Her dark beauty had stunned him, and now, holding her hand and standing within inches of her warm fragrant body, he was literally overwhelmed with the need to touch her face, to run his fingers through her long dark hair, to kiss her and hold her and make love to her until she surrendered completely to him. Christ, maybe it was more than lust this time… this woman aroused his feelings so much. He couldn't help himself around her.

His other arm began to snake slowly around her tiny waist sweeping her closer to him until he was able to whisper into her ear, "Suzie… darling…"

Suzie squirmed uncomfortably in the handsome man's embrace, placing her hands up between his arms and pressing against his chest until she had disentangled herself.

"Russ," she said, "I… I am attracted to you… but, but I hardly…" She hesitated, trembling with a mixture of confusion and excitement…

Then suddenly he pressed his body against her, grinding his loins tightly against the front of her robe. Suzie's deep brown eyes widened with surprise and indignation as she felt something unexpectedly hard pressing into the flat plane of her belly, and made a concentrated effort to gain control of a rapidly disintegrating situation. What was happening to her today… the flood of memories… her passions fired for the first time in so many months… She gasped angrily in an attempt to struggle away from the stiff, poker-like bulge that was urgently digging into the softness of her lower abdomen, all too evident through the thin layer of clothing that separated them. Above her, Russ' implacable smile seemed to her to widen with an unbearable arrogance as though he were enjoying her anxiety and discomfort. He held her more tightly, pushing harder against her until his weight trapped her desperately wriggling body securely against her dresser.

"Russ, for heaven's sake. Let me go this instant," she cried out. Distress was evident on every feature of her beseeching face as she looked up at the handsome man. "You know I don't like this! I won't be manhandled…" she said, knowing her voice lacked total conviction.