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“You wish?”
“You’d share some of those dark, scary secrets with me”
“It’s not your burden, Jet It’s mine”
“But maybe it can be our burden Maybe you share it with me so I can protect you”
“And hoould you do that?”
“I’m not exactly sure, but it does help even the odds a bit Instead of it being five against one, it’s five against two”
He kissed her, and again “Sweet Jet,” he ht”
She didn’t knohat that meant, but she didn’t want to stop the kiss, or think too hard when she was starting to feel good again
The kiss deepened until her breathing was ragged and her body hot and electric all over
“You are, u away to catch her breath
“I like kissing you”
“And I like that you like kissing me” She exhaled, determined to clear her head “So, where e stay in Butte?”
“There are lots of hotels It won’t be a proble you like, and we’ll stop there”
“Do you think there is anything in the historic district?”
“Theremansion isn’t the only historic house that has been turned into a bed and breakfast Why don’t you check it out on your phone while I drive?”
“Is Butte far?”
“Just twenty or thirty minutes now”
“Okay”
He reached up and swept her long hair fro it behind her ear “And once we knohere we’re staying, you’ll call Harley and give her an update, right?”
“Yes”
“You’ll tell her we’re staying in Butte, and you’ll let her know you have your own rooive her my number, too, so she can reach me if she has a problem with any of this—”
She stiffened “I’ive her your number I’ll tell her what’s what, but H
arley is not my mom and, honestly, the less interference from the others, the better”
His palrip firmed as he adjusted her on his for you Strong feelings And I’ood for you If I didn’t care so ht, or the rest But I don’t want you getting banged up I can take it, but I can’t take heat on you”
And then he kissed her again, a hard, de kiss that made her feel as if she’d never truly been kissed before Body on fire, she leaned all the way against hi to find some relief from the ache within her
“What are you doing to
He gripped her butt, holding her to hi you how much I want you”
“And will you be over me, once you have me?”
“No Because I’ll never have you That’s not what this is That’s a proly and then tapped her butt “But now let’s get to Butte before its dark so you can see soht”
Chapter Ten
It took each minute of the twenty-five minute drive to Butte for her body to cool down and her emotions to shift back into some semblance of order Jet still didn’t feel wildly in control, but at least she wasn’t whi around on Shane’s lap, either
They’d been driving in silence but it was a callad they’d worked through the tension earlier, even if it had taken a ood with conflict, and she hated fighting with him
She glanced at hih on his arn on his forearm was just black and white, but she could see an area shaded orange close to his elbow She couldn’t ns were
“Tellout to touch one of the black ink designs that looked al from where she sat