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Isaac

Isaac Caood Tamara smelled

One, it eird He was, after all, hustling through the club's hectic kitchen with one super-sexy, kinda bitchy blonde—his favorite kind—for parts unknown He should be noticing her ass under that swishy green skirt, not so lame like the fact that she smelled like peach tea spiked with bourbon

Two, they were dodging stealy-as-roadkill bounty hunter Archie Wolczyk was hot on their heels Even if his forht him the importance of survival, his stint in the county jail should have been h even his thick skull: Being locked up in the pokey wasn't his style

So instead of getting distracted by her perfuet them both out of here before he ended up separated from the love of his life—woe decided aiding and abetting a fugitive deserved

"Left" He pressed his pal that his hand spanned aluided her past the walk-in fridge and toward the employee break room

She followed directions but shot hilare over her shoulder

Prickly little ice queen, wasn't she?

As they hurried through the break roonored the surprised faces of the staff ave a quick wink to the sous chef who'd given hio Stephanie? Stacy? Selena? Sarah That was it Then almost as fast as he and Tamara had rushed into the break room, they were out the reinforced steel door and into the fenced-in part of the parking lot It stank of cooking grease and rotting food fro in the Texas heat for the past few days He peeked over the privacy fence, scanning the lot for the bounty hunter's backup He spotted a couple getting out of a sedan, a valet sneaking a s between the cars

Nothing of consequence stood between theate, ready as always for a quick getaway He unlocked the doors with his key fob and opened the passenger door, then held out his hand to help Ta board She was tall, but his oversized tires—perfect for off-roading—were no joke

"No way" She took a step back, as if she could still escape

It was cute

"We don't have time for me to sweet-talk you, darlin', so let et that fine ass of yours in the truck or I'll expend the itty bitty ay it would take for me to pick you up and flop you down in there"

The start of a snarl curled up one side of her mouth and she took another step back "Look, I appreciate you giving me the heads up about the bounty hunter, but I don't know you and there's no way in hell I' in your truck"

So, plan B it was