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shocked him.
    For a moment, he stilled, aware of her closeness, her touch, and the soft breath of her gentle kiss. He held her gaze until his mouth covered hers. She slid her hands under his silk shirt and sighed into his mouth as she caressed his warm, bare skin. With a groan, Nick deepened the kiss and his mouth roamed her face and throat as his hands tangled in her luxurious hair. She reached behind her back with one hand, opened the door, and pulled him into her cabin. Her body was quivering and her lips were warm, heat seeping into him, warming a cold place deep within that had been chilled for too long. Struggling against the need to rush and realizing that she needed gentleness, he moved her slowly across the room until the back of her legs pressed against the bed.
    “Okay?” he murmured against her mouth. She answered by reaching up and pulling his shirt above his head and then moving down to the buttons on his jeans.
    God, am I insane? What am I doing?
    For a brief moment, Lissy’s fingers paused in their journey downward. She must be crazy because she didn’t want to stop what she’d started. She reached around and splayed her fingers on the bare skin under his shirt, resting her cheek against his broad chest. Both hands were now under his shirt and his bare skin was warm beneath her fingers.
    “Lissy?” he asked softly.
    “Shh.”
    “Are you sure?”
    In an answer, she slid her hands back around to his chest and one hand skimmed over a hardened nipple.
    Lissy pressed her face against his chest, feeling the beat of his heart against her cheek.
    “I can’t think of a nicer way to end my holiday,” she said.
    Nick took her hands in his and gathered her into his arms. His fingers played with her long curls as he held her close. For the first time in a long time, Lissy felt safe and happy.
    But he was right—she needed to be sure about this.
    Closing her eyes, she came to an easy decision. Despite her doubts, she wanted him. She needed to feel the weight of his body. Needed to feel his warm, bare skin against hers.
    She wanted him, of that she had no doubt. Reaching up with one hand, she traced every feature on his face with trembling fingers. “Nick, you’re a great guy. Not many men would be so patient.”
    “I wanted you the first moment I saw you, Lissy.” She looked up and saw her own burning need mirrored in those deep blue eyes although she knew he was holding himself back.
    Lissy reached up to him and touched her lips to his. Nick’s hold on her tightened, and then he lifted her and placed her on the crisp white sheets of the king-size bed. His head was silhouetted by the bright moonlight streaming through the window, and Lissy shivered with anticipation as he knelt over her, his hands pinning her arms to the bed. He kissed her with a delicious strength that made her forget any lingering doubt.
    His hunger excited her.
    “You are so beautiful.” His breath whispered along her neck as he unbuttoned the small pearl buttons on her silk dress and pushed it aside.
    His gentle voice belied his urgent fingers as the silk fell from her bare shoulders, quickly followed by the brief scraps of her underwear. Within moments, she was entirely naked.
    “Sweet perfection,” he said.
    His lips returned to her mouth, more patient this time as the heat built between them. When he pulled away to remove his clothes and retrieve a foil packet from his jeans, she whimpered at the loss. He’d ignited a fire in her that had to be quenched.
    Teasing her with gentle fingers, Nick drew out the moment and his mouth blazed a trail as he tasted and explored every inch of her body. When Lissy reached down to touch him, his flesh was hot and hard and she relished his groan when her fingers encircled him. He rolled on top of her pinning her body under his.

    “I want to see your face.” Nick’s hand slid down over her small breasts and the smoothness of her hips to rest between her thighs, his eyes never leaving hers,