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      Kelly was at once intrigued and frustrated. “Are you afraid I’m going to follow you around from now on, adoringly, babbling words of gratitude?”

      Mace seemed taken aback. “No,” he said.

      She wasn’t letting him off the hook. “What, then?”

      He rested his hands on her shoulders, his touch light, even tentative. “All right,” he muttered. “It’s just that I think something might be...starting. Between us, I mean. And I’m not talking about any business deal here.” He drew a long breath, released it. “Maybe it’s just my imagination and I’m making a damn fool of myself, but if we have a chance, the two of us, we need to be equal partners from the start.”

      Kelly stared at him, momentarily speechless.

      When she finally found her voice, it was barely more than a whisper. “It’s not your imagination,” she murmured.

      That was when he kissed her.