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Kate really wasn’t sure she could suffer through another tragic and heart-wrenching fall from cloud nine

And that’s when she made up her mind

Standing, she said, “I need to find Jake I’ll be back in a little while”

“Kate,” Maggi called after her “Co rash here!”

But it was too late She was already out the door

She found Jake across the courtyard, only he wasn’t working the site thisInstead, he held an iPad in one hand as he spoke with a lanced up as Kate approached and the slow, easy grin that curved his lips made her stomach flutter As usual There was no immunity to the man

He really was nificent And whether he was dressed in nice pants and a button-down shirt or jeans and a tank top or a towel or nothing at all, he was by far the eous man she would ever know

And the memory of her weekend with him would never fade from her mind

In fact, Kate had a feeling she’d play it over and over in her head, keeping the es fresh so she could savor them always

Her one decadent, wicked weekend with a hot construction worker

That’s how she’d compartmentalize this encounter

Jake stepped away from the foreman as she drew closer Heas he eyed her from head to toe

“You look damn sexy,” he said

She’d never considered her business suits sexy Smart and sophisticated, yes But sexy?

Yet the twinkle in Jake’s electric-blue eyes told her he found her attractive Sensual Sexy