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smoothing back the perspiration-damp hair that fell over her brow.
Raven opened her eyes, dazed, relaxed, knowing she was losing the emotional battle she was fighting,
and fighting to make sense of it. He wasn't giving her a chance to think, to consider, to come to terms
with the emotions tearing through her heart.
"It hasn't changed anything," she whispered then, watching his eyes darken with emotion. "How am I
supposed to deal with this, Reno, when you keep clouding my mind with sex?"
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"I'm not clouding your mind, baby." He then pulled her closer in his arms as he sighed deeply against her
hair. "You're clouding it yourself. Either you want there to be an 'us,' or you don't. Think very hard before
you make that decision, Raven. Fear can be dealt with, but you have to face it before you can defeat it."
She frowned.
"I love you, Raven." He tilted her head back, staring down at her, his eyes dark, filled with emotion, with
a savage intensity that clenched her chest and brought tears to her eyes. "That won't change in a day, a
week, or a century. But I won't destroy myself chasing after you. You have to decide what you want,
and once you do, you have to stick to it. Either way it goes, there's no going back."
Chapter Eight
"We really should get out of bed," Raven muttered drowsily the next morning as Reno smoothed his
hand over the rounded curves of her rear and watched her quietly.
She lay on her stomach, her head turned away from him, the long tangled locks of her dark hair flowing
around her. Reno trailed his hand from the rounded flesh of her buttocks to her back, his fingers tangling
in the rich mass of curls. She looked so delicate, small and tempting as she lay beside him, exhausted
from their lovemaking.
This was the picture he would keep in his mind of her. Her beside him, tired and replete, her hair fanning
over her back as he touched her, stroked her.
He kissed the curve of her shoulder, allowing himself to breathe in deep, to fill his senses with the scent
of her.
"Did you hear me?" she mumbled as she lifted her shoulder against his lips.
Reno smiled at the irate drowsiness. He could hear the threat of laughter in her voice, despite her tone.
She liked to play at being tough, unemotional, but he could hear the threads of feelings that she tried to
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"I hear you, grouch." He raked his teeth over the flesh he was caressing, smiling at the faint shiver that
gripped her body. "You're just a coffee hussy. You think you're going to convince me to fix you some."
Soft laughter greeted the accusation.
"Guilty." She rolled to her side, dragging the sheet around her as she glanced up at him.
Something in his chest expanded, threatening to steal his breath as he stared down at her. Her angel's
face staring up at him, those dark, sleepy eyes staring at him from the flushed expanse of her face. She
had the power to steal his breath, and often did.
He held her close, his arms tightening around her as she cuddled against him hesitantly. He could feel her
breasts pressing against his chest through the sheet she had pulled around her like a shield. But at least
she wasn't running.
"I really need that coffee, Reno." Her voice was languid, as lazy as the hand that played almost
unconsciously through the mat of hair on his chest.
"You gotta pay for it first." He grinned as she sighed with exasperation.
"You should be tired," she grumped. "I'm tired. You didn't even let me sleep last night."
"Of course I did." He smiled against the top of her head as he pushed the sheet away impatiently. "You
slept between two and seven while I made some calls and reenergized with a snack."
"You eat too much." Her casual tone was spoiled by the tensing of her body when he mentioned the
phone calls.
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He wasn't going to let her ignore who and what he was. That wasn't going to help when the next
assignment came up. That, unfortunately, he knew would be sooner than he had expected.
"I have to keep up my energy," he whispered as he pressed her to her back, pulling the sheet away from
her as she watched him, her eyes darkening with arousal.
"How pretty," he sighed as his hand smoothed down her stomach, feeling the muscles ripple beneath his
fingers as he moved unerringly to the heat between her thighs.
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