me like you mean it.” His mouth took hers again.
Like she meant it? Damn it, why am I holding back? She was attracted to this man. She loved to kiss. She was good at it, too. She leaned back a little, breaking his hold on her, caught his luscious lower lip between her teeth, and tugged.
Dallas groaned and pulled her tighter against him. She licked his lips, traced their sweet fullness, and then she thrust her tongue into his warmth.
If heaven were a kiss, this would be it , she thought, and then could no longer think. She only felt. And responded. Their tongues tangled together as she wrapped her arms around his neck, lacing her fingers through his silky hair. He cupped her cheeks and caressed her with his thumbs as he ravished her mouth.
They both gasped and panted, kissing each other as though the world were ending.
When they finally broke apart for a much-needed breath, Dallas trailed butterfly kisses down her cheek to her neck.
“Oh, Cowboy.” Annie’s voice was a breathless rasp. “You sure know how to kiss.”
Dallas nibbled his way to her ear. “So do you, Doc, when you put your mind to it.” He chuckled. “I think I’ll take that herb tea now.”
“To hell with herb tea.” Annie pushed the door open, pulled him inside, and attacked his mouth again.
“I couldn’t wait to have a taste of you,” Dallas said against her mouth. “All through dinner I watched you, thinking how sweet you would be.”
Annie let out a soft chortle. “You were looking at my chest, Cowboy.”
“And I’d love a taste of those, too.”
“If you’re lucky.” Had she really just said that? What in God’s name was she doing, seducing a man she barely knew? But she couldn’t find it in herself to stop.
He cupped her breasts in his beautiful masculine hands. “What’re you hiding under that pretty blouse, Doc?”
“Wouldn’t you like to know?”
“Oh, yeah.” He thumbed her nipples through the gauzy material, lowered his head, and bit one, right through the layers of fabric.
The wave of pleasure was so intense that Annie jerked backward.
“I’m sorry. Did I scare you?” Dallas’s eyes were dark and blazing.
“No. It just… It felt really good. It’s been a long time, is all.”
“For me too, Doc.” He touched her cheek, caressing it lightly. “If you want me to stop, tell me now.”
“I… I don’t want you to stop.”
“Thank God.” His mouth came down on hers again.
Chapter Three
F rantic and impassioned , they tore at each other’s clothes. Dallas ripped the filmy material of Annie’s blouse right down the middle. “I’m sorry,” he rasped.
“Who cares?” she said. “Just hurry.”
He lifted her bra and let her breasts fall gently against her chest.
“Oh my God.” He buried his face between them. He kissed the soft plump skin and then stepped back and stared. “You’re beautiful, Doc. More than I even imagined.” He cupped her breasts and ran his thumbs in circles around her nipples. “Dark plum nipples,” he said. “I’ve never seen lovelier.”
“P-Plum?”
“Beautiful,” he said again, “I had imagined them red, but they’re like your eyes, only darker. Brown. Violet. Fleshy.” He lowered his head to taste one.
The searing heat of his tongue scorched her and sent blazes of fire rippling across her skin, though her body. He kissed her nipple gently at first and then sucked it between his teeth and tugged. The burn sizzled straight to her core.
“Oh, Cowboy,” she said, begging, “please.”
“Please what, Doc?”
“The other one.” She might die an untimely death if he didn’t pay attention to her other nipple. “No, take your shirt off first.”
“You need to make up your mind, gorgeous.” He smiled at her, his eyes dark with desire.
“Just do it all.” She tugged his shirt out of his jeans. She started unbuttoning it but got impatient and lifted it over his head. He dispensed with the offending garment and pulled her close, his chest