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"I’m not," he said quietly "I think you’re fabulous I want to be with you all the tih and vulnerable and sweet and a fantastic kisser and you have the prettiest breasts I’ve ever--"

"Stop it! You don’t know o "

He did and slowly got to his feet But she had lost the urge to flee "There’s so else I know about you," he said "You’re scared shitless, but I’ll be damned if I knohat could scare you "

Coain She pushed the thought away "Jared, I’ve told you this before If you knew s I’ve--you wouldn’t like me You wouldn’t want to be anywhere near me" She shuddered "Sometiaped "Yeah, yeah, you’re a real badass, worse than Manson and Bundy put together"

Shocked, she opened her ave her a chance "Hey, you don’t have to tellabout yourself if you don’t want to Like you’ve said, this is business, right? That’s assus for me Which I would have believed before you let me put my hands all over your luscious bod"

"That’s not--"

"You weren’t faking, anyI do The connection The heat" He poked her in the chest, an u a point to the pitcher "Difference is, I’ away frouard and which of us is the coward?" He sighed, while she stared at him, stunned "Too bad, so sad I didn’t think you were scared of anything or anyone So disappointing to be wrong about people you care about"

Kara forced her fist to unclench It’s not nice to punch doctors, no eously provocative their co," she snapped "And you don’t care about et, as she was a head shorter "Don’t tell rowled "You’re fabulous, dammit and that’s the end of it"

"You don’t even know me" Her voice cracked with desperation "Jared, if you knehat I did for a living, the things I had to do to survive, you wouldn’t feel this way"

His finger came to rest on the tip of her nose He didn’t s silence and then she said it, ignoring the way her heart was pounding crazily, the way her head was screaot it, Dr Dean"

"Uh Kara"

"Shhhhh"

"Kara This isn’tand entering"

"Well, yes Technically"

"Technically?" he nearly shouted, then reo to jail and lowered his voice

"We’re standing inside a house the size of the Playboy Mansion--"

She snickered "That’s not far off"

"--and I don’t even want to kno you cracked that lock Now there’s little red lasers all over the living roo…"

"It’s the security system Don’t walk in there yet"

"Duh," he said with heavy sarcas with the alaroodbye before they cart nored him, simply popped the cover off the alarm plate and hooked up a small silver box, about the size of an ATM card She crossed a feires, then nuital display A few seconds later, the lasers shut off

"Cake," she said, brushing by hi"