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gainst the shore, like a lul

away the weight of the morning...the way Jax's hands had felt on her skin

palms sliding over her ribs, fingers threading through

warm even now, stan

s alrea

braced on the weathered wood, staring at

elbows, sunglasses pushed carele

always did when he wanted someone to no

d without turning. "After

eded

at easy, practiced smile curved h

rs leading back into the hous

ing into his pockets as he walked to

ot to the Hamptons...Quiet, Happi

teady hazel, always t

could smell the salt on his skin mixed with his co

it. The way you look at him. The way he looks at y

"This isn't a convers

, softer now..."He's your bodyguard. That's the job..

her chest. "You don't know

an stand next to you in the light

to pull away and brushed his fingers

e and lingering just long eno

pped back

tayed, but it no longer reach

m n

"Are you sure about him? What happens when th

slap. She felt heat rise in her throat.

ng shifted in his expression...charm giving way

he said

on't expect me to be the o

oulder brushing hers on purpose enoug

s footsteps faded down the hallway and

de. She moved through the wide hallway on bare f

ust happened before the words

tudy door...half-open, spilling

ith something dangerous and a woman's v

you can just end this

ng I've done fo

nswered flatly. "You used me an

s a client, Jax.When the check clears, y

etched..thi

iet and final: "I'm

hed the d

both

rrowed to slits. "

lightly in front of her...protective instinct, automatic. H

en them, lips curling

ut," J

thin and vicious. "

rp against the floor like gunfire..the front door slammed

his nose. "She's bee

ings, leak stories, any

bolt, deliberate. She crossed the room to him, took his

asked softly. "About

n her hips..warm, s

issed

comfort..lips brushi

his hair, tugging lightly. They stumbled backward until her spine met t

He yanked it over his hea

silver lines across his ribs, the puckered burn n

verent fingertips. He s

found her neck, her collarbone, lower. She gasped when his lip

motion. Her legs parted instinctively. His

desperate layers..jeans shove

r in one slow

ed. Felt the stretch, the

her throat. She clung to him...His mouth returned to her breast, sucking gent

The room smelled like them.. sw

ng again...tight,

moaned, voi

" he rasped ag

s the wave crashed through her. He followed seconds later, burying hims

gether, panting, hear

orehead...slow,

g her near you,

st his skin. "We

the quiet..three fast, delib

y f

and venomous...filtered

ax. I have the ph

th caught in

ened around her

rned...slowly

ck was

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