A Dangerously Sexy Christmas by Stefanie London

Author:Stefanie London
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-10-11T16:00:00+00:00

9

SOMEHOW, THEY’D MADE it to her bed. Rose wondered if the feeling of being curved against Max’s chest was nothing but a dream. But the muscles and hair beneath her fingertips felt real. The weight of his thigh over her hip felt real.

“I bet you never thought you’d end up here,” she said, her back flat against his chest while her hand danced across his thigh.

“Nope.” Warmth radiated from him. “You’re not my type.”

She could hear the smile in his voice and the teasing tone in his statement, despite the fact that the words were true.

“You’re hardly my type, either.”

“Ah, yes, you go for the arty types.” His lips pressed into her hair, his hand running up and down her arm.

She grinned. “Right. Not save-the-world types like you.”

“I don’t exactly run around with a cape and wearing my jocks on the outside of my clothing.” The slow drawl of his words was like liquid pleasure running through her veins.

She’d taken another hit of a very addictive substance and it would only be a downward slide from here. Surely there was a twelve-step program for hot Australian men.

“No, but you do save people.”

“Not always.” He stiffened. His tension flowed to her as he drew circles on her arm with his finger.

“Why did you really leave Australia?”

She sucked in a breath and prepared herself for his rejection. He’d made it clear he didn’t want to talk about his personal life, yet she continued to probe like a small-town busybody.

Sure, she was curious, but—against her better judgment—she’d also started to care about Max. She wanted to know him.

His breath came out in a rush and he relaxed. “I lost someone... Well, two people.”

She turned in his grasp, pressing her face against his chest and wrapping her arms around his neck as if anchoring herself so he couldn’t run. His hand stroked her hair, sweeping it off her face.

“My best friend was killed on the job. We went to school together, and then we trained at the academy together. I’d known him most of my life.” For words that should have been emotionally charged, they sounded flatter than a dead car battery. “I was going to marry his sister. We were going to be brothers.”

When his voice cracked on the last word, Rose thought her chest was going to split in two. She hugged him tighter, as if she could squeeze the pain out of him.

“He died because I...” He drew a deep breath. “Because I followed orders instead of going with my intuition. Something didn’t feel right, but I didn’t listen to my gut. I just followed orders like a goddamn sheep.”

“What happened?”

He paused and for a moment she thought he wouldn’t continue.

“We were on a raid. One of our undercover guys had identified the house as a meth lab. We had the place surrounded and our orders were to hang back. To wait. But...but...” His breath shook. “We could hear a kid crying inside. Ryan wanted to go in.”

Rose squeezed her eyes shut.

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