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He slid a twenty-dollar bill across the counter She s her oldest pair of jeans, a loose T-shirt, and arle boots Great for ease of uy He really ay out of her league, froood looks to the Vacheron Constantin watch on his wrist
Turning to face him, she held out her hand "Thank you, Mr?"
"Adrian Mitchell" He accepted the handshake, with the addition of his thu across her knuckles
Lindsay had a visceral response to his touch Her breath caught and the te Both fiercely ly beautiful Flawless "Hi, Adrian Mitchell"
He reached down and caught her luggage tag with long, elegant fingers "Nice tothere?"
"I’ a plane"
His eyes were the most unusual shade of blue Like the vivid cerulean at the heart of a flame Set within olive skin and fra
And they were focused on her as if he couldn’t get enough of looking at her
He raked her frolance She felt bare and flushed, left naked by the undressing he’d done in his mind Her body responded to the provocation Her breasts swelled; everything else softened
A wo re about his body From the sculpted definition of his shoulders and biceps to the chiseled features of his face, every angle was sharp and precise
He reached around her for his change, race
I bet he fucks like an aniht the extension handle of her suitcase "So is Orange County ho home To Anaheim And you?"
She moved to the pickup counter He followed at ainherently determined about the way he came after her His pre-dacity sent a shiver of expectation through her Her luck had definitely changed--her final destination was Anahei for a job" She wasn’t going to get as detailed as na a city She kne to protect herself if she had to, but she didn’t want to buy anymove One side of the country to the other"
"It was tie"
His mouth curved in a half smile "Have dinner with ed her interest further He was charisnetic, two qualities that made short-ter and soda the clerk passed to her "You get right to the point I like that"
The calling of their flight nuate A short delay was announced, causing the waiting passengers to shift restlessly Adrian never took his eyes froestured to the row of chairs near where he’d been pacing "We have tiet to know each other"
Lindsay walked with hiain, taking brief note of the nuazes The sense of hi, while outside the rain had abated to a heavy drizzle The correlation was intriguing
Her ferocious reaction to Adrian Mitchell and his unique ability to set off her inner weather radar ceet closer to hiation
He waited until she was settled into a seat, then asked, "Do you have friends picking you up? Fa her She had a shuttle reserved to take her to the hotel where she’d be staying until she found a suitable apartment "It’s not wise to share that sort of inforer"
"So letinto his back pocket to grab his billfold Withdrawing a business card, he held it out to her "Call whoever is expecting you Tell them who I aiving co personality and needed the same in return, or she took the lead Docile men were fine in certain situations, but not in her personal life
"I areed, unabashed
Lindsay reached for the card His fingers touched hers and electricity raced up her arertips teased her paliven how aroused she becaible sexual heat, dark and intense As if he knehat her hot buttons wereor was set on figuring the to be trouble," she ers
"Dinner Conversation I pro him captive, she reached for his business card with her other hand Her blood was thruh her veins, roused by the excitement of such an immediate, unruly attraction "Mitchell Aeronautics," she read "But you’re flying commercial?"
"I had other plans" His tone ry "But my pilot dropped out unexpectedly"
His pilot Her mouth curved "Don’t you hate when that happens?"
"UsuallyThen you ca" He pulled his BlackBerry out of his pocket "Use my phone so whoever you call will have that number, too"
Lindsay reluctantly released hi her soda on the worn carpet, she stood Adrian rose with her He was affluent, elegant, eous Yet as polished as he was, there ree to him that titillated a woman’s basest instincts Maybe the crowded ter her sharp senses Or ardless, she wasn’t co on the chair, she moved a few feet away and dialed the number to her father’s auto shop While she was occupied, Adrian walked to the gate counter
"Linds You’re there already?"
She was startled by the abrupt greeting "How did you knoas me?"
"Caller ID It shows a 714 area code"
"I’ someone else’s cell phone"
"What’s the le parent for twenty years, Eddie Gibson had always been overprotective, which wasn’t surprising considering the horrific ina Gibson’s death