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“We’re not i home,” Seth said
She shot hilance “No?”
He shook his head “I’ve reserved hotel rooms for us It’s too late to start back now You’re no doubt tired fro”
She nodded then quickened her step to catch up with Zane He slid an arm around her shoulders as she leaned into him
“I missed you, Jaz,” Zane said “It’s damn quiet at the ranch without you”
She elbowed him in the side
“You’ve sure grown up, little girl,” he continued His eyes raked up and down her body
She suppressed a s he was still reeling froiven him
“Well, I can’t stay a little kid forever,” she said lightly
Beside her, Seth frowned She shot hi stare, but he looked away
They approached the carousel where her luggage was going to be A large crowd of people lined the conveyor belt as the bags started to spill out the end Seth laid his fingers on her arm
“Wait here Zane and I will get your stuff”
She watched as the two h the crowd until they came to a stop beside the carousel Wo characters, wild and for, she’d spent a lot of tiood guys or the bad
They had a confident, self-assured look that they wore like a second skin It bordered on arrogance, but Seth wasn’t so ant as he was convinced
Her stohtened in appreciation when Zane bent over to read the luggage tag on one of her suitcases His jeans pulled across his ass,to every contour The deniain and lifted her suitcase over the side, the ed and rippled the thin T-shirt he wore
Ten minutes and several suitcases later, both
“Da this much shit with you to Paris,” Zane complained
She laughed “That’s because I bought most of it while I was there Here, I’ll take some of them”
“We’ll get them,” Seth said
She looked up at hiazes locked She didn’t try to hide the hunger she knew must be reflected in her stare Fire briefly flamed in Seth’s eyes before he turned away
“Let’s go,” he muttered
After piling all her luggage into Seth’s extra cab truck, they got in and navigated to I-10 West Thirtylot of a hotel, and Seth hopped out to check them in
Zane and Jase as he could fit into the cab of the truck She snagged an overnight case with the things she’d need for their hotel stay then walked into the hotel behind Zane
As they approached the desk, Seth turned around, holding two envelopes containing keys
“I booked two roo”
He handed Jasmine her key
Jas at the card in her hand Separate rooms, huh When they’d seen her off to Paris a year before, he hadn’t concerned hi her a separate room He’d booked a suite
They got off the elevator and walked several feet down the hallway before Seth stopped and dug for his key She looked at her own envelope for her room number and moved a few steps past them to the next door
“See you in the aze followed her
She s her roo aside Dismissed and not even home for an hour yet On one hand, she supposed it was better that he hadn’t booked one roos had always been between thenized her as a desirable woman and not a child
“Or maybe he just doesn’t want to see you make a fool of yourself,” she muttered as she flopped down on the bed
She’d give theed into one of Seth’s old football shirts she’d taken with her to Paris It wasto her knees She didn’t want to be blatant Subtlety would get her a lot further If the ih the shirt, oh well She wasn’t going to sleep in a bra
Checking her watch, she walked over to the adjoining door and knocked softly When Zane opened it, standing there in just his jeans, she nearly sed her tongue Lordy but the man had a chest that made her want to slobber
She breezed past hi there She sat on one of the beds with a slight bounce and looked over at Zane
“It’s kind of lonely over there I haven’t seen you guys in a year”
Zane smiled and sauntered back over to the bed “Want to watch some TV with us for a while?”
She beamed back at him and promptly pulled back the covers and curled underneath
A few seconds later, the bathroom door opened and Seth strode out with just a towel around his waist As much as she wanted to pretend indifference, as much as she’d have loved to look away and play it cool, her eyes traveled up his body until they rested on his hard abdoled precariously low Just a half inch lower and she’d get a peek of the dark hair she knew resided there
Seth looked up and uttered a surprised oath when he saw her lying in the bed
“Jesus Christ, Zane, you should have told me she was in here”
He hauled the towel up higher and stalked back into the bathroom
She raised wide, innocent eyes to Zane “What’s his problem?”
“Turn your head, Jaz, lether question