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waste
of time, anyway. The tea wasn’t going to get finished. She had to
move her eyes to his; felt her heart skip another beat. And then
watch as his eyes instantly narrowed.
    “Your heart. It just…reacted again. Is
that…usual?”
    “How…do you know?”
    He smiled. Her heart threatened to leave her
chest and she dropped the spoon, clinking it against the rim of the
cup. His smile died the same instant. Then he was frowning at her.
It was almost too much. This was too much man. Entirely too
handsome. Garnering way too much attention.
    “Is it because of me?”
    “What?” She didn’t have to feign the
confusion.
    “This reaction. The heart issue you suffer
off and on. It’s due to me…isn’t it?”
    Unacceptable, Jeannette.
Even if he
wasn’t a creature of the night and a murderer, he wasn’t getting
away with a self-conceited statement like that. No man was.
    “No.”
    Her heart pumped harder, sending blood to
infuse her cheeks with the lie. Jeannette rarely blushed. She
watched something flare into life in the depths of his eyes.
Something magnetic. And infinitely compelling. Her lips opened to
pant for breath. So did his, only he didn’t need air. It was to
give the sharp tips of fangs room.
    Her eyes widened. Her blush faded. And her
heart went into a staccato of beats that would probably see her
needing a defibrillation station if she didn’t watch it. His
expression immediately altered. His frown came back. And he worked
his lips, covering over his teeth.
    “You may not wish to do that again,” he
informed her when he’d finished.
    “What?” Her voice was missing. He heard it
anyway.
    “Flush.”
    “…and here is your coffee, Sir. As well as a
warmed slice of pineapple upside-down cake, topped with our own
recipe coconut sherbet. Will you need cream? Sugar?”
    The items were set in front of the creature.
He didn’t react. He didn’t move. His entire focus was on her. And
she returned the favor. The waiter finished and just stood there,
hovering.
    “That will be all,” Jeannette told him
without looking up.
    “Does Madam require more perfectly heated
water, perhaps?” the waiter asked, once again using his snide
voice.
    “I believe I’ll just need the check.”
    “Oh. I see. Very good.”
    He turned and stomped away. Or as much as a
man could stomp in a room filled with thick carpeting. It was
probably amusing if she watched. She didn’t. She daren’t move her
eyes from the creature facing her, holding her with a mesmeric gaze
that almost reached out and embraced her.
    “We can leave now?”
    The fangs were gone. His teeth looked normal
when he spoke. He wasn’t smiling, however. He looked totally
serious. And totally divine.
    “We…?”
    He smiled. Her heart did the belly swoop
again. His eyes didn’t narrow this time. They seemed to grow even
more magnetic. A buzzing sound started in her ears. It grew to
encompass the entire room. Yet, she had no trouble hearing him over
it.
    “So…it is me making your heart do…odd
things.”
    “No.” She mouthed it.
    He grinned, showing off pearly white teeth
that would put a dental hygienist to shame. And nothing that looked
like fangs. The waiter brought the bill. She put her room number on
it. Signed it. The waiter probably looked with disgust at the
untouched dessert he’d brought. She didn’t notice. She only noted
when he left.
    “I already told you. I’m new to this. You
have another suggestion?”
    And then the buzzing stopped. To dead
silence. Making it easy to hear her own voice answering him with
something she’d never say. Under any circumstance. To any man.
    “I…I have a room here.”
    Her reply garnered another grin from him and
that got her another heart-swoop. And that just got her more of his
amusement. With his hand at her elbow, he assisted her to rise. The
contact sparked, and then warmed, instantly elevating everything to
another level of awareness.
    And she hadn’t even seen him move.

CHAPTER FOUR
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