Harlequin Intrigue October 2015, Box Set 2 of 2 by Elle James

Author:Elle James
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459290754
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“All done,” Dylan said as he forced his gaze away from her creamy skin. Her lacy bra didn’t help matters. It had taken considerable discipline to avert his eyes from the soft curve of her full breasts peeking out over the top.

He told himself that it had been too long since he’d had sex, and that part was true. He didn’t want to acknowledge how much it might not matter when it came to Samantha. Even so, when had there been time this past year to do anything but potty train Maribel? No wonder his body reacted every time he touched Samantha. She was a beautiful woman. He was a man with needs. If it had been that simple, he was pretty sure they’d have been in bed already, recent events aside. There was so much more to it than that. They had history. He knew that she secretly liked being silly and she prided herself on not being too much of a girlie girl. He figured that was a gift from growing up with three brothers. Her laugh filled him like spring air. She had a single dimple on her left cheek that came out only when she smiled real wide.

She’d asked to hold his hand earlier, to help deal with the pain, and he just now realized that his thumb was moving in small circles against her palm.

One look into her cobalt-blue eyes—eyes that had darkened with the look he hadn’t allowed himself to see in far too long—and his heart clutched.

If she hadn’t been injured, he might have done something they’d both regret.

“You haven’t slept. Do me a favor and try to close your eyes.” He pulled his hand back, gathered up used supplies and tossed them into the garbage.

“I feel as though I should be doing something.”

“We can’t. Not until we know what their next move is,” he said.

She seemed to carefully consider his words.

“You’re right.” She bit back a yawn as he turned off the light.

He hadn’t wanted to admit just how freaked out he’d been when he saw that she’d been shot. He’d stayed calm for her benefit.

Dylan wouldn’t survive losing her, too. Where’d that come from?

Thankfully, Samantha would be all right.

“Will you come over here?” Her sweet, sleepy voice wasn’t helping with his arousal.

The room had just enough light for him to see big objects without being able to tell what they were. His own adrenaline was fading, leaving him fatigued.

He walked over and sat down. She took his hand. Hers was so small in comparison, so soft.

“Will you lie next to me?” she asked in that sexy, sleepy voice. “Just until I fall asleep?”

He settled onto his side, being sure to keep a safe distance between them, and realized she was trembling. A lightning bolt of anger sizzled down his spine.

“I’m right here,” he whispered into her thick dark hair.

She wiggled until her back was flush with his chest, and she made a mewling sound as she snuggled against him.

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