Brooke Burke admits she would 'have had a love affair'

It's been 15 years since Brooke Burke cascaded across the dance floor with partner Derek Hough on "Dancing with the Stars,"

But the actress and TV personality can still recount the passion she and Derek developed as if it were yesterday

"Had I not been married," Burke admitted, "I would have actually hoped we would have had a love affair."

At the time, Burke was not actually married, but had two children with David Charvet.

"I would have had an affair with [Derek]," she continued. "But listen, let me tell you why:

You are intertwined with someone's body when you are not a dancer.

There is no way that I have ever been so connected – besides with a lover or a husband – than I was with Derek.