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“I was hoping you’d offer,” she said “I want to make dinner for you, for all you’ve done for me”

“You don’t have to do that, darlin’” His hands clasped her hips and he eased her toward hi, deep kiss

When she finally pulled away, her chest rose and fell quickly and she spoke in a breathless voice “You curl my toes”

Ryan grinned at her “I can do better than that”

He kissed her again, passionately, loving the feel of her soft lips and her tongue tangling with his Having her body pressed against him as he slid his arms around her waist aroused him instantly

They eventually came up for air, and Ryan said, “We should take this somewhere else”

“Gladly,” she said “Follow me”

They pulled into her drive twenty-five ain as he swept the house This evening, he’d paid extra attention to the cars around them as they drove out to the lake But there hadn’t been iven that it was dinnertime And no one had come out this far, except for the two of them

“So, did you learn anything else froht to enter her kitchen

“Just that our perps are good at disappearing They knohen, where and how to lay low, it see their moves”

Which had caused Ryan to want to continue his don patrol this evening, but the sheriff wanted to take over, apparently finding it a personal slight someone had co to let the robbers get aith the trouble they’d caused Plus, he’d told Ryan that since there was no Mrs Johnson waiting at ho in the extra hours He’d also let Ryan know he could log the tier, but Ryan had ier while there were thieves afoot, who’d already attacked her once, was so he would’ve done whether he was a deputy or not

“Maybe this tiet them out of our hair,” she said

“Yeah, well, we’d prefer to nab them before they become someone else’s problem They’re professional criminals They’re also drinkers,” Ryan added as he pulled the cork on the bottle of Chardonnay she’d handed over before turning her attention to the refrigerator “Max Lawton said they loaded up on beer and whisky, along with other groceries and necessities, the latter being the reason the sheriff hoped to find therounds in the area”

“The one who tackled me reeked of alcohol,” she confir?”

“They ility Or they could slip up for the same reasons”