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Cold wind gusted across the ocean, whipping around Julie’s shoulders and she shivered, even with his coat wrapped around her He wrapped his arusts until they stepped inside the foyer of the house Julie shivered and blew on her hands

"In there," thetoward twoan entire wall of the rooht of the desk a leather couch and two chairs framed a fireplace In front of the desk were two chairs, and in front of those, threeshoulder holsters with guns

One of theblond pony tail and a face that looked like it could stop time, moved forward

"I’ a search before you enter the main house," he said, and snapped at Julie, "Coat"

Luke helped Julie remove the jacket, keenly aware of the male attention on her He handed the jacket to Michael, and when Michael’s gaze lingered on Julie’s brsts, Luke said, "You want to keep those eyes?"

Michael’s attention snapped upward, a s on his lips that told Luke this one wasn’t as easily inti at Julie "Hands on the desk, and spread your legs"

Julie gasped and turned to Luke

"In your wet dreams, man," Luke said, "but not in this lifetime"

The man arched a brow "Either I search her or she spends the party here, with rabbed the coat from the man "Tell your boss I don’t share ith others, but I’ood, he knohere to findJulie close, only to hear "Wait"

Slowly, Luke turned around, arching a brow as the other man had only moments before

"We’ll provide a female to pat her down"

Luke still didn’t like it, but it was as close to colanced at Julie and she wet her lips and nodded Slowly, they turned back around

"Step forward," the man ordered, clearly the only one of the three allowed to communicate "We’ll search you while ait on the female, unless you’d prefer to be patted down by a woman yourself?"

"Just the one you wish you could have and can’t," Luke said, handing Julie the coat and stepping forward The other two men stepped to the sides of the desk as Luke planted his hands on the wooden surface and let the assle pat him down