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This was the second time in as many nights that Kim stood at the entrance door to her condo, Manus by her side. However, this time she wouldn’t make the mistake of inviting him in. Not because she wasn’t attracted to him, but because she didn’t want to deal with another rejection. To Manus’s credit, he hadn’t brought up the debacle from the night before, and she was grateful for it. They could both pretend that the kiss had never happened.

When Manus pushed the door inward and removed the key from the lock, she awkwardly reached for her keychain, but Manus moved, causing her to brush up against his fingers instead. She froze in mid-motion and snapped her head up to catch his look.

“Uh…” she uttered, trying to apologize, but her throat was as dry as a desert.

Manus pinned her with his eyes, and she realized in an instant that she’d caught him in an unguarded moment. Naked desire turned his eyes molten. Her heart began to pound out of control, her breath caught in her lungs, and heat shot into her cheeks.

“Kim, I…” he started, but his voice died.

She tried to move, take a step away from him, but her body didn’t listen to her commands. She opened her lips to tell him to leave, but only one word came out. “Manus…”

At the sound of his name, he pressed the keys into her palm. “You should send me away,” he murmured without conviction in his voice. “I don’t do relationships. I can’t. All I can give you is sex. And I doubt you’d be satisfied with that.”

So that was why he hadn’t taken her up on her offer the night before. He was a commitment phobic, and he feared that she would demand more than just sex. But she wouldn’t let him get out of this situation so easily. Last night, she’d felt rejected; tonight, she needed to make up for it.

Collecting all her courage, she said lightly, “So you’re saying the sex won’t be satisfying?”

His jaw tightened, and his eyes narrowed at the same time. “That’s not at all what I said! The sex will be more than just satisfying. For both of us. I’ll guarantee it. It’ll be out of this world, no-holds-barred, headboard-pounding, chandelier-swinging, mind-blowing, begging-me-not-to-stop amazing.”

Her lips quirked at his over-the-top description. Clearly, she’d hit a nerve by suggesting that he might not be up to the task to satisfy her.

“What? You don’t believe me?” Outrage colored his face now, and he moved even closer.

Kim shrugged. “The proof is in the pudding.” What had made her so brazen? When exactly had she decided to seduce him? Because that’s what she was doing.

Manus slid his hand to her nape and pulled her face to him. “Are you daring me to prove it to you?”

“Maybe not where the neighbors can watch, but…” She turned her eyes in the direction of the interior of her condo.

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Manus slung his free arm around Kim’s waist and pulled her to him. “Oh, I’m all for privacy.” He wanted no audience to the things he planned to do with her. Certain things were just not meant for sharing.

He backed her into the apartment and kicked the door behind him. As soon as it clicked shut, he sank his lips onto Kim’s mouth and kissed her.

He’d wanted to do this since the very first moment he’d seen her in that coffee shop. He’d expected the kiss to be hot. After all, what kiss with a beautiful woman such as Kim wouldn’t be hot? What he hadn’t expected was the explosive effect Kim’s lips had on him. A flame of lust shot through his center, and his cock went from semi-erect to rock-hard in one point three seconds flat. A new world record even for him.

Kim’s response to his kiss was immediate. She pressed her body to his, molding her chest to his hard muscles, letting him feel her softness. He didn’t ignore the invitation and moved his hand up until he could stroke the side of her breast with his thumb.

He felt her gasp and stilled for a brief second, half expecting her to change her mind about sleeping with him now that she realized that he wasn’t going to take it slow or pretend he was a gentleman. He’d been here before with other women. They’d expected a slow seduction, and when he’d gone right down to business, they’d shied away, and he’d let them go.

Manus released Kim’s lips.

“Why are you stopping?” she asked, tossing him a confused look. “Don’t tell me you’re bailing again.” Her jaw tightened, her eyebrows pulled together, her hands curled into fists. “Goddamn it! If you run out on me now, I swear—”

He captured her lips in mid-sentence, kissing her harder this time, his head tilted to the side for better access. With his tongue, he explored her, tasted her, played with her. At the same time, he slid his hands down to her ass and yanked her against his groin. With a groan, he rubbed his hard-on against her, making it clear to her that he wasn’t going to go anywhere until they’d both had what they wanted.

It seemed to work because now Kim put his arms around him. She slid one hand to his nape and caressed his exposed skin with her tender fingers, making him shiver and sending another bolt of fire into his cock. Her other hand she put to good use too, placing it on his ass and grabbing him possessively. He didn’t mind. When it came to sex, he liked his women possessive. What was good for the goose was good for the gander. Outside of bed, of course, it was a different matter. But then, he was getting ahead of himself. All this would be was sex. So, her possessive grip was fine by him.

The longer he kissed her, the hotter he got. And he wasn’t the only one. Under his hands, he could feel Kim’s body heating up too. He knew just what to do about that. Shifting slightly, he got to work on the buttons of her shirt. One by one he popped them open, encountering no protest from Kim. On the contrary, she seemed to like the idea and helped him. Taking his lips off Kim’s for an instant, Manus pulled the shirt down her shoulders and stripped her of it, revealing her black lace bra.

Fuck, he hadn’t expected something that sexy under her casual clothes. But he wasn’t complaining.

Instead of capturing her mouth again, he dropped his head to her cleavage and pressed a kiss to the soft indentation. “Damn it, you’re hot,” he murmured and looked up at her face, meeting her gaze. Passion shone from her eyes. “I can’t guarantee that the first time will last long. But I’ll promise you that I’ll be ready for a second time only a few minutes later. And then I’ll last as long as you want me to.”

“You’d better,” she said and ran her hand through his hair and down his nape, making him shiver once more.