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1 " How'd you get so smart about all this love stuff, anyway?""I write fucking romance novels, sweetie. I'm making it up as I go. "
― Kimberly Kincaid , Gimme Some Sugar (Pine Mountain, #2)
2 " Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!Carly stopped, pencil hovering over the page for a minute before she frowned and crossed the repeat offender off her shopping list. For God's sake, how was she supposed to get anything done with all that racket going on outside? Not to mention the racket her libido was making every time the man she swore she'd avoid crossed her line of sight.Looks like there's something inside the house that needs fixing. Betcha he's got all the right power tools for the job.Carly sent a panicked look around the room, as if her dirty subconscious had broadcast the unexpected thought out loud. It wasn't her fault that no matter where she went in the bungalow, Contractor Guy ended up in her line of sight, hard at work. And she could forget turning a blind eye, because staring at the man was just a foregone conclusion. Carly might still be irritated that he'd embarrassed her, but let's face it, she was aggravated, not dead. And Contractor Guy was 100 percent red-blooded man. "
3 " You want me to curse at you in Italian? "
4 " It was nothing, really," Carly breathed. "Mostly gibberish.""Mmm." His fingers brushed her cheekbone, and he stared down at her, not giving an inch. "Say it again.""Tu set I'womo Piu bello---"Jackson captured her words mid sentence, his mouth brushing hers in a hot, unyielding stroke as her lips parted over a sigh. His fingers tightened in her hair before he moved his palm to cradle her face. The kiss was like a low fire, begging to be stoked, and Jackson obliged on nothing but impulse.His tongue mingled with the supple sweetness of Carly's bottom lip, testing the way and drowning in the magnetic pull of her as he deepened the kiss. Her mouth vibrated against his as she released another small sigh, and it tore through him like an avalanche, prompting his hands up into the thick fall of her hair. Christ, she tasted so sweet and yet so sinful... "