QUOTE : What is it? For God’s sake, what is it about me you find so intolerable? So wretchedly unbearable you can’t even stand to be in the same room?” <br /><br />He muttered an oath. “Stop provoking me. You won’t like the answer.” <br /><br />“I want to hear it anyhow.” <br /><br />He plunged one hand into her hair, startling a gasp from her lips. Strong fingers curled to cup the back of her head. His eyes searched her face, and every nerve ending in her body crackled with tension. The sinking sun threw a last flare of red-orange light between them, setting the moment ablaze. <br /><br />“It’s this.” <br /><br />With a flex of his arm, he pulled her into a kiss. <br /><br />And he kissed her the way he did everything. Intensely, and with quiet force. His lips pressed firm against hers, demanding a response.