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He didn t bother to look behind him when the kid stumbled back indoors. Sheep usually followed
his orders without question. Taking the garden steps two at a time, he started to look for Elynn in the
garden.
It took him a while, but he eventually found her moving furtively back to the ballroom doors. She
was still hiding; making sure her admirer wasn t in sight before she went back in.
On silent feet, Alex snuck up behind her. He put one hand over her mouth and used his other arm to
sweep her off her feet. Elynn struggled, her cry muffled by his hand.
 Shh. It s just me, he whispered before he carried her away, his hand still over her mouth.
He made his way to his favorite greenhouse a little distance away from the main house. Once
inside, she made a distinctly frustrated  Alex! sound from behind his hand. He laughed, turning her in
his arms, pressing her against him as he removed his hand and replaced it with his lips.
After a small hesitation, Elynn parted her lips for his probing tongue. She tasted of the sweet wine
they were serving inside. With a groan, he stumbled to the wide, cushioned bench where he used to
lie on cloudy winter days, soaking up the warmth of the greenhouse. He laid her down on it and
stretched out over her, his hardness seeking her softness. Elynn gave a little gasp, but she didn t sound
as if she was afraid. And that was good, because he couldn t stop touching her. He let his hands roam
over her chest and waist.
Impatient, he tugged the skirt of the dress up and skimmed her panties down and off as he moved
lower down her body.  I want to taste you. I missed your taste, he breathed against the soft skin of
her inner thighs.
Elynn gave a little moan as his tongue flicked out to touch her. The scent of her arousal filled his
lungs. A little too eagerly, he took hold of her thighs and moved to guide her legs over his shoulders.
 Alex? she asked uncertainly.
 It s okay, baby, just let me touch you, he said as he bent down and took her with his mouth. Her
slightly salty, musky taste exploded on his tongue and he groaned.  God you taste so good, he
whispered.
Alex was on a fire. Stark hunger and need pulsed in his veins. He was so hard it almost hurt. And
Elynn wasn t freezing up on him. He desperately wanted to be inside her, but he couldn t do that. It
was too soon, and this was not the place.
In spite of the mantra he repeated in his head, he crept up Elynn s body to her mouth, stopping to
kiss and cup her breasts along the way while his restless hands continued to stroke and caress the rest
of her silky skin.
And her hands were on him too, stroking his back and cupping the back of his head as he kissed
her.
 Elynn, you have to stop me. Tell me to stop, he ground out.
He hadn t meant for this to happen. If he hadn t seen that kid chasing after her, then his jealousy
wouldn t have been sparked, and he wouldn t have carried her off like this.
But Elynn wasn t listening to him. She was too far gone, her little moans and rapid breathing her
only answer. Then her hands moved between them and down his body. They both froze when she
reached the iron hard shaft straining toward her through the material of his pants.
He held his breath as he watched her small hands trace him over the cloth. Unable to stifle a groan,
he held himself still. Her fingers became determined, taking hold of his trouser front and tugging on
his zipper.
They had both stopped breathing, making the sound of the far door opening and the burst of
conversation that followed extremely loud. A drunken couple had come into the greenhouse,
presumably to find a place to do what they were doing. Alex cursed under his breath and stood up. He
grabbed Elynn by the hand and dragged her behind him out the back door into the warm summer night.
 Alex, my panties! she hissed, trying to pull him back so she could go and get them.
He stopped short and turned to look down at her,  It s too late. If I go back for them, they ll see me,
and then they ll want to know who I was with.
And it was true. He was little bit of a celebrity, even in their own circles, and this kind of gossip
after years of living in relative quiet would start a feeding frenzy.
 Don t worry, he said,  if they find them they won t have any idea whose they are.
Elynn moaned with embarrassment and covered her eyes with her hand. Alex couldn t stop himself
from giving a husky laugh before he proceeded to straighten out her clothes and hair. With the
handkerchief he d had tucked into his breast pocket he wiped traces of her lip-gloss off his mouth.
He straightened his coat and tie before propelling her back to the ballroom doors.  Go make nice
with the parents, he instructed.
She frowned at him, but she went.
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Elynn fled to the bathroom to check on Alex s repairs to her coiffure and dress before she rejoined
their parents. Her cheeks were burning over the way Alex had basically ordered her inside. Letting
him touch her was making him bossier than usual. Or maybe you re just more sensitive about it now.
Oh God, what are we doing? she thought with a thrill of panic. She couldn t believe what was
happening to her. What Alex was doing to her. What she wanted him to keep doing. That much she
could acknowledge. She didn t want him to stop trying to seduce her. But she couldn t imagine that
he d actually thought things through. If their parents ever found out, there would be hell to pay.
Eventually the party began to wind down. When she couldn t find Alex, she went upstairs to her
old room. She was spending the night there so that she could have lunch with Costas and Mary before
they left for Italy.
She shouldn t have been surprised to find him in her room, but her heart jumped anyway when she
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