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I’m not going to make it before they close, I full out run. The doors slide shut and I curse, pulling at my hair. I press the button forty ti mes, jabbing it with my finger.
    T he doors slide open again. She’s still standing there. She never pressed the button.
    “Holly,” I say, putting my hand on the door so it doesn ’t close again. “I’m sorry.”
    Her voice sounds strained when she speaks, like she might cry. “Sorry for what? You didn’t do anything wrong. I did.” She won’t look at me. She hangs her head and her dark hair covers half her face. “I’d leave, but I don’t know where else to go.”
    I step into the elevator and slip my hands around her waist. She still doesn’t look up at me. I grip her chin with my hand, and carefully tilt her head back. “You didn’t do anything wrong. I ove r reacted.” I ’ m breathing hard, I want to say it—that I’m totally enamored by her—but I can’t make the words form in my mouth. Instead of being smooth and witty, I’m cotton - mouthed and shaking. “Please, don’t leave. I want you here. If it wasn’t snowing, I’d still want you here.” Her gaze finally meets mine and I see that those brown eyes don’t believe me. “Holly?” her name hangs in the air.
    “ Mmmm ?” she makes a noise in her throat that sounds sexual. The elevator doors shut and it just sits there. Holly breathes hard, and doesn’t shake my hands off. I feel that familiar sensation when I’m around her. It tugs gently at my middle, and our lips are drawn like magnets, but we both resist.
    “Can I kiss you?” I as k because I don’t want to mess t his up, because she’s too important to me and there are several hours more before dawn.
    Holly watches my mouth as I ask, her gaze focuses on my lips. Instead of answering, she leans closer, closing the space between us and presses her mouth to mine. The kiss is gentle, a light sweeping of her lips across my mouth. My body responds to her. My pulse races into stroke territory, as I fight the caveman urge to carry her back to my bed.
    Her lips taste perfect , they feel perfect. I keep my hands splayed on Holly’s cheeks as she kisses me again, this time taking my lower lip between her teeth. She holds it gently and releases. She sucks in a shaky breath and kisses me harder this time. Her lips part and her tongue pushes into my mouth. She sweeps over the curves of my mouth until she finds my tongue .
    That’s when things get hot. I can’t contain myself. I can’t hold back anymore and do things half way. Holly makes me crazy. I want to give her what she wants. I kiss her back and the moment goes from innocent to X-rated. We’re kissing harder and I drop my hands, and pull her body against mine. As her mouth remains desperately attached to mine, the kiss deepens and her hands clench my back, gathering fistfuls of my shirt to pull me closer to her.
    Holly’s body fits perfectly against mine. Her breasts press firmly against my chest and I know she can feel how much I want her. It’s impossible to hide. I tilt my hips and press into her and she reacts. I didn’t expect it, but she does. Holly slips her leg up aga inst mine, and I grab the top of her thigh and press against her . She moans in mouth and I can’t stand it. Her scent fills my head as her hands tangle in my hair. She pulls and I grip her thigh harder, slipping my hand over the garter straps and feel ing the curve of her ass. When she tilts her hips up, I feel her little bottom brush against my leg. The heat between her thighs is incredible.
    I realize what’s happening and where we are. Breaking the kiss, I trail my lips down her neck and she throws her head back, gasping. Her nails dig into my arms. If I’m going to be with Holly , it’s not going to be a quickie in an elevator. I want to worship her body for hours, I want to see her face when she climaxes and screams my name. That’s the only reason why I can pull my lips off her hot neck. I slip my