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Working was indeed what Amara really needed to keep her mind from what was going on with her. Thank God she didn’t have to twist Reece’s arm too much in order to get a light ‘okay... if you must’ from his part. Amara slipped a new drink order behind the bar to Frank, then loaded her tray with a fuzzy navel and two bottles of beer to deliver to another table in the establishment. She scooped up a bowl of peanuts and gathered a few extra napkins just as Tiffany sidled up next to her at the bar to place a drink order of her own."You have new customers at tables seven and fourteen," she said, slanting Amara a quick, attentive glance. "Would you like me to take their orders for you?" Amara had only been on her shift for about forty minutes, but within sixty seconds of working the floor, she'd known that she was going to have to prove to her co-worker and friend, and to her boss… well, to everyone around, that she was fully capable of handling her job no coddl
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The words written on the napkin hit her in the stomach with the force of a thousand heavyweight boxers. Cold sweat went down her spine and her heart stopped beating for a few instants. "Oh, God…" Amara croaked and dropped the ominous note as if it were toxic waste. Her entire body shook uncontrollably, the tremors starting deep and working their way up to the surface. The words ‘be more careful of your surroundings’ echoed strongly in her mind, and an image of the man at the restaurant saying them formed in her head. Had he followed her here to where she worked? And if so, why? The questions came fast and furiously, but unfortunately, there were no answers. Her head spun, an awful pressure grew in her chest, and an unexplainable fear clawed inside her as if attempting to break loose. Amara swayed on her feet, desperately trying to tamp down those alarming emotions, afraid if she dared to set them free, they'd strangle her.
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She touched her fingers to his lips, so soft, warm, and wet from their kiss. “Amara… Baby… We have to talk…” he insisted, trying to focus on the issue at hand, and not on her sexual advances. "No, darling… We don’t!” Amara countered. “All I want now is to be with you, Reece. I want to feel your hands touching me, your mouth on my breasts, my belly, my thighs. I want your tongue on my sex… I need you, deep inside of me." Her request was explicit and shameless, but she didn't care. Being brutally honest with Reece was the only way she could make him understand the fierce need to be possessed by him. Not gently, but physically branded, so she knew she belonged to him and no one else. "Make me your love slave, Reece" she whispered huskily, tempting and teasing him with a reminder about their bet at the bar. “Tonight, make me yours in every way possible or imaginable.” His breathing deepened, his nostrils flared, and Amanda watched in pure female fascinat
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It was nine-thirty the following morning before Reece heard the upstairs shower turn on and assumed that Amara had finally gotten out of bed. As for him, he'd been awake since before his alarm clock had gone off at five. He'd taken his own shower, had quietly gotten dressed for the day, then left Amara burrowed deep in the covers while he headed downstairs, to his home office. He wanted to get some work done before she woke up and he finally explained her past relationship with that bastard called Don Anderson. Last night, the woman he had in his bed had been completely and utterly insatiable to the point of exhausting them both, Reece recalled with a smile. They'd made love three times, and once their passions had cooled, peace and calm had settled over Amara. When she'd snuggled up to him and asked him to just hold her, Reece hadn't been able to destroy the bubble of intimacy with a serious discussion about her stalker. He knew there would be
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Her expression was showing him pure panic and her breathing had grown labored."Are you saying that an old boyfriend… my ex-boyfriend is stalking me?""Yes, Amara. All the evidence that I've been able to come up with leads to Don Anderson." He placed a comforting hand over hers, not surprised to find her skin cool and clammy."Baby, the restaurant… the note… This is showing us that he's getting bolder in his attempts, and you need to know who and what is threatening you.""I don’t understand… Why is he threatening me? Why would he want to hurt me?" Because Don Anderson was a deranged son of a bitch who didn't deal well with rejection, Reece thought bitterly. But he kept his own personal theory to himself, instead revealing to Amara what he'd discovered from her landlady, Marie. Reece explained how Don had become more domineering of her and mentally abusive, and how his temper had exploded when she'd taken on a job as a showgirl to earn some extr
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By the time Reece lifted his head and grinned down at her, Amara was completely breathless, aroused, and flushed from his unexpected, spur-of-the-moment public display of affection.“What…” she mouthed and stopped. As she met Reece's tender, affectionate gaze, her heart swelled with… love for him, so full it felt near to bursting with emotion. And for the moment, for the night, the feelings between them were all that mattered to her. By eleven that night, the wedding revelry had died down considerably, leaving the last of the die-hard party guests to bring the evening's celebration to a close. A couple of dozen people remained, milling around and conversing with friends, and taking advantage of the music the band was still playing. Since Bryce and Claire had slipped out of the reception an hour earlier to get a head start on their wedding night, Reece had taken it upon himself to issue goodbyes and thank-yous to the guests as they left the dwind
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Less than an hour later, Reece shrugged out of his formal jacket, tossed it onto the chair in the corner of his bedroom, and locked gazes with the woman who made him hard with wanting."Have I told you how incredibly sexy you look in that dress you're wearing?" With a sensual smile curving her lips, Amara closed the distance between them, tugged his bow tie loose, and dropped it graciously to the floor. Then she started in on the buttons of Reece’s dress shirt, her warm lips kissing each inch of skin she bared."Mm-hmm… You have, and I do believe you made mention of wondering what I'm wearing beneath this sexy dress, too.""So I did," he said huskily, helping her as Amara pushed his shirt off his shoulders, down his arms, and off. "Is that an invitation to find out, precious?" Laving one of his nipples with the flat of her tongue, Amara unbuckled his belt, pulled his zipper carefully over his enormous erection, and let his trousers fall to pool around his
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From a very early age, he'd learned to guard his thoughts and feelings, protect his emotions from potential pain, and form no attachments other than to his immediate family. Reece had broken every single one of those rules with Amara, who'd gotten under his skin and filled an emptiness in him he hadn't even known existed until her arrival, until the first moment he’d seen her. And for the first time ever, Reece wanted a woman in his life permanently… He was in love up head over heels and he was willing to risk everything to give up his solitary lifestyle and make a forever kind of commitment to Amara, who was just as much of a lost and lonely soul as he'd been. But first, he had to tell her the truth… and have as much faith in her as he could. Uncertainties and doubts attacked Reece's empty stomach, invading his system like angry bees, making him all too aware of everything Amara stood to lose, too. Inhaling a steady breath, he squeeze
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