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but it didn’t mean she wasn’t making Nyx feel any less guilty than she already did.
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    Three o’clock seemed to creep up on Nyx faster than she wanted it to. After her conversation with Janet, she had done a lot of clock-watching. Since she was still having doubts, her stomach became more knotted with each hour that ticked by. Every time the bookstore door opened, she found her gaze drawn to it, praying it wasn’t Denger coming early.
    Nix was not good for much else so Janet had her putting out new stock. Since some of the shelves were out of her reach, Nyx had to use a tall step stool to get to the very top ones. Lost in her own thoughts, she stood on the stool with an arm full of books.
    “Would you like some help with those?”
    At the sound of Denger’s deep, slightly accented voice coming directly behind her, Nyx jumped and let out a yelp. In the middle of reaching for the top shelf, she lost her 25
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    balance. Falling, she was caught by a pair of strong arms that came around her waist and held her with her back pressed to an equally strong male chest. She turned her head to look at Denger. “I’m not usually that clumsy. You startled me.”
    He gave her a sexy grin. “Apologies. I didn’t mean to sneak up on you again, though I’m not going to complain about the outcome.”
    Nyx bit back a groan when Denger slowly lowered her to her feet, letting her slide down his front. He was hard in all the right places and there was no mistaking the large bulge in his jeans. A pounding ache formed in her pussy. It had been so long since she’d been intimate with a man that it didn’t take much for her libido to kick into gear. Shifting the books in her arms, she turned to face Denger. His pale brown eyes that verged on gold gazed down at her with longing. Nyx found herself staring back, unable to look away. An image of her and Denger in bed, his cock plunging deep inside her, appeared in her head. The image was so vivid she could almost feel his hard body moving against hers. The look of pleasure on his face while he took her made wetness pool between her legs. Then he opened his mouth to show her his extended fangs before he sank them into her neck at the same time his cock sank into her pussy. Nyx shook her head and her heart raced in her chest. Damn, she did it again. She had to stop thinking about Denger as a vampire. And she had to stop having sexual fantasies about him while he stood in front of her. It was a good thing he couldn’t read her mind.
    Clearing her throat while she resisted the urge to fan her heated cheeks, she said,
    “I’ll put these books aside and get my purse, then we can go.”
    Denger took the armful of books from her. “Here, let me carry those for you. Where do you want them?”
    “On the counter for now. I’ll finish putting them on the shelves after I come back from break.”
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    She led him over to the counter and slipped behind it for her purse while he stacked the books on the end of it. Nyx had hoped to sneak out without Janet stopping them, but she had no such luck.
    Janet walked up to Denger and held out her hand. “Hi, I’m Janet, boss and friend of Nyx.”
    He shook her outstretched hand. “I’m Denger. I promise to have Nyx back on time at the end of her break.”
    “No worries.” Janet then turned to Nyx. “You can have an hour break today.”
    “I’m fine with the half hour,” she said.
    “No, you’ll take an hour.” Janet took Nyx by the arm and walked her around the counter until she stood next to Denger. “If you come back before the hour is up, I’ll kick you back out of the store. Now go and enjoy yourself.”
    Knowing Janet would do just that, Nyx shook her head before she headed for the bookstore entrance with Denger at her side. Once they were on the sidewalk, her stomach felt as if it had butterflies in it. She’d never been outgoing with the opposite sex. Only with Derek had her shyness gone away.