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Chapter 3
Leann spent the next several days avoiding Gibbs as much as possible, trying to sort out her chaotic emotions. One night, however, after several sleepless nights, he cornered her at the elevator. She was waiting on the elevator to take her down to the parking garage to go home for the night when she sensed him step up beside her and she turned and started for the stairs.
"Oh, no you don't," he said as he grabbed her arm and pulled her into the elevator. He pushed a button to set the elevator in motion and then hit the emergency stop. "Why do you keep avoiding me?" he breathed in her ear as he backed her against the elevator wall and stepped into her personal space. Leann was painfully aware of his body pressed against hers and battled to keep her emotions in check.
"We shared something special the other night why are you so bothered by it? It's as if you are afraid of me now, but I assure you that I take only what is freely given," he growled brushing his lips against her ear as he spoke. His presence, his warmth, his strength were overwhelming her and she reacted to his intimate touch instinctively.
Leann leaned her head back against the elevator wall giving Gibbs better access to her neck and he took her up on the invitation, playing kisses up and down her neck and along her jaw. He wound one arm around her waist, pulling her firmly against him and the other he brought up to brush through her hair, then to roam down her arm until their fingers intertwined.
"Jethro," she breathed and neither of them was sure if it were a question, a plea, or both.
"I love you Leann and I want you. Not just tonight, but every night. I want to fall asleep with you in my arms and I want to wake up to those beautiful green eyes every morning. Let me show you how much I love you, let me make love to you," he whispered in her ear. Leann was so stunned by his proclamation of love that it took a minute for what he was asking to sink in.
"I love you too Jethro, that's why I have been avoiding you. I was afraid that if I spent too much time with you I would give myself away. I didn't think you felt the same way about me as I did about you and I didn't want to risk our friendship."
His reply to her statement was to pull her even closer and bring his mouth down on hers in a fiery kiss. As they stood there intertwined, he let his hands roam over her body. His caresses set her aflame and she desperately wanted to feel him touch her bare skin.
"Not here," she whispered and he released her and flipped the switch to set the elevator back in motion. When they got to the parking garage, Leann retrieved her go bag from her car and then made her way to Gibbs'.