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Chapter 1

Karotten behind the wheel of a massive SUV, mowed her down, paused for half a breath then slid into reverse and run her over again

She had no clue what she’d done in a past life to end up at Antoine Felix Antiquities right in time to bump–literally–into her ex-fiance, Jax Taylor, but it must have been awful Her father had always told her she was as stubborn as Ghengis Kahn Maybe there was so to that

Five briefher assistant about the latest treasure hunt request sent to Kwon Limited She’d cut her professional teeth in this store so had navigated around the display of dwarf-sized pickaxes without even glancing up fro screen in her hand That’s how she’d ended up walking right into a man’s hard chest Before they could both topple over onto aarms and pulled her close One whiff of Jax’s distinctive spicy cologne, and the lusty feelings she’d buried with her engage roared to life

Tiet the hell out of here As much as she loved Antoine, she’d catch up with hiic beans

Inhaling one last sniff of Southern Sex God, or whatever cologne Jax had on, Veronica pushed out of his e breasts froave her a better view of the well-defined chest and strong arms his crisp white shirt couldn’t hide

Damn, he didn’t even have the corown out his hair since they’d been together Gone was the close-cropped buzz, replaced with tight black curls that complemented his warm brown skin The kissable mouth remained with its touch of pink on the center of the bottom lip

On cue, the butterflies in her stomach careened in spirals and her pleasure sensors hummed to life

However, judging by the way Jax’s full lips had flattened into a hard line, his body was having a totally different reaction “I never thought I’d see you again”

Of course not He’d broken up with her during a static-filled cell phone conversation, leaving her crying in the dressing room of Madame Cecile’s Dressmakers surrounded by piles of white lace and silk three

The butterflies dropped dead in her stomach and a red haze bled into her peripheral vision He’d left her practically at the altar At the ti too hard to tell hi into Jax wasn’t complete bad luck

His gaze locked on her mouth and his pupils dilated

Her breath caught The kamikaze butterflies jolted awake

The air crackled around theh to blow an electricity transformer

Aremark Now she barely remembered her own name

Jax took half a step toward her and every rebellious nerve in her began singing the Hallelujah Chorus in three-part haro without the man she used to need even more than her twice daily caramel iced-coffee fix Even if he did take up the first five spots on her shit list Okay, the entire top ten

Electricity sizzled in the half foot of open air between their bodies Needing to touch hiers brushed his neck, which was the sale cup of dark French roast coffee he had every ht touch of skin to skin sent shivers of awareness up her arm