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She smiled at the husky timbre of his voice as she blinked open her eyes to look at her alarm clock It was three am

His hand smoothed back down to curve around her behind

“You have a backside that brings a man to his knees” There e in his voice

Rainne turned her head so she could look at hiht was still on in her hall and her bedroolow He looked even better in her bed Her stoht look edible, but she wasn’t sure he should be there

“Alastair,” she started, but he silenced her by leaning forward and kissing her gently

She sighed as she sank deeper into the bed

He pulled back slightly to look at her “So, here’s the thing,” he said as he ran his thu in”

Her eyes ide “What?”

“I’ in Here With you”

She blinked “What?”

He sly sexy smile that made her mind turn to mush She couldn’t afford a ht She closed her eyes tight against the distraction

“You can’t stay here” Her stomach clenched with panic She didn’t knohat to think He wasn’tsense What about his business? His future in Invertary? What about not trusting her to stay with hinore it all?

“Course I can”

She could hear the smile in his voice At least she couldn’t see it That helped her resolve

“We talked about this You don’t trustto overcome”