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kiss, guiding her with the press of his lips.
    She seemed to melt under him, and he wondered if shoving her against the wall and fucking her before she’d had a second cup of coffee would be too much for her to handle.
    With a groan, he pulled back and stared into her face, committing her features to memory. The flushed cheeks, the shiny, ripe lips, the cloudy pleasure darkening her eyes… He had to see her this way again, and soon. His cock felt so hard he hurt, and if she gave him the slightest invitation, he’d take her up on it without question. The overpowering attraction stunned him.
    Thorn worked to subtly even his breathing.
    April seemed to come back to herself and stared at him. She took a step away, breathing hard, as though she’d just run a marathon. “W-why did you do that?”
    “Just thought I should let you know what to expect.”
    She took a deep breath, let it out, and crossed her arms over her delectable chest, but not before he noticed the hard nipples straining beneath the cotton. “Excuse me?” Her tone was that of a superior chastising a subordinate.
    He grinned. “Major, after you make good on the damages your dog made—”
    “ My sister’s dog made.”
    “—then you and I are going to see where this attraction takes us.”
    “Attraction?” She automatically glanced at his erection, which had yet to go down, and her eyes widened.
    “I know you’re not denying that kiss.” He raised a brow, mostly because he knew it annoyed her. “I’m hard as a pike, and you responded, sweetheart.” Thank God this pull between them wasn’t one-sided.
    “Look, Thorn, you took me by surprise.”
    He laughed. “Right. So when you returned the kiss, when I swallowed that little moan of pleasure, that was you being shocked.”
    She scowled.
    “I bet if you uncrossed your arms, your nipples would still be hard.” His mouth watered at the thought of sucking on the ripe buds.
    “Shut. Up.”
    He took a step closer, knew it wasn’t wise, and said in a low voice, “What if I slid my hand between your legs? Would I find you hot and wet for me? You as ready as I am?” He nodded down at his front. “’Cause Major, I have to tell you, I think we could be really good together in bed.”
    She stared at his arousal before whipping her head back up. Then she seemed to get a grip on her control, because her voice sounded even as she replied, “Yeah? How do I know you aren’t all talk and no action? So you have a big dick.”
    Did she just say what I think she said? That had been blunt, even for her.
    “Doesn’t mean you’re any good at sex,” she continued. “And I have to tell you, I’m not interested in being one of your conquests.”
    “I don’t kiss and tell,” he growled. “Never have.”
    “I don’t make a habit of dating Marines. Want to know why?” Before he could respond, she said, “Because you all like to act tough, but you can’t back it up. You’re either assholes or braggarts, and I’m done being a source of gossip for the masses.”
    “I told you I don’t talk—”
    “And I’m telling you , you haven’t earned the right for more than a kiss. Gunny .”
    “Pulling rank… Major ?”
    She shrugged, and he wanted to pull her back into his arms and show her what it meant to submit to an expert in the art of pleasure. To be her superior in bedroom games. Fuck, he wanted to show her just how creative he could be with rank and order, and how good obeying him could feel.
    “Since you refuse to call me Ms. Soames, or even April, as I asked previously, I guess I am.”
    He loved that she didn’t back away. “Come on by tomorrow at noon and you can get started. That’s if the kiss didn’t scare you off. Wasn’t my intent, you know.” He stared at her mouth.
    “I think I know what your intent was,” she said dryly. Then she poked him in the chest. “The day I’m scared of you is the day I cut off all my hair and run naked, screaming down the street. Not gonna