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Kelliseemed surprised at first but then she moaned and sucked his tongue.Sheseemed to like tasting her own flavor on his mouth.Klauscouldn’t blame her—he hadn’t been lying.Herjuices were salty and sweet and completely addictive.

Kellirubbed against him as they kissed, her wet pussy grinding against his shaft.Klauscould feel her heat even through the satin of his sleep trousers.Hegrowled low in his throat and thrust back against her.

AndthenKelliwas reaching for him, tugging down the waistband of the trousers to bare his cock.

“Klaus, please!”she moaned.“Please,Iwant you inside me—Ineedyou!”

Suddenlyhe couldn’t stand it anymore.

Klausstartedto do it.

“Gods, baby yes—spread wide for me.Letme see if your tight little pussy can take my cock,” he growled.

Therewas no hesitation this time—Kelliwas eager for him.Shespread her thighs wider and reached for him.

“Please,” she begged.“Please, take me!”

Klausfisted his shaft and got into position.Butjust as he was fitting the head of his cock to the mouth of her pussy, the guilt came back full force.

“WHATDOYOUTHINKYOU’REDOING?”Therewas no ignoring the little voice now—because it wasn’t little anymore.Itwas shouting in his head.“YOU'REBREAKINGYOURSACREDVOW!STOP!”

Klausstopped.Hepulled up his sleep trousers and rolled away from the source of temptation.

“Klaus?”Kellilooked at him blankly.“What’swrong?Whereare you going?”

“Ican’t.”Heshook his head.“I’msorry—Ijust can’t do it.”

“Butwhy not?”Shesat up in bed, looking at him, her eyebrows knitted in confusion.

“Ijustcan’t.I’msorry.”Klausgot up.“Ican’t stay in here,” he told her.“Iwant you too fucking much andIcan never have you, sunshine.Never.”

“What?”Slowlythe confusion was turning to hurt.“Klaus,Idon’t understand.”

“Iknow.I’msorry.”

Klausturned to leave the bedroom but as he went, he saw the wounded look in her big gray eyes and knew that he had put it there.Hehad hurt her but there was nothing he could do about it—not without breaking his vow, which he had sworn never to do.Kelliwas the only woman he wanted—the only one he loved, but he couldn’t have her.Shewas forever off-limits to him.

Hewished he was dead.

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KELLI

Kellispent the rest of the night alone in the big, empty bed.Shehad no idea what was going on withKlaus.Whyhad he suddenly stopped, just as they were about to make love?Andwhy had he abandoned her in the bedroom?

Wasit somethingIdid?SomethingIsaid?

Shethought about going to him and trying to get some answers, but then she changed her mind.Whateverwas going on with him, he clearly needed some space to deal with it.Soeven though she was aching to demand some answers, she decided to wait until the morning.

Aftera restless night of tossing and turning and getting almost no sleep, she woke to see that the bedroom window was clear.

Atfirst, the implications didn’t register.Allshe thought was that it was a nice clear day and she could see the trees outside.Then, as she woke up more, she understood.

“Thesnow—it’s gone,” she murmured.Gettingout of bed with a shiver, she went to the window and looked out.Pinetrees and a pale wintry sky greeted her eyes.Theywere no longer snowed in.Whichmeant that theMaximumRomanceprogram must have ended.

Kellilooked for the robe that went with her black negligee.She’dhung it on the bedpost the night before, but it was gone.Instead, she found the elf dress and stockings hanging in its place, along with a new bra and a pair of panties that appeared to be just her size.

Therewere blackMary-Janeshoes to go with the outfit and she put it on, wondering if it was the same dress she’d worn yesterday or if it just looked identical.Therewas no way of knowing and she didn’t really care.Mostly, she wanted to see ifKlauswas up and about and if he was ready to talk.Maybethey could finally shed some light on what had happened the night before.Ifhe was willing to talk it out, they might even get past it.

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