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Chernikov. You’ve just
given yourself away.”
    He rolled his eyes and turned back to his
plate.
    She regaled him with the details of her job
after that. She was supremely proud of the work she’d done recently
with two small charity businesses, raising their profiles and
helping to increase their annual donations. She blushed and preened
at the same time when he complimented her efforts.
    As dinner progressed, the conversation flowed
from work to books, books to movies, movies to skiing—he liked it,
she’d fallen a lot the only time she’d tried—and from skiing to
travel. They’d moved into discussions of places they’d each visited
when she recognized how carefully he was avoiding the topic of
family, his or hers. They didn’t talk about their people and the
political and biological issues plaguing the tigers. They didn’t
talk about anything too serious.
    By the time dessert arrived—a delicious
concoction of chocolate and surprising chili spices—Tiana knew her
worst fears were pointless. Nick wasn’t an asshole. He was
everything she’d hoped he’d be: kind, passionate about his work,
loyal to those around him. Everything he showed her of his
personality meshed with the stories the townspeople had spent last
night telling her. He was honest, strong, a little too serious, but
when he laughed it was breath-stealing. Smart and stubborn in equal
measure.
    And despite their limited time together, she
knew her heart was his.
    There wouldn’t be any running in Russia after
this. There couldn’t ever be another man for her. She was done.
Completely, head-over-heels in love. If Nick didn’t come back to
the Run now…
    She’d just have to face her future alone.
     
     
     

CHAPTER SEVEN
     
    By the time they got back to her motel, Tiana
was about ready to toss her “no sex” rule into the dumpster. Her
hands actually shook with need and lust. When Nick opened the car
door for her, she tumbled out into his arms. She couldn’t help it.
Every nerve in her body screamed for contact, touch, the rub of
bare skin against skin.
    He didn’t release her immediately, as she’d
half expected. In fact, he tightened his hold so she was pressed
against the full length of him. His gaze moved over her face and
zeroed in on her lips. She tingled under the intensity of his
look.
    “You said ‘no sex’,” he reminded her in a
voice deep and rough.
    “Yeah, well, I meant it at the time.”
    “Now?”
    “Still mean it. Just don’t like it.” She
leaned in and kissed him because she couldn’t resist.
    A goodnight kiss was how a first date was
supposed to end, right? This was just part of the night. Not
pushing her resistance too far. Not breaking more rules than they
could recover from.
    As soon as her lips parted, the instant his
tongue swept into her mouth and their kiss turned serious, all
thoughts of rules went out of her head. She ground her hips against
his and moaned when his hands moved to her ass to hold her close.
His cock was a hard, thick line against her abdomen, a temptation
that begged for her attention.
    She ran her hands over his back and down to
his ass, squeezing tightly. His groan sent sparks of excitement
racing over her. She dragged her mouth from his to kiss his neck
and take in more of his scent. He was the most delicious thing
she’d tasted all night, and that was saying something after that
dinner.
    He moved one hand to her breast while his
other stayed around her waist, keeping her pressed tight to him.
She hadn’t closed her coat, so he had as much access as her blouse
and bra allowed, but oh, how she wanted to feel his hand on her
bare skin. He rubbed his thumb over her nipple until it was a hard
little peak against her clothing. Her imagination filled with
thoughts of his mouth on her nipple and she shivered, rubbing
harder against him.
    When he took her mouth again, she dove into
the kiss with an eagerness that might have embarrassed her with any
other man. With Nick this felt so