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When he’d proposed getting ht of sex she’d ever had--the part of herself she’d kept hidden from everyone had jumped at his offer He’d never actually said the words ‘I love you’, but then again, neither had she Hell, she’d never had anyone say then But deep down, she knehat she felt for him was love
Chapter 6
Wyatt stripped his T-shirt off and tossed it onto the chair tucked under the s Biscayne Bay Of course the ceiling to floor length drapes were pulled tightly shut and for all he knew Iris had ordered to have the hurricane shutters drawn outside too Not that he blaular security to close the house up tight, but Iris had been vigilant when she’d arrived, checking and double-checking everything herself Going to pick her up with Jay had been a risk, but he’d been willing to take the chance to see her The poisoning attempt on his life had been subtle, which told hi after him Well, ason a cora could be hacked eventually But if he won this bid he would also gain rights to ith Eldon Osborn, the ram Since Wyatt hadn’t been able to hire him away from his current eet the coenius this way
Osborn had written an article six o in so clean energy more affordable to the ued He wanted Osborn on his payroll and he intended to get hihts free, he took a step toward the king-sized bed and as his eyes adjusted to the di hi on the pillow and she had the covers pulled up to her waist He could see she earing a tank top and wondered if she had anything else on under the covers
She hadn’t moved when he’d first entered the roohter sleeper than he was Part of hi in bed for him after the way she’d run from him in the pantry Not that he blamed her He was still pissed that Ellie had interrupted the her job His assistant slept as little as he did, so he couldn’t get too angry
Iris’s gaze flicked to digital clock on the nightstand, then back to hi okay?" Her voice was raspy with sleep
He nodded, loving the vision of her in his bed Hair tousled around her face and bleary-eyed, he liked seeing her like this In an intimate way no one else ever did "Yeah Just work stuff that wouldn’t wait"
She sat up, as if she et out of bed, but he shook his head "I’ht? Just to sleep"
"I’d planned to…only to keep an eye on you in a professional sense" Her lips quirked up at the corners
"Is that why you’re waiting in ainst the pillow "I’ for you"
Wyatt stripped off his jeans, but left his boxers on Nor, he’d end up throwing his good intentions out theHe needed to knock down the walls Iris had erected between theet to the source of the probleiven him Yeah, he’dher back from him
He slid into bed behind her and wrapped his arainst hi perfectly into hi paja here naked for hiainst her neck and inhaled that sweet scent that was purely Iris
She tensed for a moment, then laid her hand over the one he’d draped across her sto a soft chuckle "Go to sleep, Wyatt," she murmured "I know you’re tired"
He hich was another reason he wasn’t pushing for things to go further with her tonight--even if he was hard as stone The next time he had her flat on her back he wanted to spend hours pleasuring her Not a frantic fucking where they both got off then passed out Right noas about building trust and deepening that intias
The house ell insulated so he couldn’t hear anyone elsearound Of course her security tea care to be invisible He’d sneaked up on a couple of theht not be in the Marines anymore but he was no less deadly Once a Marine, always a Marine So he and Iris had in co she’d done while she’d been in the Corps, he could guess She’d been part of a secretive intel unit that did…hell, he had no clue He loved how sh Smart and lethal A sexy co about her Once he’d proposed s for hiiven hi, addictive days of sex he’d ever had, then left Like what they shared hadn’t ht and he forced hi pissed about it wouldn’t do hiure out why she’d left and make sure he kept her in his life this ti?" she asked quietly Iris’s breathing was steady, but he’d known she wasn’t sleeping He didn’t like that she read hi" The ansas auto" Oh yeah, that ansas going to pacify her
"About?"