DefeatedbyLove by Samantha Kane Read Free Book Online

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sure exactly what she was saying.
    Mr. Gantry closed his eyes with a disbelieving laugh. “Not
what I expected you to say,” he told her. Without warning he wrapped an arm
about her waist and gently pulled her into him. Because of her belly, she
couldn’t press herself toes to chest against him as she longed to, but just
feeling the heat of his person against her made her toes curl. “I shall simply
have to make up for Daniel’s lack of enthusiasm.”
    “Enthusias—” Her words were cut short when Mr. Gantry kissed
her. She could not have been more surprised had the ground opened up and
Beelzebub himself jumped out and proposed. Her surprise gave way to immediate,
painful arousal. Good Lord, he could kiss as well as you’d imagine from the
looks of him. She quite literally felt weak-kneed at the touch of his lips.
Catching her closer to him, Mr. Gantry walked her backward a few steps and
suddenly her back was against the wall. She wrapped her arms around his neck
and surrendered with a sigh, just as she’d known she would.
    He hesitated just a moment and then deepened the kiss. Sliding
his tongue into her mouth, he assaulted her senses. Jonas, her previous
lover—well, her only real lover, actually—had kissed her like this, but with
much less finesse. He was randy and rowdy and rough. At the time she’d thought
that was just grand, but this was far, far better than any kiss she’d ever
received. She thrust her tongue right back at him, tasting him and caressing
his mouth and he gave a little moan. With delight she realized he was enjoying
this as much as she was. She slid her hand into the soft hair on the back of
his head and tilted her face to the left so they could fit their mouths closer
together and his arms tightened so much she was forced to come to her tiptoes.
Somehow he managed to angle his hips enough to rub his hard cock against her
leg and she shivered at the rush of desire she felt as her sex dampened and her
heartbeat thundered.
     
    “What the hell are you doing?” a voice boomed from the
doorway.
    Simon yanked his mouth away from the tempting morsel
clinging to him so tightly. God, she was gorgeous, and so very needy. He adored
that, when a woman seemed absolutely desperate to have you. He was breathing so
heavily one would think he’d run a race rather than kissed a woman silly. It
had been a very long time since an embrace had affected him so profoundly.
    She was staring at him now with those big blue eyes that
looked like the sunlit waters of the Aegean Sea. Or perhaps cornflowers. What a
petite little nose she had, turned up at the end. Petite, just like the rest of
her. Her delicious mouth was frowning. Well, that wouldn’t do at all. He leaned
down to kiss her again.
    “Simon,” Daniel said from the doorway, his voice dangerously
low and very unhappy. “Unhand her right now.”
    Simon stopped just short of her mouth. Good God, what was he
thinking? Very slowly he let go of her and she dropped back down onto the soles
of her feet. He’d been holding the poor woman so tightly she’d been on tiptoe.
“I’m sorry,” he whispered with genuine regret for treating her so callously. He
backed away then, his hands held out at his sides to show Daniel he’d let go.
He hadn’t cared for the tone of Daniel’s voice, and knowing what his best
friend was capable of when in a temper, he was playing it safe.
    “Sorry, old man,” he said, trying to sound conciliatory.
“Didn’t mean to trespass.” Well, yes he had, but he wasn’t admitting it. This
gorgeous little princess was wasted on Daniel. Wasted . He nearly cried
at the injustice.
    “Like hell you are,” Daniel said, clearly disgusted. “Can’t
you even be in the same room with a woman without molesting her?”
    At that the little princess’s eyes got very wide. He shook
his head at her with a frown. “I am frequently in the same room with women and
leave them completely unmolested,” he replied calmly. “It is a