Lisette pressed up close to Tyson as they danced, running her fingers seductively down his back. She
felt a tremor go through him and smiled slyly.  He kept trying to put space in between them but she
wouldn’t allow it.  Finally, he gave in and wrapped his arms tightly around her, letting her feel him from
head to toe, including how she was affecting him.  Lisette drew back to look into his eyes, black as
midnight, and the breath caught in her throat as she saw the unrestrained desire burning in the depth of
his gaze.  With his eyes focused on her lips, Ty bent down slowly and brushed his lips against hers.  
Wanting more, Lisette opened her mouth and deepened the kiss.  He groaned in his throat, kissing her
back hungrily, with more heat than Lisette had ever experienced.   He must’ve realized the intensity of
her reaction because he pulled away abruptly.

“Let’s get out of here.  Now.”

In a daze, Lisette agreed and soon found herself in his car on the way to his place.  His hand lay on her
thigh, rubbing softly and Lisette felt on fire with his touch. She loved him and wanted to be with him.  As
he pulled into a space in front of his condo, he looked over at her.

“Are you sure?”  

Lisette could only manage a single word.  “Yes.”

They ended up in his bedroom, kissing softly at first then with more and more fervor.  His hands went to
the zipper of her dress and Lisette shivered as the material pooled at her feet.  Picking her up, he laid
her across the bed, coming down next to her, raining kisses on her throat and down to the top of her
breasts.  Lisette pulled at his shirt and he removed it quickly, letting her hands wander over the firm
muscles of his chest, drawing his nipples into hard points of desire.

Eagerly, he took off her strapless bra and lowered his mouth to the silken skin of her breasts.  The heat
of his mouth made her arch up from the bed and when he took a firm bud between his lips, the gentle
suction caused her head to spin; never had Lisette felt such ecstasy.  His touch was causing a firestorm
of want inside her.  Lisette couldn’t get close enough.  They quickly shed the last of their clothing, skin
to skin for the first time and she finally felt complete.

“I want you, Angel.  I’ve dreamed of this for so long,” he said between kisses, his voice rough with desire.

“Me too.  I thought you’d never see me as a woman.  I’ve wanted you forever.”  Lisette confessed
breathlessly.

Tyson touched his forehead to hers, cherishing her with his eyes.  “I won’t hurt you.  I’m going to make it
so good you’re going to scream.”

“I will start screaming if you don’t finish what you’ve started.  Love me Ty, please.”

Those words broke his control and he pressed her down, his mouth ravishing hers.  His hands were
everywhere, touching and caressing, driving her out of her mind and Lisette kissed him wherever she
could reach, leaving love marks on his chest and neck. Suddenly his touch centered on the heart of her
desire and she moaned, twisting to get closer to his touch.  

“I love you so much,” Lisette said, sheer blissfulness filling her.   He stilled instantly and she cursed the
slip of her tongue.  Trying to backtrack, Lisette stumbled over her words.  “I...I mean I want you…I want
you so…”

“No, don’t.  I heard you the first time,” he said.  He pulled away, sitting up in the bed.  “My God, what am I
doing?  Am I crazy?  You’re my best friend’s kid sister.”

His eyes ran slowly over her nude body, making her shiver with unfulfilled desire and Lisette was sure
he would continue what they started.  But he didn’t.  Instead he took the  comforter from the foot of his
bed, and threw it over her.  Then, he got up and began pulling on his pants.  “I can’t do this, Angel.  I
want you but you’re too young.  You’re mixing lust with love.”

Lisette wrapped the blanket around her, feeling cold without him near.  “No, I’m not.  I know how I feel.”  
It was all or nothing.  “I love you, Tyson, and I want to be with you forever.”

He looked at her from across the room, saying nothing.  His eyes became shuttered and Lisette could
actually see him putting up the walls. She’d seen him do it before, in other situations and with other
people, but Lisette stubbornly refused to believe he would do it to her.  He had never shut her out.  Why
would he turn her away now when she was offering him her heart, her love?

                                                                                      
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