Remembering the way it had felt the night before, Pepper reached out and closed her fingers around it, stroking the soft skin and feeling the steel hardness beneath it. Kyle groaned and clamped his fingers gently around her wrist.

"I should have said look, don't touch. Damn, Pepper. You see what you do to me? Let's not rush things."

She licked her lips again and nodded. What would he think if she told him she'd never made love - had sex, Pepper; but this isn't just sex ...