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marriage, his would not end in divorce.
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Alexa stood just inside the door, unable to move. She d turned on the
light to ensure she didn t stumble as she made her way up the stairs, but
neither of her feet had landed on a single stair.
She was torn. Part of her wanted to rush up the stairs, another part of her
felt a nervous excitement like it was the first time with Leonardo all over
again, and a third part wanted to wait for him. She didn t want to climb the
stairs alone.
The decision to go up or stay downstairs was taken out of her hands
when the door opened and closed behind her. She spun around. He should
have come through the kitchen, not the front door.
 Did you put away the car? she asked in a breathy voice. She didn t
really care about the car.
 No, Leonardo replied.
 But you always put the Porsche in the garage. She was babbling,
nervous energy loosening her lips into unnecessary discourse.
His hot gaze rested on her. With long strides, he closed the gap between
them.  I didn t want to waste another second, when I could be doing this
instead.
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He hauled her to him, lowering his lips to hers and enfolding her in his
arms. Raw need bolted through them.
Her clutch fell from her nerveless fingers as he pushed his tongue into
her mouth and crushed her closer against his hard frame. This was what she
wanted, had ached for in the close confines of the car. Alexa leaned into him,
her mouth softening and widening to allow his tongue access to stroke and
prod at will.
Leonardo s right hand inched up her bare thigh, while the fingers of his
left hand spread across her breasts, squeezing and kneading the soft mounds
in turn until she gasped into his mouth. Her nipples swelled and hardened,
pressing against the barrier of the dress, threatening to break free of the silk.
Still he deepened the kiss, angling his head so he could hungrily devour
her mouth, pressing her back against the wall of the foyer.
 Touch me, Alexa, he groaned.  Please.
Eager to please, Alexa slid her hands down the front of his shirt in an
agonizingly slow crawl, his contoured chest expanding as she became
reacquainted with the magnificent body beneath the material. The belt on his
trousers was no match for her nimble fingers, and when she took his length
in her hands, his body was gripped with shudders, a groan of agony leaving
him and finding an answering shiver deep inside her, rocking her to the core.
She stroked his hard flesh with expert familiarity, exulted by the fact that
she could have control over such a powerful man. He groaned again when
she picked up the pace of her strokes, the throbbing heat of his member a
welcome reminder of what was to come. She wanted him so much she
thought for sure she would soon burst into flames from the heat of her own
lust.
With shaky fingers, Leonardo grasped her hands and removed them from
his body and pinned her between his hips and the cool surface behind her.
He brought his mouth down on hers again with a deep-seated hunger, his
tongue wrestling and dancing with hers in a sexy samba.
 Leo, she whispered when he released her mouth, only to drop a trail of
fire with his tongue across her neck.
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Her arms locked around his neck when he picked her up from the floor
and walked into the library.
There was no way they could make it up the stairs, and it was the nearest
room. A lamp gave enough light for him to find his way over to the sofa and
lower her onto her back.
The gold clasp on her shoulder was undone with speedy efficacy, and the
top half of her dress was pulled down to expose her abundant breasts to his
ravenous gaze.
 Beautiful, he murmured in appreciation, just before he lifted her into
his hungry mouth.
Alexa s shoulders jerked back, she cried out, and her body bowed
beneath him. She panted as she struggled to catch her breath, delighting in
the torture he inflicted on her heated flesh as his mouth and tongue worried
the hard, caramel-colored tip of her left breast.
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