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"I’ve never ice skated before So you’ll have to teach me how to do it And I’ll try not to embarrass you tooa sensual nuaht of him as cool and collected, never ruffled The notion of hiain, she figured that ice skating would be one activity where the bad guys wouldn’t bother with them So Jake would be safe, she was certain

"I’ll try to help you But you can hold on to the railing if you need to That’s what o, I go"

"Even if I’rinned at that "I think I’ll opt for staying in the upright position and watching"

By spreading their feet on ice and with the fur that protected their pads, wolves were very adept aton ice But as a huested it, he reed to drop by her hotel rooe clothes A business suit on ice wouldn’t work out

He hadn’t planned on doing anything but waiting for her to change clothes while he called his brother, Darien, to let hi hoe bed and a bathroo-sized bed as if it were the most functionally beautiful piece of furniture in the world Alicia had slipped out of her suit jacket and gun with holster, hanging the shoes She entered the bathroo the door behind her

The shower turned on, and he was still thinking about that bed and what he and Alicia could do in it together when his cell phone rang He jerked it off his belt, saw the caller was his brother, and shook his head Jake should have called him first

"Yeah, Darien?"

"Lelandi wanted ht after you dropped off the photographs, and you’re an hour late Since you’re never late, she orried If it were me, I wouldn’t have been concerned But you kno she’s been recently, ith the babies coallery didn’t open on tier to sightsee" He had no intention of telling his older brother he was sh the night at least, hoping he could convince her to give up her quest and find soerous And then he’d give her up before he got led with her "I’ll be ho suspicious

"Yeah, I’ll call you when I’?" Darien’s tone was htsee ever, Jake What’s up?"

That was the proble an older brother as the pack leader and who knew Jake too well "Nothing’s up I needed a bit of a vacation"

"A vacation"

Jake supposed that sounded rather weird to his brother since vacations were not part of Jake’s usual routine "I’ll be hoht, Darien?" This tiive it a rest

A significant pause followed, and Jake was fairly sure Darien was considering whether to pry further--and give some of his brotherly advice--or just leave it be Then Darien said, "Is that a shower running in the background?"<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>