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By dawn, he was out of bed Thirty minutes later he was showered, dressed in jeans and a t-shirt, and packed to leave He spent the next hour and a half researching Judge Moore, and his connections, and passing along leads by email to Blake

By seven, deter off without him, fairly confident that’s what she would do, he was at her door with two cups of stea coffee in hand He’d seen the confusion on her face, and he knew she wasn’t sure how to deal with hiure it out He’d help her They’d figure it out together He’d show her they weren’t the sum of their passion, but rather their passion was a sum of much more that she wasn’t ready to put a name to He wasn’t sure he was either, but they had to do so each other wasn’t an option Their lives were too interled

He knocked on her door with his foot, the idea of seeing her again shooting fire through his veins He stood there a ain No answer He cursed, knowing he’d been right about her leaving hione, probably while he’d been sitting at his computer

Luke set the coffee by her door so he didn’t spill it all over himself and headed back to his rooh, she’d checked out Well, she wasn’t going anywhere without his andhome, seated next to each other

Forty-five minutes later, Luke was inside the airport, past security, and searching for Julie He spotted her at counter of one of the gates, the dark blue jeans she wore accenting her curves, her long blond hair loose around her slender shoulders, and the short-sleeved red silk blouse showing off her pearly white skin She was gorgeous She also seemed to be flustered, as was the customer service rep, and since he was pretty sure he was the cause, he hurried toward them

"I don’t understand how you put all those other people on a flight out but you say nizethe lady as Luke appeared beside her, and settled his hand on Julie’s back Her head swung around in surprise "Luke?"

He grinned at her "Not expecting uilty Luke looked at the service rep, whom he’dwoman smiled and flipped her dark hair over her shoulders "Hey Luke, I’lad to hear it," he said with a smile "I believe you should have a reservation for ht, under a special security clearance"

"What?" Julie asked, turning to him "What reservation?"

"I would have told you if I had the chance," he said "I pulled soht out"

"No," Julie insisted "They just called those names and I wasn’t one of theht out It’s a reserved flight for priority travelers I ed by Luke’s name"

Luke arched a brow at Julie "Noould be the time to have your seat moved away from mine if you want to"

Her expression softened "I don’t want that"

"You sure about that?"

Pink flooded her cheeks "Yes I’o," Sue said "Two tickets You’re all set"