He was taller, his stride longer, and before she could take a step through the water that restricted her movements, he had taken two.
Her wrist was caught, her body slammed against his own—and she felt it again. This time, she was certain.
He was truly naked in the water.
"You would seduce me, and now you would run?" He chuckled as she struggled.
His words made her pause at once. "I seduced you! I? How?"
"By asking me to kiss you. You do not know what your voice does to me, how deeply it affects me. How then could you speak with that seductive voice, and ask me to kiss you, and not expect such a reaction from me?"
Who was this man?
What had become of the Zuri she had come to know? How could he shamelessly say things like that? She was a bold and outspoken woman, yet even she found his words too much!
"Besides, how could I not be seduced, when you are clad in so thin a nightdress. It leaves little to the imagination."
