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His ar the sort of power that seehtly diminished from when she’d seen him in Germany

His black hair had gone shaggy over the months in the hospital and now covered his ears and flirted with his eyes He brushed it out of the way, looking right at her in the process His dark eyes cut through her like a flashlight in a dark roo forbidden

His eyes didn’tin her started a slow burn Blood pooled between her legs, in flesh so forgotten it hurt Her skin ignited under his hot gaze, hershe didn’t have This was the connection she’d been ; this is what it was supposed to be between men and women Surely, Jesse hadn’t meant it when he told her to stay away How could he deny—Just as she was about to step forward, get closer to him, Jesse bent down to his work

He tore up shingles as though she weren’t even there

“Mama?” Ben asked “Let’s walk”

The blood rushed from her breasts to her face

“Right, Ben Let’s get walking”

She jerked Ben’s stroller and stalked away from Jesse Filmore as if the hounds of hell were after her

JESSE HAD TO GET OFF the roof; his hands shook so one, he climbed down the ladder and went inside

Jesus, that woman had the power to kill hiloves and splashed cold water over his face, sluicing it down his chest and over his back, trying to cool his damn body

He had to get out of town If he could keep going with the roof at this rate he et it done in a week—two at the most

He nearly groaned Teeks of pretending she wasn’t a hundredthe rooent And screw hi the roof on his own, he needed professionals Guys who could get it done in a few days

He went into the living rooes had sat collecting dust But, of course, the table was bare He banged his way through the cupboards under the TV stand and the end table, but they were all bare, too

“Damnit!”