His words rushed through her like a wondrous wind, sweeping her away with an explosive thrill. She felt the same, the desire to stay this way forever, to bottle it up and keep it just between them. If only… The realization that this moment would end was dispelled as he began to move inside her. She ceased to be Miss Beaumont or Gillian the lady’s maid and became a being of feeling and emotion, of light and heat. Rationality was obliterated as she curled her arms around him. As their bodies joined, passion pounded deep inside her heart, moving outward until it filled her head to the breaking point. With a dull roar she shattered into a million glowing stars. Yet he didn’t stop. He continued to thrust inside her as she quivered around him, the aftermath rippling through the most secret par