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"That doesn’t help," she said in a hoarse voice "Not ere just talking aboutme around"

He pulled her close "That won’t happen Ever I won’t let it" He kissed her teet this over with"

Luke pushed the truck’s door open and walked around to help Julie out Once he brought her into view, she sat there for a euys think?"

She inhaled and let it out before sliding from the vehicle to stand by his side He took one look at her swollen lips, now lipstick free, the whisker burn on her delicate skin, and knew no one would doubt what they had been doing

With a sigh he stepped forward, pulling her coat tightly around her, and brushed his lips over hers They walked toward the stairwell to find Blake waiting, and he wasn’t kidding about not being alone Murphy and Hendrix ith hi they’d known his plan Thatcontrol in the truck all the more out-of-character

"Both from the task force," Luke told Julie when she cast hi likean impression"

"They need to worry about that far more than you do"

"You don’t like them?" she asked softly

"I don’t know theroup and Luke quickly introduced Julie "Why don’t I meet you all in the office after I take Julie upstairs?" he suggested He didn’t want her in on this talk These guys wanted to catch Arel He wanted to protect Julie Those two things didn’t necessarily coincide Talking through the evening’s events with Julie present wasn’t going to work either She’d put herself at risk, when he wasn’t going to let that happen

She shook her head and crossed her ar Hendrix and Murphy were the least of Luke’s worries

"Forget it, Luke You aren’t going to play bodyguard and send aze scan the other ht we assu with hih his hair "No That’s not happening" His gaze collided with Luke’s "Tell ree to this"