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She regarded hirasped her hands in his, a now fa him

“There’s so between us, Claire I don’t knohat it is and I don’t kno long it’ll last, but I can’t deny it I will find a way to protect you and the old man”

She slid her hands out of his “If you’re lying to ret it”

He pulled her down to his lap, tensionfroled up against his crotch “I’d expect nothing less”

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The kiss’s intensity seared Claire’s lips Her heart had already bought Jake’s explanation Her head, on the other hand, stayed suspicious

Brett had been good at spinning tales, too The late-night calls were about business The perfu to his jacket had been from a friend who’d sprayed his coat in jest How many times had he told her it was all in her head? Too many to count

Jake’s ar her back to the present She broke the kiss He wouldn’t hurt her She didn’t have any proof She didn’t understand how she could be so sure, but she was

Together they’d find a way to ht now She had plans for the growing bulge in his jeans

“You have too many clothes on”

“I was thinking the sa”

She jumped off his lap and hopped up on the desk to enjoy the show Anticipation tickled her skin His fingers paused at his waistband She sucked on her bottolued to the action

“Um, I don’t suppose you have a condom?”

That drew her attention upward to his face Claire mentally slapped herself “No, but the Stop and Sip is around the corner”

She looked around for her clothes Nohere did her thong go? Why is it a girl can never find underwear at a time like this?