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Smith’s words resounded with a forceful prehtened by the expression on her brother’s face

His phone rang just then, an urgent beeping that had hi it from his pocket "Damn it, it’shis new big-budget movie, and she knew it had been nearly i And yet, not once all night had he picked up his phone

He turned his back on her as he told the director, "I can’t talk right now, Ja important and I’ll have to call you back You knehat she was like when you hired her We all warned you I’ht I’ll deal with it as soon as I can"

But by the tione

Chapter Seven

"What the hell are you doing here?"

Sophie was standing on the front step of Jake’s Napa Valley rental house, as if he’d conjured her out of thin air

"I caaze dropped to his mouth before she whispered, "And to kiss soht about Sophie every second since their kiss in the vines Working behind the bar all night, it had been torture watching her dance with an endless strea many of the in his gut and his hands fro into fists He was an old family friend and look at what he wanted to do to her: rip her clothes off and take her again and again

Working to ignore the way his body was responding to her nearness, he stepped out onto the front step and closed the door behind hiure out And we’re not going to kiss again Ever"

She should have run at his harsh tone Instead, she h toin the bloodless zone of his brain

"Jake, if you’ll just let me come in--"

"I could have been in bed with someone else"

She couldn’t hide her flinch at his harsh words, at the reminder that he had specifically not chosen to take her to his bed tonight But instead of backing off, he watched as she pushed her shoulders back and her chin up

"But you aren’tare you?"

"No" Damn it, he should have been That would have showed both of the body, instead of wanting Sophie with an urgency that was nearly driving hi for you"