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“Deanna.”

Every nerve in her body was suddenly awakened. Her heart quickened. Ever since they’d danced together, her imagination had worked overtime on all the seductive things he might say to her in a raw sweep of desire.

He said softly, “I want you to know that you are the most remarkable woman I’ve ever met.”

Remarkable? Remarkable? Deanna turned the word over in her mind as a kind of hysterical laughter caught in her throat. Not devastating. Not appealing. Not sexy. Not charming. Just remarkable. This definitely wasn’t the kind of compliment she’d hoped for from a man who had turned her romantic fantasies upside down.

She managed a brittle smile. “And I think you’re very upstanding, Dr. Sherman.”

“Upstanding?” he echoed.

Two could play at this game. “And I admire you because you’re ethical, and principled, and honorable, and—”

She never finished, because in one swift movement he pulled her to him and his mouth came down on hers and took her breath with a long, questing kiss.