"why-?" her hands pressed flat against her belly. for a moment, she looked everywhere but at him. then she lowered her voice and asked, "whyever would you do that?"

"what do you mean?" he asked, chuckling. "you kissed me."

"yes, but why would you do . . ." her face twisted. "the rest of it."

colin paused. "because . . . that's the way a grown man kisses a woman?"

she stared at him.

for god's sake, she couldn't be that na