Perry lifted his hand toward her mouth and ran his thumb across her lower lip. She stared at his eyes as they fixated on her mouth.

　　Unconsciously she ran her tongue across her lips. Inhaling in a quick shuddering breath, his eyes whipped up towards her own.

　　Agonizingly long seconds ticked by as she drowned in his stare. A spark of fire in his eyes was the only warning before his hand reached into her hair to firmly grasp her scalp and dragged her mouth to meet ...