“I’m not going to let you keep these barriers between us,” she said, knowing she couldn’t be that kind of wife. 
 His hands fell on her hips and he drew her to him.

“Then by all means come closer, my dear.”


Why had she thought she could take control of the situation and Christos?


“This isn’t what I meant,” she said. Oh, man, this had bad idea written all over it, but she didn’t want to move away.


“This was always right between us,” he said, the words uttered under his breath.

Yes, she thought. Yes, it was. She tipped her head back to meet his gaze. His lips were firm and full and so close to hers.

She remembered the way he’d kissed her, and she sucked her lower lip between her teeth, biting down on it before she did something really stupid like lean forward and touch her lips to his.