss her. Never had he been so instantly attracted to a woman before. Women threw themselves at him just because of his size. But when they found out who he was, their pursuit could be embarrassingly aggressive.
And yet this cool cucumber pretended that she wasn’t interested even while she blushed at his touch and tried to pull away. Her laughter enticed him and her reserve challenged him as no other woman ever had. He wanted to break through that reserved façade and see what she was like when she wasn’t so controlled. His body reacted as he pictured her naked, those small, perfect breasts in his hands and her body writhing whenever he touched her. He wanted to make her scream out as she climaxed from his touch and he wanted to hold her in his arms afterwards, letting the shivers subside.
Damn, but she was gorgeous, he thought.
“This is a completely inappropriate conversation,” she said, looking away and wishing that her voice was more assertive. “Please release me,” she ordered.
“Or you’ll what?” he asked, actually moving closer to her, enjoying the way her nipples peaked underneath the ice blue dress she was wearing. His fingers ached to hold those breasts and his mouth wanted to take those peaks into his mouth. He wondered if he could make her climax from that kind of stimulation and he almost groaned from the image that formed in his mind. “Come home with me tonight,” he growled. “Let me show you what we can share with each other.”
Julianna gasped and shook her head. Had the man actually propositioned her? Come home with him? They might have sat next to each other for the past hour but they’d barely spoken. How could he think that she would welcome such an invitation?
Goodness, what was happening with her body? Her breathing was ragged and she felt dizzy with the desire his soft touch of his finger on her arm generated inside of her as he let his long finger trail down from her shoulder to her elbow. She couldn’t believe she was actually considering saying yes! But just his soft touch and that voice were hypnotizing her, making her want things that were wicked and….inappropriate.
“Leave me alone,” she gasped and stepped away, relieved when he gave her the space. But she should have known better. He followed her retreat, backing her up against the wall and shaking his head.
“I don’t think I will,” he said, referring to her command. “I think we’re going to make each other very uncomfortable for a while.”
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