Irresistible Wildness

tact. Nathalie hadn't dated in over a year, ever since she'd realized that she was an easy target. Not only for men who wanted to get at her brother's trust

to a home for people like him? he'd said. And then she'd rebounded into a relationship with a guy who had

e simply weren't in the cards for her. And that was okay. Because, honestly, she wanted to know for sure that Zion wasn't going to

. It was just that she hadn't been this close to a good-looking man in a very long time. That had to e

tight rig

had to be her sex-starved brain adding the extra meaning. She lifted her skirt slightly to step inside, then slid do

e-point rac

he got into the driv

shoulders, but I think we can skip the leg harness for you tod

with the hooks and lever

e help

collarbone as he brought it down across her chest. Thrill bumps raced across her skin with th

uch just below her belly. Low enough-and intimately enough-that her pulse rate shot up. As he started on the othe

ct he was having on her. He snapped the second latch, buckled the belt across her lap

shoulder straps on? At this point, her head was spinning so much from his

fort

were shadowed, but she could have

m f

thy, too close to a moan

eat. Th

her pulse beat even harder. After he secured his belt, he sta

ea

He took off with a burst of speed, and she hung on to the door with one hand, clut

't w

over the r

t go to

seat to pull it back. She needed two hands to bunch the thick locks at the back of her head, out of her eyes and her lipstick. S

at the

ey were going too fast, but the back end didn't slide as he went into the second turn, heading down the o

d faster, making her blood pound in her ears and the wind beat against her chest. She should have told

azy voice inside her whispered, Do it. Unable to resist the pull of excitement and the thrill of the speed racing t

alive, with every nerve firing. Or...maybe it was the man beside her. Nathalie was utterly gorgeous, the sun spark

e motor, the rumble of the pipes, and the open sky above them made it seem as if the car were flying at over a hundred

the desire to put his hands on her. Even now, his fingers sizzled with her heat, and her sweet scent filled his head. But he could tell that

he'd ever done in his life. Even if a voice in his head reminded him that he shouldn't be looking for anythin

lowed after the last turn, heading back to her brother. Back to sanity for both of

was

o hide. She might normally be good at hiding her feelings, but Darius was too interested in her

t? Or ju

. Sparks that had been there from the very first mome

was

, Zion was hopping, skipping toward the car. He looked so happy. Which, Darius w

give you

hivalry, simply unbuckled bef

ine, t

oll bar and hoist herself

t cool, N

joyed

w that for a few moments out there, she'd been one

ce was

r jacket, then her skir

s never

ndertone to his words. Darius knew that if her brother hadn't been standing right there, he would have done something cr

drawn to the good in her, to the sweetnes

for another couple of hours. I can sh

t beckoned him closer, a breath of something clean that made him feel young instead of jaded. And then there was Nat

ally c

at the exact m

uld be w

over her head in his car were disappea

nough. This was far m

th of you hasn't been

nned a

as much as you have. And the trut

Nathalie?

ands behind his back, his noteboo

your car and leave when y

do yo

east she wasn't still compl

ius V

ase. Darius knew it was dirty pool to let Zion do all the convincing, but the boy wanted it as much as Darius did. He recognized the moment Nath

t stay long, Zion. Mr.

were going to c

, I fo

asily see that. She was simply trying to put distance between

llow you,

drive too fast or

er lose him. Just like he wa

g on the way ov

ne countless things that had given Sally and George gray hairs-but they'd also been the ones to teach him the power of his word. Darius hadn't

Darius?" her

e admonish

nvite yourself a

myself to see Darius ca

said yes

Darius thought with a smile. The k

uddy, you can

. Only next time, he'd take her so far and so fast, and make