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He closed his aruys like me take up a lot of space" He swiped a strand of hair fro to say?"
"Kiss ainst his
His will to resist this woman, to make sure she was inside her apartment safely, and then leave, faded with the touch of their lips, daue press past his teeth A lol escaped his lips as he deepened the kiss, his hands sliding around her back to mold her closer There was innocence in the kiss, sexuality undiscovered, a trait so rare, so raw, so inti but need possessive, hot need
Before Royce knehat he was doing, he had her pinned against the wall, his legs trapping hers, his bodyher in, cravinght or wrong There was only the ht He stilled, his ears registering the too evident sound of car horns co from the street level
Royce tore his ed, hers as well "Is youropen, Lauren?"
Another loud horn sounded and she stiffened, her eyes going wide "I never leave myopen" Her brows dipped "Is it broken?"
He pulled her into the kitchen "Stay right here to be safe and let me check it out"
She nodded "Yes Okay" He started to turn and she grabbed his arm "Be careful I have a fire escape It would be easy to crawl into o and reached for her purse "I’ll have my phone in hand in case there’s trouble"
Royce was already rounding the corner by the ti sure he was out of her sight when he pulled the gun fro He eased into the darkness of what appeared to be a living room, with a fireplace in the center of the wall directly in front of him which was fra wildly around it No obvious sign of forced entry, but that didn’t
He flipped on a light, taking in the huge, overstuffed blue couch andchairs with plush cushions that would be far too easy to turn into a bed The i Lauren’s nad body beneath his on that very couch sent a wave of pure heat through his loins, his ck thickening uncoainst his zipper Royce scrubbed his face and loosened his tie Holy hell, he was in big trouble when he was holding a gun, and thinking of turning a living rooht need to shoot with that gun
With the dining roo at hiun so he stopped trying to hide it He motioned to the only other roo her he was headed to her private space
He entered the rooant antique furnishings that included a large, too suggestive, sleigh bed The now familiar scent of vanilla and honey flared in his nostrils, taunting hi the closet, bathroo bed When he returned to the living area, he called out, "All clear," and went to the , using the curtain to shove it closed, intending to get finger prints later, if he decided the situation merited it
She appeared at the end of the hallway, her lipstick saze lowered to his weapon, then shifted to the curtain he’d pulled shut, disun as if it were expected but then, she worked around law enforcement, so maybe it was to her "Was un back into the holster at his calf "But nothing’s out of order that I can see Why don’t you take a look and be certain?"
She was already scanning and heading to the other room her bedroom where he wanted to follow her, but would not He stayed by theand waited until she returned, her shoes gone, and somehow that little detail made his ck twitch It was as erotic as if she had taken off ot to him in a bad way
"Didnear the doorway to the bedroom in case she needed hi to the living area, stopping just in front of him "Well, so like that But they shouldn’t have left it open I’ them tomorrow to tell them so, too"
He smiled She was such a contradiction All sweet and shy, but also feisty as hell
She cleared her throat "Uet you so to eat?"
You I want you "I should go," he said "Before we both do soret tomorrow"
She stared at him a moment, then crossed her arms in front of herself protectively, as he’d seen her do before, withdrawing into herself "I understand," she said "Thank you for… everything And I’m sorry for your truck And the fact that your picture will probably be in toht he didn’t want her If he let her believe that, she’d never let hiain And for reasons he didn’t try to understand, that had nothing to do hy he’d sought her out tonight, he couldn’t live with that