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She yelped and turned slightly so he could see her glare "Stop that And that can't be a rule"

His tongue touched the spot "It's the only rule" His kissed the sting and then began a slow journey up her throat Tiny kisses that drove her crazy

Laughter bubbled up, laughter and desire all wrapped in one "I do like your kisses," she conceded "Soht"

He caught her jaw and turned her face to hireen eyes smoldered with sex Every line in his face was sensual, the devil te her to sin The smile faded as his lips cah It was staot sweet Tender One hand spanned her throat, holding her in place while he explored her ue to follow his He deepened the kiss, but was so gentle it brought tears to her eyes He was saying more than she wanted to hear, but she loved what she was hearing

She kissed hi herself to him in the way she did She never held back when she was in his arms When he lifted his mouth froht have been teasing her, even playing around, but there was so him

"Honey, talk to me," she said softly She rarely invited him to share his world with her, and he lifted his head to look into her eyes She ran her fingers through his thick, shaggy hair He needed a good haircut, but on hi is bothering you Is itto do with me?"

Joshua shrugged and rolled off her "I've got an i worked out I've been getting threats and need to increase security around here, and I'll have to do that before "

"Kai and Gray can help you," she said,it "If you want them to follow me around all day after you don't need them anymore, I'll put up with it for a little while just to make you feel better, but you can use thee resource pool around here"

He rolled over and stared at the ceiling fan, his fingers linked behind his head, his legs over the side "I put the else, and they're that good I' upset over it, though"

She rolled to her side and propped up her head with one hand The other slid over his chest, her fingers idly writing her na you, if you're getting threats The threat to me is over I'm dead, re I do will ever impact them"

He kept looking at the ceiling fan "Them? You often use that instead of 'him' Do you mean his family?"

"Yes" She wasn't going to lie to him "His father was the one who told hiht add No argument So yes, I say 'they' because I think his father would want me dead even now"

"Why, Sonia? I turn that over and over in ical conclusion, but there is none Were they in so you shouldn't?"

It helped that he kept his eyes on the fan and not her "I didn't, though I think it had so to do with my father" She touched the faint scar on her forearainst the olive of her skin Still, it was so faint, no one had ever noticed it, not even Sasha, whom she'd lived with for nearly two years

"Your father," he prompted when she fell silent

She pulled his white, button-down shirt from his jeans He did that a lot--paired a dress shirt or a shirt and jacket with jeans She thought of it as his signature look, one she appreciated He looked good in jackets and collared shirts His skin beneath the shirt was very warm She drew circles over his hard ood carpenter, and I loved wood Really loved it The shtelse, sos to hihtht them, and one had a knife It sliced my arm open The laceration was fairly shallow but it hurt like hell and needed stitches to close"

"So maybe not so shallow"

She shrugged "Maybe In any case, I now have this scar By the way, I saw you hung the picture in the great roo to the stairs" Her hand dropped to his jeans, fingers fiddling with the snap there She opened it "You're right, it looks good I didn't think it would go so well over the fireplace, but the colors are perfect I like knowing so of mine is in your house"

"I do too" His hand slipped into her hair "I like you in this house"

"I am here" Very, very slowly she slid down the zipper He was already hard and ready for her "I kind of like this afternoon break thing Now, that ht be a decent rule to add" She slipped off the bed to her knees, nudging his legs apart so she could fit She took off his shoes and socks first Grasping the waistband, she pulled his jeans down his legs until she could get them off

She loved looking at him sprawled just like that, draped over the bed, hands back behind his head, his eyes on her face

"Do me a favor and lose the clothes"

"My clothes? I don't think it's necessary when I plan to have your cock in o to work"

"Your clothes I wantme Hard Face-to-face And I want to look at your body while you do that"

She cupped his balls, her thu over the velvet sacs while she contemplated what he wanted "I have to ad up a lot here, so I should have some concessions"

She pulled off her shirt and flung it to one side Her bra followed She removed both boots and then shimmied out of her jeans She liked the way his eyes were on her every second He didn't blink, giving her the full focus a leopard would its prey That familiar shiver slid down her spine

"What concessions?"

"Tonight, I get to take you all the way before we let the cats run I have so special I want to try"

"I have to let you blow h sell I don't know"

"Let s and licked up his shaft His cock juroaned

"That's cheating Cheaters get in trouble Their asses get marked"

"I a, but I want my way" Before he could reply, she took hi around hi his face, watching the pleasure spread, the lines of carnal sin deepen, the dark passion turn his eyes reen It was such a turn-on

"All right, baby But don't expect to sit comfortably for a day or two"

She purred softly around his shaft, watching the vibrations take him up another notch She loved that Loved it al he did to her "I'll look forward to that, honey, but in the ," she murmured around his shaft, and then went to work

She lovedit difficult for him to leave her mouth If he came in herhi his seed right out of him

He groaned, and his hips began that helpless thrusting she knewhim exactly what he needed She increased her suction, took hi, took a deep breath and started all over

Then he caught her braid in his fist, forcing her head up "Sit on ht now"

He was leaking all that salty goodness she had tried so hard to get Laughing, she licked at him, took him deep while he held his cock at the base and then, with a show of reluctance, let hihs, and lowered herself onto hi his face She loved that S

he loved the way his gaze dropped to her breasts, his hands ca her fiercely She felt as if she was home

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"DAMN it, Drake, I've given you everything I have on her I need to find out who the hell tried to kill her and why We have an entire teaon her? She's been here a year Surely so up was reported a year ago That can't be that fuckin' hard to find"

"I've never heard you rattled, Joshua You really have found your mate"

As always, Drake's voice was cal at hi out his eardru with the phone to his ear, just waiting for his friend to get over his tantrum Joshua made an effort to calm down

"Sorry,Gut deep I don't like that she's hanging out there when I don't even knohat or who is threatening her"

"It's possible she's safe It's been a year They aren't looking for her, or our tea careful feelers out"

He took a deep breath and let it out "The thing is, Drake, I've never been wrong I know trouble's co fro I can't lose her She's already skittish So away" He hadn't ether, and every day she smiled that sweet smile and looked at him as if she expected hirandfather had been one He wasn't that He had faults, but he wasn't that