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“Don’t you say that when you’re leaving me”

He took her face in his hands and fused his stare with hers “I love you”

“We love you, Jessa You’re the one for us,” Burke said, caressing her ar to finish our mission and come back for you You better be ready to move since our business is in Dallas”

“We want to marry you, Jessa We want a life with you Please don’t think we’re leaving you lightly” Cole pulled her between them and kissed her

But they did leave Two hours later, Jessa showered She dressed and walked out of the hotel rooinity and her heart She went back to work and prayed they would come back to her

CHAPTER SIX

Present Day – Dallas, Texas

Burke woke to the sound of the door slaht up in bed, shaking off the drea love to Jessa, her silken body ainst his She’d told him she loved him She’d looked at Cole and whispered those sords to his brother, too Then she took every kiss, touch, and thrust they had to give He’d replayed that night over and over again in his ht with her had been the best of his life The next ht since, he’d dreamed about her face as he and Cole had walked away

“Sorry,” Cole said gruffly, his hands full as he walked into the tiny roo in the cold for a while “I didn’t mean to wake you The wind is pretty bad out there It looks like a storht I made a couple of calls”

Jessa was still beside Burke, stretching and rubbing her eyes Her hair was slightly rumpled froer, all he wanted to do was haul her into his arms, kiss those sensual lips, and sink into her until they were both warer wanted him

“Did you call to check on Caleb?” Jessa asked, her voice a little hoarse

“He’s fine, Jessa,” Cole assured her “Dex said he slept late, and now he’s having a ball playing with their kids He’s eating fine, had soht that eird Dex just tossed that out there Was he supposed to tell me that?”

A smile pulled at Jessa’s lips “He’s obviously a well-trained dad We moms like to keep up with stuff like that Babies have touchy digestive systems He’s in a new place, and his schedule is alland pooping”

“Oh All right, then Good inforot some breakfast Just biscuit sandwiches There’s a fast food place next door Sorry it’s not—” The Waldorf—“anything better, but I didn’t want to be gone long”

Burke winced at his brother’s rab some coffee He would need it There was no doubt in Burke’s

After he’d set up the co he had on Delgado He’d read late into the night, looking for clues, any weakness, before Cole had awakened and et some sleep

Shedo we have before Marco’s timeline kicks in?”

Burke was brutally aware that the bastard had given thean If they could trust him to wait

“Seven hours at best We have so and pulled out a sandwich

“Can we make decisions with our pants on, please?” Jessa asked, frowning Burke’s way

Burke shrugged She hadn’t s, after she’d dropped off, she’d rolled into Cole’s arms They’d slept entwined until it was Cole’s watch Then she’d ht not trust theht out comfort and the security of their embrace

“It would have been too hot with my pants on” He declined to mention that it would have been too hot because her body had been pressed to his He could be a gentleman

“Burke, those tight little boxer briefs don’t do much to hide the fact that you have an enormous erection Am I the only one this bothers?”

Cole grunted out a laugh, but Burke si next to her had wrought She wasn’t going to let hientleman “Well, sweetheart, that’s what happens when I sleep with ainst your beautiful ass”

She gasped, sounding a little like the virgin she’d been before she met them

Cole smiled her way It was the smile that always let Burke know his brother was about to throw him under a bus “Don’t let hi”

“Fucker Like you don’t We both have the same dreams” He pinned Jessa to the bed with his intent stare “We dream about you, sweetheart, and ake up hard”

Her gaze slipped back and forth between the two of them, then dropped “Could I have so pants”

Da mouth shut

Cole brought her a cup and a sandwich “Creaar Two spoons And please eat, Jessa You didn’t eat on the plane last night”

Burke knew that Cole wanted to deht to co of her that didn’t pertain to her i back from Jessa, hurt Cole like hell Burke didn’t like it any better

She accepted the coffee but put the sandwich down “I don’t feel ”

Burke didn’t either He wanted to work through their problems with Jessa somehow But noasn’t the tile day as a dad, and he was already freaking out about his kid He shook it off Their son was safe with the James family They were insanely wealthy and very powerfully connected They would take care of Caleb But the James brothers weren’t the only powerful people they knew “Did you get Rafe or Kade on the phone? I tried last night, but no one answered”

Cole nodded, finally looking away from Jessa Thankfully, the question directed his brother’s attention elsewhere “They were…busy last night”

Burke took a long sip of the fast food coffee Swill, but still better than some he’d had in the past He could bet how Rafe and Kade had been occupied They had business interests in the States, but they loved American women Lots of them And they loved to share It was just one reason they had all bonded as friends “What did they say?”