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UNDENIABLE ATTRACTION

She rose and walked to him, halting an arm’s length away. His intense virility was drawing her as if they were opposing poles of a magnet seeking their mates.

For a long moment they stood that way, motionless and utterly intent on each other. Then he raised his hands. She thought he would pull her close for a kiss, but instead he grasped her heavy braid and untied the ribbon at the end. After releasing her hair from its maidenly restraint, he raked the shining strands with his long fingers until they spilled in a silken mantle over her shoulder and tumbled halfway to her waist.

“You have beautiful hair,” he said softly, his fingertips drifting across her cheek and throat in an erotic caress. The desire in his eyes was a potent aphrodisiac, releasing the hidden part of her nature as surely as he had unbound her hair. She caught her breath and her lips parted, wanting more . . .