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"Since you aren’t interested in sex" -- he gave her a bland look -- "you " He led her past flower beds illu Jacuzzi Heat rose frohtie over her head

"Hey!"

Ignoring her, he unbuckled the leather cuffs that were still on her wrists, then gathered her hair and twisted it into a loose knot on top of her head Hand on her bare butt, he nudged her toward the water "Get in"

Options were liet in where the bubbling water would hide her

The heat engulfed her as she lowered herself to the seat The water splashed gently around her shoulders Her wrists felt light…bare…without the cuffs She knew he’d removed them to keep the her from his life She bit her lip, forced a smile "This feels really nice"

"Good" He studied her face, a frown back on his face, then opened the bottled water, and handed it to her "Drink this I don’t want you getting dehydrated"

As she sipped the water, he stripped out of his slacks in his usual efficient fashion Standing on the edge of the Jacuzzi, outlined by the glowing od Tall, shoulders so broad, low

He stepped into the water and settled hihtly down her cheek, he leaned back, one are behind her head An owl hooted froht breeze The , drifted back into the yard As the Jacuzzi burbled softly, Jessica let her head settle back onto the muscled arm behind her She’d just let her mind clear, show him she was sober, and be out of here within an hour

Chapter Fourteen

Zachary watched his little sub slowly relax and the night’s stress and tur she’d had

One that had alo What had been in her mind up there in the bedroom? He shook his head The ability to read e She’d felt desire and then confusion and…resolution Yes, that was it And then grief

Grief as she’d said she wanted to leave No anger at hi, dae loud and clear; if she’d left right then, he wouldn’t have seen her again

He picked up her hand, kissed the fingers, and she only sighed Letting her make such a decision when intoxicated and emotionally frayed… He knew better than that If she still felt the sah he’d daet her to verbalize the probleh to know hio The opposite, in fact He’d already known he wanted to see her again, but his thoughts hadn’t gone further than enjoying her in the club But as the evening has progressed, his intentions had changed And when she’d bandaged hi him with her concern, he kneas doos in the club She roused feelings in hiers, he pushed a damp tendril of hair from her forehead She’d washed the streaked makeup from her face in the bathroom Did she kno those tear tracks, that evidence of vulnerability, could pull at a Dom? She probably didn’t even realize how pretty she was now, her cheeks flushed with the heat, her lips soft and kissable

After she was half-asleep in the water, he pulled her out, dried her off, and tucked her into his bed, enjoying the way she unconsciously curled into hiainst his side

He woke before daith the ht, he decided, her golden hair spread across the dark pillows, her rounded curves bringing his bed to life He shook his head, bemused by her presence The tiny room downstairs here he took his women; they weren’t invited up here to his holed for an invitation He’d wanted her here Hell, he probably would have tossed her over his shoulder and carried her up cave concoction: the sheer intelligence, the logical mind and reserve that buried the passion underneath The way her insecuritiesHer loyalty to her sister, her courage… She was soiven his approval

He ran a hand down the satiny skin on her bare shoulder and felt hiht, ever since she’d screamed in pleasure in the medical room, but she’d needed time to recover, and then whatever had bothered her had come between the her Moonlight glea shadows beneath Her waist curved in, then out into lush hips The darkness between her thighs called to hiers lured into stroking the soft breasts Her nipples pebbled into points Her breath quickened The scent of her arousal drifted to him even as her eyes fluttered open

Her body felt hot and needy

Where are ently, Where a, she frowned as she remembered the club, Sir A Jacuzzi She’d been so sleepy Was she in his bed?

Her breasts were lifted into hard hands, and she h her