The Law of Attraction by Kristi Gold

his mind.
    â€œWe’re not heading down that road tonight, Counselor.”
    She was trying to depersonalize the relationship by goingback to the “Counselor” thing. “I’m only being honest, Alisha. ”
    â€œAnd I’m going in now.”
    He unsnapped his seat belt. “I’ll walk you to the door.”
    She pointed straight ahead. “My door is right there. You can watch me to make sure I get inside safely, if that’s your concern.”
    â€œI’ll be sure to do that.” He’d watch every little move she made, all the while wishing he could go through that door with her.
    â€œGood night, Daniel.”
    She had one leg out of the car when he noticed what she was leaving behind. “Aren’t you forgetting something?”
    She frowned. “If you’re going to say a good-night kiss, forget it.”
    â€œI wasn’t, but that’s not a bad idea.”
    â€œYes it is.”
    He gestured toward the floor of the car. “Your purse.”
    â€œOh.”
    She scooted back inside and they both reached for the bag simultaneously. In the process, they practically bumped noses, and Daniel inadvertently touched her leg covered in a sheer stocking. He couldn’t stop his hand from sliding up her calf, couldn’t stop his face from turning to hers. Couldn’t prevent his mouth from finding her mouth for the bad-idea kiss that wasn’t supposed to happen.
    But it did happen—with the force of an explosion. The purse dropped back onto the floor, their arms came around each other and the fight to prevent this very thing was completely lost.
    Daniel didn’t give a damn. He only cared about how she responded to the kiss—with a challenging play of her tongue against his that left no doubt in his mind she needed the contact as much as he did.
    He pulled away and pushed her hair back to kiss the spotbehind her ear, then her throat, before lowering the sleeve of the clinging black dress to kiss her bare shoulder. He slid his tongue along the rise of her breasts, then worked his way back up to nibble on her neck, then back down, taking the material lower and lower with one hand while he slid his other up her thigh, higher and higher.
    Before things went any further, he brought his mouth to her ear and whispered, “Let’s take this inside.”
    â€œWe can’t, Daniel.”
    â€œYou want it as badly as I do.” He confirmed that when he found the juncture of her thighs with his palm and discovered dampness and heat radiating through sheer silk. “You want me to come inside.”
    Her breath caught and then released slowly. “Yes, I want it.” She tugged his hand from beneath her dress. “Which is why I’m not going to let you in.”
    Daniel collapsed against the seat and rubbed a hand over his jaw. “No one’s going to know, unless the misconduct police are lurking behind the hedge.”
    â€œYou’re probably right. No one would know, but I’d know. And let’s face it, if you come into my apartment, you know what will happen. We’ll be up all night and we have to be in court early tomorrow.”
    Daniel would be up all night in every sense of the word. “Okay, I hear you. But I don’t like it.”
    â€œYou don’t have to like it. You just have to accept it.” This time she picked up the purse on her own and opened the door. “I’ll see you in the morning.”
    Unfortunately he’d see her in a courtroom, not in a bedroom. “Yeah. In the morning.”
    At least she left him with a smile when she said, “Hope you get some rest.”
    Sure. That seemed about as impossible as not giving her another thought.
    Alisha strode to the apartment without looking back, andDaniel couldn’t help but laugh when she dropped her keys twice before finally unlocking the door. She might pretend she could turn off their attraction, but he knew