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“Let’s not talk,” Elissa said and she took a step closer to him, hoping he would understand what she was trying to say. She’d never seduced a man before so she wasn’t sure exactly how to go through with it. She’d never had a physical relationship with a man before. She’d come very close one other time. But the night she’d decided to become intimate with the man, she’d found him sleeping with his secretary. That had quickly ended that relationship. She’d never had a reason to let any of her other relationships get that far.

And now she was dumbfounded. She’d finally made the decision to have sex and she didn’t know exactly how to go about doing it.

“I think we should. I don’t understand why you run from me all the time.”

Elissa looked at a point over his shoulder as she replied, “I’m not running right now.”

Jake’s eyes widened at that statement. “Does that mean what I think it means?”

Elissa nodded her head and looked down at the kitchen floor.

Jake walked over to where she was shyly standing and lifted her face up to his. “Why?”

Elissa took the last step that separated their bodies. “Does it matter?”

Jake sucked in his breath as her hands slid up his chest, one finger slipping between the buttons of his shirt. “I think it matters a great deal but if you keep that up, I won’t be responsible for my actions,” he said, and tried to pull her hand out of his shirt.

She took her other hand and slipped it between another set of buttons and Jake grabbed both her hands and held them behind her back. “Elissa, we need to talk,” he groaned.

She looked up at him and licked her lips. “Why do you want to talk so badly?”

He lifted her up and set her on the countertop then took a step back, inhaling deeply and running his finger through his hair. “Elissa, what’s going on? I don’t understand your fear of me and I really want to understand you.”

Since she couldn’t touch him to distract him, Elissa’s response was to start unbuttoning her shirt. Her fingers shook as she did so. She could see the passion in his eyes but there was also a determination. Elissa knew Jake was used to getting his way. He ran a huge ranch that generated the revenue of a large company. He had to be in charge. But tonight, she wasn’t going to give in to his demands. At least not one to talk about her feelings. Having decided that she should give in to her body’s needs and be intimate with him, she didn’t want to delve into the reasons too deeply.

“Elissa stop!” he commanded. But she ignored him and pulled her shirt out of the waistband of her jeans, then continued with the remaining buttons. Once she was done, she jumped off the counter and moved closer to him. She wanted to take off her clothes in front of him, but she wasn’t that brave.

Jake couldn’t take it anymore. Seeing her soft, full breast encased in the skimpy, black lace bra snapped his control. When she was within arms reach, he pulled her closer and kissed her, deeply, passionately.

Within moments, he swung her into his arms. “Are you sure this is what you want?”

“Yes,” she replied, her arms already clinging to him.

Jake needed no further prompting. He carried her up the stairs to his bedroom, slamming the door shut with his foot. He carried her over to the bed, then let her legs drop. Her feet were still several inches from the floor but he lifted her up higher and kissed her, letting her body slowly drop to the floor, their bodies gliding down each other’s.

He didn’t release her mouth as he took her shirt off her shoulders and tossed it aside. Her bra quickly followed and he inhaled at the sight of her, standing in front of him almost naked.

Elissa was embarrassed with his hot gaze sweeping over her nakedness. She tried to hide herself with her hands but he wouldn’t let her. He chuckled deeply as he held her hands against his chest. “You have no idea what you do to me, do you?’

Elissa smiled. “I have a vague idea.”

He took her mouth in his and kissed her, pushing her back to lay against the bed. His fingers unsnapped her jeans and slowly unzipped the zipper. Easing her legs out of her jeans was driving her crazy. The fabric was rough