Chemistry Between Us

A flush of indignation stained his finely chiseled cheekbones. "I neither lost my nerve, nor anything else." "Then why the hasty brush-off?"

"There's a time and a place for everything, Lara, especially seduction. I'm not the sex-in-the-backseat-of-the-car type of guy-which isn't to say I didn't want to take you to bed. But you'd given no indication you'd have welcomed such an overture. Just the opposite, in fact. You never stopped talking."

"If you'd bothered to ask," she said, "I could have told you we weren't as far apart in our thinking as you seem to suppose. I just did a better job of hiding it."

He blinked. "Are you sure you know what you're saying?"

"Very sure. I realized the moment I set eyes on you that the chemistry between us could easily become explosive."

"This isn't the first time you've left me at a loss for words," he said, almost stumbling over his reply, "and I