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Because just a handful of hours with you in my arms made it so I can hardly remember what ood

Growing up, Jake’s neighborhood had been rough enough that he’d quickly learned to do whatever he had to do to , none of that mattered when your life was on the line

This time, three lives were on the line--his, Sophie’s, and their child’s--and he’d fight as dirty as he had to for them

"You’re the one who came to my house in Napa and took your clothes off" He let his re, "You oweht where he wanted her Finally

"If I say yes, at the end of the week you’ll agree to do this my way?"

No He’d never be able to do that, could never in a million years not claim his baby or the mother of his child But it wouldn’t help his cause if she knew that going in

Knowing he needed the week to work his ic, he nodded, just onedirty yet, not when he knew using their sexual connection was his best chance to get her to change her mind Even if he burned in hell for it

"The bed is part of the deal, Sophie It’s non-negotiable"

"Obviously," she replied, shocking the hell out of hiain "We’ll have a bunch of sex for a week and then you’ll leave again and I’ll deal with the rest of ed as if she couldn’t have cared less about it either way

Jake belatedly realized histo use all the great sex they were bound to have to prove that’s all there was between them He’d never had to prove the opposite to a woman, had never wanted to

It was one heck of a situation Especially considering, he kne, that it didn’tto make it another seven ain

"So we’re agreed?"

"Fine" The one word froive you seven days, but you can’t tell anyone in my family about us About the baby"

It made sense that none of them knew Because if they did, her brothers would already have hunted him down And killed him

"Does anyone know apart from the two of us?"

"Only Lori She wanted to do terrible things to you when she found out Still does, actually"