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He braced a booted foot on the bottom step She liked the combination, scuffed black cowboy boots underneath his stressed jeans When hed been at the Jeep, shed tried not to obviously linger on the nice presentation of his groin as hed leaned against the door, ankles crossed, one hand hooked in the jeans pocket The casual blazer and button-down shirt coe professor A ll his female students probably had wet drea that response now

How did you knohere I lived?

I have friends in law enforce one in

Before she could untangle her tongue at that, he withdrew his left arm from behind his back In his hand was a stuffed puppy, a Rottweiler with a floppy red felt tongue and a blue bow tied around his neck The laugh snorted out of her like a Jack-in-the-box surprise that ht you could use a guard dog

The bow kind of ruins the ferocious reputation, dont you think?

He says hes as capable of being cuddly as he is of ripping soh his gaze, le reminded her of a satellite photo shed seen of a star cluster, one solid ball of heat in her sto out froaze re the shadows under her makeup free eyes, the lines around her mouth I dont knohat to say, she ventured

Then dont say anything Sliding an ar the puppy between them, he drew her down to him Her arms autoht her close, she pressed her face into his neck and all that silky hair

Oh he was a dream come true, for sure She should know better But a part of her still wanted to be the Chloe she was ood fortune, ould embrace it wholeheartedly She hadntran its course, she anticipated the next stroke of luck, beauty or happiness, rather than grieving on what had changed or passed

But this Chloe saw all the shadows, the dark corridors and re branch in the ht The sly, malicious voice in her head told her this wasnt real, that she was s

Then Brendan turned his head toward hers, brushed his ering drag that cahtened, one hand palave her heat, a si herfro, fluttery or wobbly

The bag slipped off her shoulder as she slid her own hands up under his arers into his back through the thin stuff of his shirt She was acutely aware of the body under the clothes How could she not be? Hed lain naked in his bed last night, gripped his cock and followed her direction to cli her to wonderful drea hoing horhts out of thethat had ever shown up on her doorstep

No, she couldnt Because here it ca to desperation, a simultaneous need to pull hiy kind of girl She wouldnt become that She wouldnt do that to herself or Brendan

A s if he knew, though, hed already eased up, lifted his head to give her a sexy half-set this close and not taste you Feel you

Okay, she said

His sive you a ride to work? A nd a ride hoht? He drew her down the steps and to the Jeep, where he leaned back against it, bringing her close again

Im a little out of your way

She wasnt sure where he lived, but she was pretty sure that he lived in town Hed told her that during their conversations at the wedding, which had been light and easy as two butterflies playing and chasing one another over ato sip nectar frone

Youre as out ofHe was still holding her close, but Chloe realized she was pressed against hi his ability to stand in lieu of her own Every curve fitted into the shapes and planes of his body, so his chest was against her breasts, his groin against her belly, for hed shifted his legs apart to cradle her in between Long thighs stretched out on either side of her, his hands gripped low on her hips