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“Please be real,” she whispered, her eyes still closed

She felt the bed shift and warainst hers in a soft, slow kiss “That real enough for you?” His words were a breath against her mouth

Her eyes drifted open, and she found herself staring into the cohtme to the Northern Territory” At her words, disjointedback He’d come for her, just as he’d promised

Perfect white teeth flashed against warm mocha skin “You think those assholes would have made you this comfortable for the trip?”

He had a point “How long have I been asleep?”

“Couple of hours We’re eight hours fro the circuitous route” He stroked her hair off her cheek, taking his tiers

She glanced at the clock beside the bed “I only have thirty-two hours until my time runs out”

“If you take away the eight hours flight tiet to the clinic, that leaves you twenty-one long hours to hang out in Bolivia after you take the antidote We got plenty of ti But, if you want to put that big brain of yours to good use, you could coht hours we’re stuck on this jet? Any thoughts?”

His fingertip traced the shell of her ear She felt his touch ricochet throughout her body There was only one thing she wanted to do with her ti at him, with a smile on her lips that only he could produce under such dire circumstances

“How about we start researching your DNA?” she teased

“That’s one option, for sure” His lazy draas like warm honey on her skin

He lay on his side, propped up on his elbow, and she could feel the heat of his body along the length of hers Her eyes ate hihened jaw, thoseeyes, and all that luscious bronze skin His full lips quirked into a saze scanned over theht of his muscles Who knew shoulders could be that sexy?

“You like what you see” He’d asked her that before, back in the bar when they’d first ance of a ertips traced her jaw to stroke down her throat Everywhere he touched bubbled with sensitivity Friday wondered if there were actual sparks flickering over her skin in the wake of his touch

“Why are you naked?” She glanced down “Why a to lanced around the room “At least this time we don’t have an audience”

His eyes were on hers as his fingers lightly traced her collarbone “You stop getting injured, and you’ll stop waking up naked” He frowned “Scratch that When you’re aroundinjured, chère This tied up pretty bad when the car veered off the road”