A Taste of Temptation (Whispers in the Dark)

by Gayle Eden

“You’d have to suit me first...and you do not. You must reform your ways, and you have not, and you must know me first, and you will not, and you must believe in love, and you cannot.”

“You’re going to want me, Simon, as much as I want you...and before you can have me...you’re going to have to deserve me.”

“You did say there weren’t enough females like me to go around.”

“Call her off, Rog.” He shot his friend a look. “She’s warming up

“Any female who can peg you on the first meeting—read exactly what sort of rake you are—not only has above the intelligence of a ton deb

and your bloody harem of mistresses, she’s exactly the sort of female you need. “

“I walk out into the dark so that I can be there for the moment that the wind gusts in, to smell the first teasing hint. I close my eyes, feel the thunder rumbling, absorbing the power and force...and the moment the rain falls, my skin is so hungry and my senses craving, I feel a glorious kind of ecstasy and tears merging. Such pleasure as it washes over me.”

“That’s the way we’d be together, Simon. Like rain and storms and lightning.”

me...I would see you, every shade and hue and hollow and I would feel you, taste you, and know your scent. That is why I know the difference. However, I want more than just that. I want to know you, to hear the sound of your laughter, real laughter, see the guarded things of your heart.” “Completely cracked,” he muttered tightly.

“Stay the hell away from me. Do you understand? I do not want you. Can you get that through your daft skull?”

“Did she taste as good as me? Did she want you as much, for all the re...”

“Give me two weeks of courting, Simon, that’s all I ask. Two weeks doing something with a woman, you have not done before. If it makes it any more appealing, look at it this way, you’ll get what you want in the end, because of my desire for you.” She turned to go inside. “You know where I am staying.”

“None of us can save you from yourself anymore, Simon. You do not need an excuse. You are your own worst enemy. You always have been. Listen to me, you hard headed bastard. You sabotage your own life and happiness.”