Authors: Altonya Washington
A Lover's Mask (20 page)
“Don't play with me County,” he warned, encircling her body in his steely embrace. “Now is definitely not the time to say things to me you don't mean.”
“I don't want you to let me go,” she reiterated, searching his face with her luminous stare. “I want this. I want us.”
“When can I see you?” he asked, restating his earlier question.
“Anytime,” County replied without hesitation.
The adorable eye-crinkling grin appeared. “When can I be with you again?” he asked.
County curved her arms about his neck and grazed her teeth across his earlobe. “Now,” she whispered, laughing when Fernando lifted her in his arms and carried her back to bed.
ISBN: 978-1-5525-4974-2
A LOVER'S MASK
Copyright © 2007 by AlTonya Washington
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