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But she could kick herself for agreeing to do anything further with hi this rabid attraction they had for one another all along He was so hot No one she had ever dated had been as sexy or funny or protective as Jake She’d thought he wouldn’t have been as good "in bed" as he was, thatwould make her realize hoas just like her ex-husbands, neither of whoht sex was about theall the fun Not with Jake Her needs, her arousal came before his own For the first time ever, she’d really climaxed! She hadn’t faked it Hadn’t needed to She could still envision Jake’s fingers entering her, as if he was ensuring she truly had reached the pinnacle before he found release in her She couldn’t believe he had done that and thought the world of hi hione bad, maybe? A man who could have fun for a little while, but commitment wasn’t part of his psyche?

It shouldn’t have one this far with hi the three years since her last divorce, she’d avoided ue Until she had seen Jake and been drawn to hiued with her fro to rescue her in the restaurant And then co She’d never known any ht boyfriends or her two ex-husbands, either

She bla to get away from her mother and the loser her mother had picked up at the time The second marital mistake was one of those proverbial on-the-rebound blunders Both es had been over in a flash since she’d uys Quickie divorces were the thing Neither of the guys were hero types like she thought a man in uniform should be Oh sure, many were But with her luck with , drinking, all-around losers She’d attributed it to looking for love in all the wrong places

She took a deep breath and zipped up her skirt Before she could slip on her tennis shoes, Jake was standing before her, wearing only his jeans, his chest deliciously bare, his puckered nipples enticing her all over again He had her tennis shoes in hand and a silly smirk on his face He leaned over and kissed her cheek, then crouched in front of her With her hands on his shoulders to steady herself, she treasured the sensation as he brushed off one of the soles of her feet with the soft dusting of his dress shirt, then slipped her shoe on Then with equally tender reverence, he did the same with the other She felt like Cinderella And cherished

Only in this case, she wouldn’t turn into a penniless scullery o to the ball and o back to being a bounty hunter as bound to get her prince killed just by knowing hi at her as she tried to think of a way out of this But she didn’t want out Damn it She wanted him Like she’d never wanted anyone in her life She chastised herself again This was insane

After he tied her shoes, he rose and tilted her chin up to give her a light kiss on the lips, his eyes studying hers as if he was trying to see into her soul Then he took a deep breath, slid his fingers down her cheek and her throat, swept them across a breast and the nipple, and then dropped his hand away

He wanted her again, she thought But not here In her hotel roos, she felt the same way about him

Then he left her to tug on his boots She felt she should return the favor by brushing off his feet with tenderness, but he was already wearing his socks and quickly pulled on his boots She reached for her gun in its holster and slipped it on, and then her suit jacket

She considered what they could do together thatwith the thugs for the ti She needed a solution that would allow her to spend er Then at some point, she’d slip away from him and do what she’d come here to do in the first place Locate Danny Massaro and arrest hiet her unreasonable interest in getting to know Jake better Then if Mario didn’t show up for trial, she’d arrest hiht inthat beautiful chest of his, and asked, "If you’re truly ga?" The arch in Jake’s brows and in the tone of his voicewasn’t a choice he would have ever considered

Alicia didn’t knohat to think of hih of her, and the next, she could feel hi away Yet his words didn’t fit his actions, as if he was fighting his own feelings

Well, as she’d told her mother, men and relationships never worked out well for either of them And certainly with Alicia’s plans to return Mario and Danny to prison, starting a relationship could be a deadly business for the unsuspecting guy She couldn’t do that to Jake She sighed and pushed her hair behind her ears

After he tucked in his shirt, then tugged on his vest, he walked over and put his hands on her shoulders, his thuain A s them swell, and then s

He kissed her lips gently but with realrid of hi hies Either he was thewith hiaway fro too far But how could she push him ahen he kissed her like he loved every inch of her and wanted her for keeps? And when she was afflicted with the same damn desire?

Some part of her told her she deserved a chance at real love, at real happiness That she couldn’t screw this up if it was meant to be But the sensible part of her said she could lose hi someone else she cared about like that