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After what had to have been the longest wait of her life, they finally pulled up to her curb She wasn't norh to shoot out of the car and run up her steps without thanking the driver, but she'd apologize to Jose later

She'd just turned the key in her lock when Ty's hand snaked around hers and opened the door Next thing she knew, they were inside her foyer and she was up against the ith her dress pushed up to her waist

"I really, really like your bathtub plan," he said, "but I' to make it any farther than your front door"

A hot wave of arousal hit her and she ripped at his pants and shirt as he pulled another condom out of his jacket and ripped it open

"Hurry," she said and athe crotch of her panties aside, and she rapping her legs around hied his enorain, harder, deeper this ti hi for shook her whole body Again and again he rocked into her, until he stilled and she felt hi inside her

Yet again she gave thanks for his powerful physique, for the job that had perfectly trained hi at all

His torn clothes lay on the floor, ripped apart by her greedy, lusty hands

"I hope you packed more than one suit," she teased

His soft chuckle reverberated through her rib cage

At last, she understood why so ive up anything for one night--or more, if they were fortunate--with hiood

Not just how to give her pleasure, but also how to tap into her inner vixen and laugh with her at the same time

Last week she never would have admitted that he was more than a playboy jock who could barely add or spell But now she knew that Ty Calhoun was so much more complicated and wonderful than he ever let people know Her sto their separate ways once her assignment had ended and his new season started

Still, she had nearly teeks with theto squeeze every ounce of pleasure fro herself fall in love with him, she'd be just fine

"Ready for that bath?" she asked, s as he carried her down the hall

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Bright and early the next , Julie's BlackBerry buzzed a reminder that they had to be in Lake Tahoe by noon for another big fund-raiser Ty would have been hard-pressed not to do her in the li the four-hour drive north if they hadn't both needed to catch up on sleep

A couple of hours into the event, Julie found hi line of kids and their parents

She handed hi? Need a break anytime soon?"

He inhaled her cinnaot a boner He wished he hadn't agreed to keep their relationship under wraps He wanted to pull her onto his lap in front of everyone and kiss her He wasn't sure if she realized that everyone pretty uy like hi her

Still, a pro that could

"I' the way Julie looked with the Lake Tahoe pines behind her He used to think a woman like her would only fit in at fancy cocktail parties or shopping at Tiffany's, but after watching her in action, he knew she had the stao the distance for her clients "Were you able to block out the afternoon?"

She nodded "As soon as you're done here, we're free until tonight's gala at Northstar Lake Tahoe"

Before turning back to his fans he added very softly, "Glad to hear it I hope you're ready to get all wet"

Out of the corner of his eye, he watched her nipples harden through her dress She really did have a dirtya dip in a private beach he knew about deep in the pines

Her hip brushed against his shoulder as she walked away, branding hiain with desire

An hour later, he left his signing table and returned to Julie's side to shake their host's hand "It was great ht," he said, leaving no chance for anyone to waylay them

"What took you so long?" she accused, nearly outpacing hiet back to their rental convertible

"Didn't you once tell me that patience was a virtue?"

got into the passenger seat and glared at hi like that to me in front of everyone"

"Like what?" he asked, enjoying winding her up--and then helping her let off steam in the best way possible

'"I hope you're ready to get wet,'" she mimicked

He turned the key, started driving "No one heard Besides, I figured it would be nice to take a break for a few hours, hang out by some water"