In Hot Pursuit by Joanne Rock

Author:Joanne Rock
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2002-12-15T05:00:00+00:00

LEXI’S LEGS WOBBLED as she moved toward her building. For a woman who’d practically been born in high heels, the condition said a lot about Josh’s effect on her.

God, she wanted him.

She wanted to explore his big, burly shoulders with her hands. She wanted to taste the hollow at the base of his throat, to inhale the all-male scent of him. She wanted to hear the thump of his heart beneath her ear, to trace her finger through the whorls of hair she’d felt on his chest.

Most of all, she just wanted to see him.

Last night had been over-the-top exciting in the pitch blackness. But today, all she could think about was catching a glimpse of Josh in the light—as nature had made him.

He held the door for her and flashed a wicked grin.

His gaze strayed south, flicking over her breasts. They responded immediately, visibly, through her lightweight dress.

“I hope you’re thinking about me,” he half growled, half whispered in her ear as she charged through the door, head held high despite her carnal thoughts.

“I never said I wasn’t going to think about you,” she admitted, now that she was thoroughly caught. “I’m just not going to act on it.”

They stepped onto an empty elevator, and Lexi pressed the button for her floor.

Josh leaned close to whisper in her ear. “Want to know what I’m thinking about right now?”

“No.” She shivered anyway, certain Josh’s thoughts were as impure as her own.

“According to our rules, though, I think I’m technically allowed to talk about what I’d like—I just can’t actually give it to you.” Josh scrubbed his stubbled jaw with one hand and studied her, as if genuinely trying to remember the specifics of their agreement.

He looked wily as a fox with those sexy gray eyes. Lexi would wager her wardrobe that he knew exactly what he was doing to her with his provocative conversation.

The elevator cabin seemed smaller, suddenly, and Josh’s presence dominated the intimate space.

The fabric of her dress clung to her, caressing her sensitized flesh and frustrating her with its wispy touch. She became very aware of her lack of stockings. Her bare thighs pressed together in an effort to assuage the sweet ache his presence inspired.

“You are a wicked man, Josh Winger,” she managed to say, her voice husky with the effort of holding herself back.

His gaze held her captive as surely as if he’d touched her.

“Not half as wicked as I’d like right now.”

Thank God the elevator doors swished open when they did, or she might have caved to the close quarters and heated atmosphere.

She needed to insert some distance between them, fast, if she was going to survive this “official police business” visit. Drawing lines only seemed to tempt the man to cross them, so Lexi scavenged her brain for another tact. How did one send a man running?

Inspiration struck as she turned the key in her front door lock.

“I can’t help but wonder where those wicked ways came from.” She nudged open the door with her shoulder and was greeted by a chorus of happy barking.

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