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cupped her bare buttocks, fingers digging deep
to hold her still. His teeth scraped the inside of her thigh. She heard herself
moan softly. Felt the first surge of moist welcoming heat.
    "Lie back for me," he said softly, "relax, float. Just feel. Just feel this
time, Juliette."
    She loved the way he said her name with his peculiar, very sexy accent. She
loved the way his eyes went dark and smoldered and hungered and burned over her
body. His hair touched her sensitive skin, her body trembled. She felt his hand
pushing against her heat. She stared up at the night sky, watched the droplets
of rain come down in slow motion. Some landed on her face, some on her bare
breasts. Water from the pool slid over her stomach, a silken blanket arousing
her further. Juliette gave herself to him completely.
    His finger pushed into her, stroking deep caresses, teasing and dancing until
she moaned with pleasure. His mouth replaced his hand, a hot pulsing of fire
that left her breathless, unable to scream, unable to breathe. Pressure built
fast and hard and raged through her body for release. When her orgasm hit, it
was explosive and violent and shook her to the very core of her being.
    Riordan slowly lifted his head from between her thighs, holding her secure
when she might have drowned, might have just sunk to the bottom in a heap of
heated feminine flesh. He pulled her through the water to him, rocked her gently
while her body continued to sizzle and spark and ripple with pleasure.
    Juliette wrapped her arms around his neck and laid her head on his shoulder.
"I accept your apology."
    His arms tightened possessively. He floated over to the small shelf near the
water's edge. "I hoped you would feel my sincerity."
    "Do you think a woman can fall in love with a man she barely knows?"
    "I do not know, but she can fall in love with a man after she has walked in
his mind and knows who he is and what he stands for."
    She kissed his neck. "I never once dreamed I would have a man in my life.
Never once."
    "That is only because you could not conjure up the image of such a charming
man." He sank down onto the shelf looking pleased with himself and pulled her
onto his lap, cradling her close. "I have four brothers." He pushed the wet hair
from the side of her neck and threw it back in a long, wet trail over her
shoulder. "Our prince sent us out so many years ago this country has become our
home. I am the youngest in the family, and my brothers worry for me, all of
them. Nicolas and Rafael are out of the country at the moment so you are safe
from meeting them en masse. We have very close ties to a family of humans…"
    "The ones who work your cattle empire," she interrupted.
    "Ranch. It is large, but it is no empire. Yes, they run the ranch. They have
young orphaned relatives in the United States and two of my brothers went to
help them smooth the way to bring them home."
    She looked up at him suspiciously. "What does that mean? Smooth the way. By
using their voices with hypnotic suggestions? Their eyes mesmerizing people?"
    He grinned again, softening the lines in his face. "Is that what you think I
do?"
    "You're shameless about it," she confirmed.
    "It worked on you, and that is all that matters."
    "You wish it worked on me. I just happen to like the way you're put
together." She laced her fingers through his. "So you have a big ranch and live
there with four overprotective brothers and a human family as well."
    "My other brothers, Manolito and Zacarias, the eldest, are probably heading
this way as we speak to check on me as if I were an infant."
    She brought his hand to her mouth. "I'll testify you're long past the infant
stage if you'd like."
    "I doubt if it will be helpful. I can handle my brothers. I am just warning
you that their protection will extend to you. We have to avoid them until I know
you're so completely captivated by my charm, you will not run away from them."
    "I live with my younger sister, and