She walked up the two steps to the stage floor, an exaggerated sway to her hips as she sauntered past his outstretched hand with barely a glance in his direction. A few feet away, she whirled around and faced him. Their gazes locked.

She began to dance. Her body melted into liquid heat as she moved to the music. Shoulders swaying, arms raised, the pulsating beat consuming her. Her eyes drifted shut as the music enveloped her. She fed off the sound, hips slowly rotating from side to side.

She didn’t flinch when he came up behind her, sliding his hands down the sides of her body, past the contour of her breasts, fanning over her hips and down her thighs then to return to her waist. She leaned against him, their bodies touching, moving as one to the beat. His hot breath scorched her neck where he’d pushed her hair to the side. Flames shot up around them, but it couldn’t compare to the heat building inside her when he tugged her earlobe with his teeth. She drew in a deep, shuddering breath.

He slid his arms up hers. Her back pressed intimately against his front. She felt his need. Taking her wrists, he spun her around to face him, his eyes heavy-lidded and filled with restrained passion. A surge of fire shot through her, flames licking...burning. Their breath mingled and fused. Her breasts were crushed against his chest, her nipples hard and sensitive.

Was she caught in a vivid dream? Would she wake any moment and discover this man only a ghost lover?

Her fingers splayed across his chest, feeling the thump of his heart. This was real. She moved her hands down his sides, gliding over the contours of his hard body.

Once more the music changed tempo. The wild drums slowed and were replaced with the haunting strains of violins. Logan brought her hands to rest on his shoulders. He stared down into her eyes as he danced her around the stage. Suddenly she didn’t want to be alone anymore. At least not tonight. She liked the way his arms enclosed her in a cocoon of sexual fantasy, and she didn’t want it to end here.

“Who are you?” he asked.

Having freed her mind and body from restraints, she laughed up at him. A deep, throaty sound, but she didn’t tell him what he wanted.

As they came to a stop, he rubbed his thumb across her lips. “Meet me later.”

Careful what you wish for. It was almost like her grandmother whispered in her ear.

But isn’t this what she wanted? No entanglements? A one-night-stand?

He dragged her hands downward and hooked her fingers into the loops at the waistband of his pants. “Say yes.” He nibbled her neck. “Right after this number is over. I want to know you better.”

“Yes,” she breathed.

A slow sideways smile appeared on his face. “Pull.”

“What?”

Logan tugged on her fingers. “Jerk real hard.”

She did and his pants came away in her hands, leaving him wearing only a black, leather g-string. Her gaze moved back to the pants she held. With a swift kiss on her lips, he took them and strode off stage. The cheeks of his butt were just as tanned as the rest of him.

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