Free Keira Kendrik by Jasmine's Escape

wear glasses." She laughed.  "You are not seeing me clearly."
    He reached out , placed his hands on either side of her face, and looked directly into her eyes.  “I see you,” he said it so sincerely that she was spellbound.
    He leaned slowly toward her, giving her the chance to pull away if she wanted , but she found she didn't want to go anywhere but closer to this man.  He softly pressed his lips to hers, running his tongue along the seam, asking her silently to open for him.  She opened her mouth to kiss him more fully and he plundered, leaving no part untouched.  Their tongues dueled as his hands held her in place.  She raised her hands to his arms then ran them up and along his shoulders.
    He continued to kiss her like he had all the time in the world .  She felt cherished and cared for as he slowly slid one of his hands around to the back of her neck, while his thumb caressed her cheek.  She let her hands go to the back of his head and threaded her fingers through his hair.
    The kiss continued until he slowly pulled back, nipping at her bottom lip like he didn't want to lose the intimate contact with her.  He looked down into her eyes and she saw the raw desire there that she knew was reflected in her own eyes.  She let her hands slide from behind his head to his chest where her eyes followed.  He had a magnificent chest, all muscle and strong.  He leaned forward so their foreheads were touching and she could see he was trying to control his breathing just as she was.
    "I am trying very hard not to take you here and now, honey ," he said with a voice deep with emotion.  "Tell me about you.  I want to know everything."
    She smiled and said, "Why ?  Soon, I will be gone and you will be off to rescue another damsel in distress."
    He sat back and looked a little shocked and hurt by her words .  He was quiet for a few minutes and she looked down in her lap, wishing she hadn't broke the spell that had seemed to be over them.
    He suddenly leaned over her and devoured her mouth again, lowering her to the grass as he did .  She felt his hard body over top of hers, his hard length pressed against her stomach.
    He broke the kiss to say, "Does this feel like we are going anywhere anytime soon?"
    She licked her lips and said, "Um, no."
    He rained kisses on her face and then down to her ear where he whispered, "You are important to me .  I want you, in more than the physical sense.  Don't ever say you are going to leave me again.  I couldn't take it.”  He ran his tongue along the shell of her ear and then kissed his way down her neck.
    She moaned aloud and grabbed the back of his head as he paused over a sensitive spot where her neck met her shoulder .  He lightly grazed his teeth over the spot and she felt a rush of liquid between her legs.  His hand came up to palm her breast through the t-shirt she was wearing.  Her nipples immediately became hardened nubs with the thought of his mouth on them.
    Just then, the cell phone in his pocket rang.  He sighed and rolled to the side to answer it.  He spoke a few short words and then hung up to look at her with a sad look on his face.
    "I'm sorry , honey, but we have to go back to the house.  The FBI has arrived." Gabe got to his feet and then helped her to stand.  He gently brushed grass off her back and bottom, his hand lingering on her bottom, making her giggle.  Then he took her hand and led her back through the woods to the ranch house.
    When they were in the backyard, he turned to her and put his hand on the side of her face .  "I meant what I said.  You are special."
    She turned her face into his palm and kissed it .  "So are you, Gabriel."
    He grinned at the use of his proper name and then pulled her inside the house where the others were waiting.

Chapter Eleven
     
     
    Special Agent Frank Brewster sat in Phoenix's office with Phoenix before he went to interview the women.  They agreed it would be better to talk to them in a more natural