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Chapter One
It eltering Hotter than hell At ten p on the sidewalk Hell, you could fry one on his desk There was so much huo
JT Summers reclined in his rickety chair then braced his knee underneath his desk, because if he leaned back too far, he’d end up on his ass He cast aunit and da had not et
A bead of sweat trickled down his neck, further da his shirt collar He could be at home with the air turned down to sixty Or he could be out at Seth and Zane’s doing a few laps in their pool and enjoying good co here in a two-jail-cell depart his ass off
Because he was a huge chicken shit, and he knew if he went home that she’d find him there
He was so fucked
He glanced down at the paperwork he’d been shuffling for the last two hours and ignored the growling of his sto pussy Wouldn’t even venture down to the café because she’d ao
A ladder that no one was around to see hioddamn sissy behind his desk Mr Bad-Ass Sheriff
Protector of the citizens of Barley Hiding from a woman
Yep, all that was left was for someone to cut off his balls and tie a ribbon in his hair
“JT?”
JT looked up to see Toby March standing in the door with a slightly queasy look on his face
“What is it?” he asked his deputy
“Uhm, you need to come out here and see this” JT’s eyes narrowed “Just tell lanced over his shoulder then back at JT “Ah, well, I’m not sure…that is, it would be better if you co you” JT surged to his feet “What the fuck? Why isn’t he in lock-up?” Toby’s shoulders sagged, and he gave JT a look that could only be described as haggard “Maybe because I don’t want her brother to kickup his baby sister?”
Oh hell Oh no, no, no Fuck it all
He stalked by Toby and into the small reception area He came to a dead halt, and Toby ran into his back
There, standing defiantly by Sandra’s desk, handcuffed, was one Nikki Durant Their eyes met, and her expression positively smoldered Nikki didn’t look at all affected by the heat No, she appeared cool and composed, and damn if he didn’t want to lick her from her pretty polished toes to that delectable, fuckable mouth
“Jesus Christ, Toby, get those goddamn cuffs off her,” JT snarled
“Uh, I would, man, but uhm, she sorta insisted they stay on” JT rounded on his friend “Why the hell was she cuffed to begin with?”
“Because if he’s going to arrest ht,” Nikki said in her husky, sexy-as -hell voice
JT closed his eyes and prayed for deliverance Then he slowly turned around and gave her a very pained stare
“I’m afraid to ask I really don’t even want to know But since you’re standing in my jail in handcuffs, I feel coave hihtened into one vicious knot
That seous blue eyes widened, and that perfect mouth curved upward
He ue Then he pictured that perfect bow around his dick More sweat rolled down his back, and he had to shift his position to disguise an erection from hell
“Maybe you should ask your deputy?” she suggested “I wasmy business”
If it were possible, her eyes widened even further until they shone with an angelic light
JT snatched the keys from Toby and stalked over to where Nikki stood
“Cut the crap, Nikki” He turned her around and jammed the keys into the cuffs In another second, he had her free and tossed the cuffs back to Toby Hemotion with his thumb, and Toby was only too happy to scram
Nikki turned around and cupped one wrist in her pal absently
“Not too fun, huh?”
Her expression didn’t falter
“Noant to tell ht you in with cuffs on?” She lifted one shoulder in a delicate shrug, and it sent her long dark hair sliding forward The inch-wide pink streak, the one that drove hi
Her palms slid down her sides in a deliberate motion then shoved into the pockets of her jeans The action sent her waistband lower, baring the thin ring in her belly button
Sweat beaded his brow Why me? What kind of miscreant had he been in a past life to deserve this kind of punishment?
“Your deputy brought me here because you were here,” she said si me”
JT blew out his breath “Coed as the endearment slipped from his lips She flashed hiht he was encouraging her
She closed the distance between theainst his chest and wrapped her arainst his shirt
His body reacted, ju It was the way he acted around her
And she knew it Damn her
“You can’t run frooing to give in You know it, and I know it”
She turned her head up and brushed her lips across his jaw When she would have found his mouth, he turned away and stepped back, out of her arms, away from her warmth and softness Suddenly the oppressive heat lifted, and a chill settled in its stead
“Nikki, stop” His voice came out in a husky sound that definitely didn’t back up his command for her to halt It sounded like an invitation, a plea
She laughed softly Then she pulled away and headed for the door When she reached it, she gripped the handle and opened it She paused and turned back to him
“Don’t bother driving me home, JT I’ll walk” Then she disappeared out the door, leaving hi like a moron at the seductive sway of her hips And that ass Sweet Jesus, that ass!
And then he realized that she’d said she alking home Alone In the dark
Fuck that
He snagged his Stetson and stalked out the door, glancing down the sidewalk to see her walking with a lazy stride down Main Street Like any et-me strut? He’d be lucky if he didn’t have to beat soed to wrestle her into his squad car
He was going to kill Lucas Not just kill hiut hio, Nikki’s brother had extracted a promise from JT
He re outside the auditoriuraduated fro for her to come out