far before he called a halt. He had occasionally had one-night stands: brief, mutually satisfying
encounters with sexually confident women who, like him, wanted to answer a basic need without
the complication of emotions. But those occasions had always been on his terms and, although
the sex had invariably been enjoyable, he had never been driven by uncontrollable desire. For
reasons he did not understand Rina was different. The raging need he felt to make love to her had
never happened before and he was shocked to realise that he couldn’t fight it.
Perhaps it was because she was so amazingly responsive and so unguarded in her pleasure when
he caressed her? Frustrated by his inability to resist her, he gave her a hard, almost angry kiss,#p#分页标题#e#
but she responded with such sweet passion that he gave up battling with himself and eased the
pressure of his lips until the kiss evolved into a sensual tasting that became increasingly erotic.
When she was utterly pliant in his arms he trailed his mouth lower, following the path of his
hands to her breasts and drew lazy circles with his tongue around one nipple until it hardened to
a taut peak.
The sensation of Nikos’s mouth on her breast was indescribable, and when he drew her nipple
fully into his mouth Kitty instinctively arched her back. She curled her fingers into his hair and
gave a soft cry, shifting her hips restlessly beneath him as the tugging sensation on her breast
became unbearably exquisite.
‘Nikos…’ His name left her lips as a whimpered plea and she tossed her head from side to side
when he transferred his mouth to her other swollen crest and metered the same delicious torture.
He growled something she did not catch, but his intention became clear when he unfastened the
last button of his jacket and spread the material to reveal the faint curve of her stomach and the
triangle of dark curls clustered at the junction between her thighs. He moved so that he was
kneeling above her, and Kitty blushed when he trailed his eyes deliberately down her body. The
knowledge that he had watched her undress earlier was no help. She had been unaware of his
presence, and even beneath the bright moon she must have been partly in shadow. Now she was
completely exposed to him. No man had ever seen her body before, and desperate shyness,
combined with her insecurities about her figure, caused her to try and shield herself with her
hands.
It was time to end this craziness, Nikos acknowledged, trying to ignore the stomach-dipping
sense of disappointment that clawed at his insides. He couldn’t quite comprehend how they had
got to this point. He’d had no intention of actually having sex with the waitress he’d met only
hours before, but she was so sexy she would tempt a saint, let alone a mortal man who was
burning up with sexual frustration.
But Rina had tensed, he could sense her uncertainty, and it would be unfair of him to try and
persuade her to take their passion to its ultimate conclusion—even though he was certain that
with patience and restraint he could arouse her to a level where she would willingly make love
with him. Another moment and he would refasten the jacket and bring them both back down to
reality, he told himself. He took a deep breath, nostrils flaring as he fought for control, but he
could not resist stroking his hand lightly over her stomach, and then lower.
Her thighs were silky smooth, and he caught her faint gasp when he brushed his fingers through
her silky curls. ‘Why do you want to hide yourself from me?’ he murmured huskily. ‘You have a
beautiful body, Rina. I’m sure you can be in no doubt that I’m massively turned on by you,’ he
added self-derisively, knowing that she could hardly miss the throbbing hardness of his erection
pressed against her thigh.
‘Are you?’ her breathy little voice whispered in the silent cave and Nikos stiffened, thinking that
she was taunting him. But there was no hint of teasing in the big brown eyes that were focused
on him. She reminded him of a timid deer that was poised for flight, and yet, with gentle
handling, might stay and allow him closer.
‘What do you think?’ he said quietly as he took her hand and laid it over the bulge beneath his
trousers. He watched her eyes widen, her pupils hugely dilated, and could not resist lowering his
head and kissing her softly swollen mouth. The feel of her lips parting beneath his threatened to
shatter his self-control, and, tempted beyond bearing, he slid his hand between her legs and
delicately probed the tightly closed edge of her femininity. Her whole body jerked with reaction,
and he thought for a moment that she would reject him, but then she slowly relaxed, and his