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Please let it be me

“I’o in and do some paperwork”

“Do you want to?”

She sighed “Not really There’s always paperwork to do”

“Tell you whatLet’s stop by the station and take care of your tire, then we can figure out the rest of the day”

Soh the phone “Deal I’ll see you in a bit?”

“I’ll be there in twenty”

Technically, he made it in fifteen He called Vivian and waited for her to co soht places and a bright silk scarf that set off the darkness of her hair

Unbidden, a vision of her spread across his bed, scarf tied around her hands, seared through hi wheel, ordering hi libido under control

She slid into car with a h She pushed a fallen lock of hair back behind her shoulder and turned to reach for her seatbelt When she turned back, he gave in to the stupid urge and clasped her chin in his fingers, freezing her in place

She met his kiss with a surprise that quickly burned into equal fervor She tasted of sugar and cream and coffee and he wondered if her skin tasted sweeter He placed a hand on her knee, sliding it slowly up her thigh, reveling in the smoothness of her skin The woven strands of her dress were soft against the top of his hand and she ainst the curve of her hip, tracing the scalloped lace edge of her panties

She deepened the kiss, her tongue caressing his, her hands clutching and releasing his forears eased open, ently stroked the fabric, amazed at the heat of her responsiveness Shethe final barrier between them It wouldn’t be difficult to push her panties to the side and slide his fingers over her slick, swollen flesh—

The ring of her cell phone broke through their haze Her cheeks red, lipstick s out her cell phone Zeke knew he should pull back, re deep in his gut He had done that to her, gotten her that hot and bothered

She answered with shaky hand “Hello? Detective, hi”

He finally withdrew, forcing hiain The conversation’s one-sidedness lih he attempted to listen in