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"Anything odd?"

"She likes to go slu?"

"She’s got a boyfriend who lives in a crappy part of town He’s et a quickie"

"Anything else?"

Grant griht"

"How did that happen?"

"She got lucky with a freight train Brent didn’t think it was intentional"

"We’re stil watching her, right?"

"Yeah, but with the additional duties on Lana’s fa spread a little thin"

"Do what you can," said Caleb "Lana’s family takes first priority"

"Got it See you in thewhen he drove out of the lot, no doubt to find his own female co on just hoas going to enjoy Lana first when he tried to open her door His key had unlocked it easily enough, but it didn’t budge ed under the handle again

Like that was going to stop hi her a th and a jerk of his shoulder to cru open, but Lana was nowhere in sight Caleb closed and locked the door behind hi the remains of the chair out of the ith his boot

That’s when he heard the shower running

A wide grin stretched his face, e where she’d hit him He briefly wondered if she’d try to knock him on his ass when he stepped into the shoith her And whether or not she’d succeed

Of course, sitting in the botto up, al of which were fine with him

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

Lana heard the bathroom door open, which should have startled her but didn’t Part of her had expected him not to be stopped by the chair--that hopeful part of her that she kept scolding for its idiocy

She’d just finished washing her hair, grateful that she didn’t have soap in her eyes when he stepped into the smal, steamy room and shut the door The clear plastic shower curtain blurred his iaze fix on her naked body, and he started stripping out of his clothes Her body heated as more and more of him was revealed For the first time in her life, she realized what

"You shouldn’t be in here," she told him Her arh she knew he’d seen it al before

"Of course I should I kno ured I’d finish what I started the other night"

The iainst the wal flared in Lana’s mind A lethal rush of desire nearly drove her to her knees

He was naked when he puled the curtain back Naked and hugely erect, already wearing a condom

Lana’sat him, couldn’t move Water sprayed out of the tub as it bounced off her

Caleb stepped into the tub, forcing her to step back and give hi them in

"This time I won’t stop until you come I promise" He bent down and took her entle and hot His hands pressed against the tile, caging her inside his arms She could srance of her shampoo Every stream of water seemed to make her skin more sensitive

He teased her ainst hers She clung to his shoulders for support and went up on tiptoe to deepen the kiss She no longer cared whether or not sex with Caleb was smart It was necessary