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Daniel glanced at her before he reached out, picked up her hand, and laced their fingers together.“I know, I’m sorry.I want to tell you it’s only three weeks, but to you, it will probably seem much longer.”

Keira agreed, but she’d be fine.She planned to keep as busy as possible.It would make the time go faster.

Chapter Twelve

Daniel parked the carin the driveway and turned to her.His breath caught in his throat.The streetlight’s muted rays gleamed through the car’s window and highlighted her beautiful face as she stared back at him with a heated, aching need that matched his own.He knew he wasn’t good enough for her, but he couldn’t bring himself to let her go and not take the chance she would come to care for him as much as he was beginning to care about her.

“Are you ready?”

He followed her into the house, making sure the door was locked behind him, and watched as she walked to the other side of the room and turned.She suddenly looked apprehensive and a little lost.Daniel’s stomach tightened in dread at the thought of not having this woman tonight, but there was no way he was going to push her into anything.He’d be satisfied to just hold her.

“If you’ve changed your mind, Honey, it’s okay.”

Her eyes widened, and a fiery blush crept over her face.“Oh, God, no.”She gripped her hands tightly together in front of her.“I’m just not going into this with a lot of experience, so I’m extremely nervous.”

Daniel let out a relieved breath and walked slowly toward her, not wanting to make her more anxious than she already was, and grasped her shoulders.“There is nothing to be worried about.Anything you don’t like, or God forbid, is painful, just tell me.”

Keira let out a startled breath at the level of tenderness she hadn’t heard from him before, nodded, and stepped into his embrace.“Okay.I just don’t want you to be disappointed.”

“You couldn’t disappoint me if you tried.”Daniel bent and picked her up suddenly in his arms, then laughed when she squealed.“Which way?”

“Second door on your right.”She tightened her arms around his shoulders and buried her face in the curve of his neck.

Daniel laid Keira down in the middle of her bed and stood.The sight of her lying out for him on a solid cream comforter had the blood pumping heavily through his body and made lust seize him by the throat.“Jesus.You’re so beautiful.”

A fine tremble started in her toes and moved up her body, while her breath came in short puffs of air.“Daniel.”

His gaze pierced hers as he unbuttoned his shirt, tossing it off to the side before he sat down on the edge of the bed.“Everything’s okay.I’m going to take such good care of you.”His fingers moved to the buttons of her shirt, but his eyes stayed locked on hers.He swallowed when the white lace of her bra parted and showed her breasts.He watched as her rosy nipples tightened through the lace, begging for his mouth.

Keira raised her hands to cover her breasts, but stopped when a deep, low warning came from him.Daniel traced her cheek with his thumb and tried to tone down the dominant part of his personality.She would eventually learn more about him, but he didn’t want to add to her anxiety.

“Keira, you don’t ever need to cover yourself from me.Everything about you is beautiful and turns me on.Do you understand, Honey?”His words were soft, but his tone was marked by a blatant masculine authority.

She nodded and didn’t utter a word.

Her capris and sandals were off next until she was laid out in only her white panties.

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