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And that was the other alar like hell in his head Yeah, no secret Eliza wasn’t taking vacation Not unusual for her to pack her gear and arsenal, because she never went anywhere unprepared, but thisthis was different
She was in a huge hurry and he could hear the soft curses under her breath as she tried to close the bulging suitcase She’d never even be able to get it to her car It weighed nized that deter from her She’d never let a suitcase zipper defeat her because if it did, Wade was going to take great delight in torot that a zipper had kicked her ass
Finally, her task was co hair back into a ponytail, to Wade’s disappointlorious, silken hair No, they weren’t in the least bit co for each other, and yetGood things never cahting for He’d never be happy with a fucking doorrammed to comply with his deht noas thinking his life would be a lot ed hi He was used to winning He expected to win Always But so victory was a victory in itself because the reas all thefucking mind He forced his attention back to Eliza and what she was doing
She collected her oversize purse--aruess Then she tilted both suitcases, holding on to the two handles, and began dragging them toward the door, strain evident on her face
He swore softly again Stupid fucking stubborn woman Why did he have to be drawn to her and worse actually like and respect her If he only wanted sex, then he’d go get laid and never even think of the woain But once he had a taste of Eliza, he knew once would never be enough, and she deserved better than a quick fuck froht, because if he ever got between her legs, there would be nothing quick about hiht a dozen tiet her out of his syste mind Eliza wasn’t a woman a man could ever fuck and walk away from, and if they did, they were damn fools
His breath paused and he melted farther back into the shadows as Eliza’s door opened and she lugged the two large suitcases to her trunk Then she went back inside but this time when she returned, Wade’s jaw actually dropped Hell, she could take out an entire city with the contents she very carefully arranged on the floorboard and then wrapped ally with a soft quilt
No way in hell he was letting her leave without explaining to him exactly what the fuck had inspired this sudden need for "downti a vacation and the fact that she hadn’t confided in her team, people she was intensely loyal to and trusted ihten with dread because whatever had pro to let Eliza shoulder it alone
He tensed, waited a brief moment for her to be positioned so he wouldn’t be spotted when he made his move, and then he slipped silently to her SUV so when she slaht could prevent her fro his presence Thank God she hadn’t coe of coood at her job The h force to shatter the back glass and he found hi down the barrel of a pistol that looked far too big for such a sreet so his voice
He wanted her to think he was here just to piss her off and fuck with her because then it would be less obvious that he was studying her expression, her eyes and body language for anything else that set his what-the-fuck-o-meter off even more than it already was
She lookedrelieved?
What the fuck? This was getting one al hi his istered as little more than a twitch, but he’d spentto know her body language What the hell rong with her? Why wasn’t she in his face threatening to hand him his balls? For that matter, why the fuck was she so pale, despite the brief relief she hadn’t been able to control that had flickered just once in her eyes Eyes that moved swiftly beyond hi, al prey
Or a predator Or a person?
Evidently satisfied that whatever she was looking for was either there or not there--who kneith her--she lowered her gun and then gave him a scowl that lacked its usual authenticity
"Don’t you ever fucking do that again," she snarled "What the hell are you doing here? Are you just trying to get shot? Jesus, Sterling, one would think I would be the last person you’d want to see again and yet you just keep turning up, and let me say, you’re about as welcome as a swar that where before she’d never had a proble him doith defiance that aroused the hell out of hilanced at his shoulder, his forehead, his ear and evidently his chin because she wouldn’t be looking at his mouth He wasn’t that lucky
He didn’t like this This whole fucked-up, reet in front of Eliza’s apart two feet away froiving him lip Because the watered down version of "fuck off" he’d just received was pretty damn pathetic and hardly worthy of someone who ran as hot and fierce so deeply as Eliza
He purposely assu his arht at her, despite the fact she was so obviously avoiding his eyes
"Don’t ever fucking do what again?" he asked cal care of yourself, since we both know you don’t And that you’re safe and that you don’t wake up every night with nightet I’ve been up close and personal with you twice in the last two days, Eliza I’ve seen you I’ve seen what you’re trying andThe people you ith may be blind fools, but I’m not"