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And she did love hiht of that, tucked her closer, and slipped deeper into the warainst her hair

Da her, the pleasure burning inside her Sanity had flown the hell out theand there had been nothing left but hunger A hunger that went deeper, further than ht, he told hiht, candles everywhere He’d get rid of Chase if he had to knock him out and lock him in the trunk of his car, and he’d tell her then While he stared in her eyes, while he touched her lips He’d tell her He loved her

Chase stared at the entwined pair and breathed out silently from where he stood just below the entrance to his apartether like two halves to a puzzle, and Ca off to sleep

For the first time Chase could reme, even in sleep, Cahts, and he had never, ever, slept with a woman alone that Chase knew of

He had known Jaci would affect Ca her here would break down sothened over the years

His lips quirked as he now felt an echo of the twin bond The peace that flowed along that bond brought his heart ease There was no other word for it He had worried about Ca him wrapped around Jaci, it eased him

Relief began to unfold inside hiht he had checked on the on opposite ends of that fucking couch, he’d wanted to break so Foremost, Davinda Morris’s neck, because he knew she was involved in whatever had nearly broken Ca his head, he turned and moved back up the stairs and into his office He still had infor up on the Robertses and, unlike his brother, his lust was nowhere near exhausted for the night But then, his never was Sometimes he wondered if it ever would be

He pulled a beer froe and went back to work, if not content, at least breathing easier Ca with Jaci It was a ure out the rest of that little s first

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It was almost over Jaci could feel the anticipation, the sense of excite inside her the next day The clock see off the seconds before thewith the Robertses

Moriah had called at least a half dozen tiirl wasn’t half-hysterical anyhtened

Jaci was feeling a lot of emotions herself, but there was no fear Maybe that hy the odd feeling of disquiet nudged at her brain Should she know fear?

She shook her head at the thought as she pretended to work The only fear she had was the fear of failure, and at this point, failure wasn’t an option for her She couldn’t fail, because she had tooon it She had to clear the Robertses out of her life and then she could look forward to a life with Cas of a sain She needed this chance with Caht

He had slept with her For the first tiht have been on the couch rather than in a bed, but she could live with that Because the feeling of contentment, of complete satisfaction that filled her when she awoke, his arht tears to her eyes

She couldn’t lose that She couldn’t let Richard and Annalee destroy it

But would Cah her hbehind it

Five years ago, that question would have resulted in a resounding yes At that time, Cam would have easily killed Richard Roberts for the terror she had experienced froht now, he would havehe was dead was okay

She crossed her arlared into the sunlit beauty of Courtney’s gardens Jaci had spent so many years locked into the Cao that she hadn’t made allowances for the man he was now

He was controlled, sometimes more so He was restrained and quiet She had no doubt he would kill if he had to, but she was starting to realize that he wouldn’t kill on a whim, otherwise Richard would already be dead

She pushed her fingers through her hair and breathed out roughly God, she had been such a fool, and she hadn’t realized it Because, as she grew closer to him, as the man he was now became apparent, she knew Cam would never lose himself to that extent

She had told herself all these years that she was protecting hi herself Because she knew her own independence was too fragile, too shaky at the time It would have been so easy to lean on him, to depend on him, and she couldn’t let herself do that then He would have overwhelmed her at the time

He didn’t overwhelm her no, he made her want to curl up in his arms, made her want to be wrapped by him, held by hi She still needed to do this herself She needed to know she could take care of herself, that she could defend herself Otherwise, she would never be certain that she could stand beside hi , and he was a daood man