Live a Little! by Nancy Warren

Author:Nancy Warren
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2001-09-04T04:00:00+00:00

8

JAKE WOKE SUDDENLY and completely, a loud and unfamiliar noise jarring him out of a deep, dreamless sleep. He blinked and shook his head, confused. Then he heard a groan and an arm flapped across his body, the spread-fingered hand banging futilely in the direction of the buzzing alarm clock.

It occurred to him that Cyn was not a morning person. She looked like a woodland animal coming out of hibernation and deciding it was too early for spring. Her eyes stayed shut as her hand flailed away.

Taking pity, he punched the snooze button for her, then grinned, watching her burrow back down in the covers. She wiggled until she found the right spot, then curled into herself.

He breathed deeply. He felt easier than he had in months, and he knew he had Cyn to thank for that. He hadn’t wanted to talk about Hank, and the guilt he’d always carry. The best therapy Jake could imagine for getting over his grief would be to catch the bastards who’d killed his friend. But Cyn had given him comfort, too. More than comfort, a deep sense of peace.

He wished he could let her sleep longer—she’d had three hours at the most—but she shouldn’t draw attention to herself if she was going back to Oceanic. So long as she kept her promise to stay away from snooping, she’d be safe, and he’d still have eyes and ears inside the company.

They hadn’t found a thing last night, so chances were the place was clean, anyway. He couldn’t keep this one-man operation going much longer. He knew that. Adam had given him more time than he’d expected, but it couldn’t last much longer. He’d have to acknowledge defeat.

Maybe it was time to accept that Hank was gone.

A mutter drew his attention to the warm, naked woman beside him. He kissed her awake. “Sorry, babe, but you slept through your alarm.”

Her eyes opened, blank and sleepy. Then she focused on him and her smile lit his world. “Morning.”

He kissed her again, taking his time, filling his hands with her sleep-warmed skin while his body suggested all sorts of great ideas for starting the day off right. “I can never get enough of you,” he mumbled against her lips.

“Good,” she replied, wrapping her arms around him and rubbing up against him.

The snooze alarm made another attempt, and with a cry of horror, Cyn pushed herself up to a sitting position.

She batted his hands off her breasts and jumped to her feet. “Stop it. I’m going to be late.”

He had the indefinable pleasure of watching Cyn race through her morning routine, still with the sleepy, half-dazed expression on her face. She ran into the shower, raced back out, naked and damp, and he wanted her again.

Sex was obviously the last thing on her mind as she scrambled around drying her hair and doing her makeup at the same time, tossing panties and bra on the bed. “Where are my stockings?” She gave a cry of triumph and picked up a pair of black panty hose off the floor, then glared at him.

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