On Fire by Sylvia Day - Shadow Stalkers 04 - On Fire

Author:Sylvia Day - Shadow Stalkers 04 - On Fire [Day, Sylvia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780425247693
Google: nWJ5AAAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 18364297
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 2012-12-18T16:00:00+00:00

chapter eight

Jared wondered what the hell he’d gotten himself into when Darcy came out of the house. She’d changed into a strappy, fitted red dress that bared toned arms and lithe legs that ended in heeled sandals. Her dark hair drifted around her shoulders, and she’d touched up her eyes and lips with a light application of cosmetics.

His breath caught. More than her physical attractiveness, it was her sultry confidence that riveted him, the indefinable essence of her that so perfectly aligned with something deep inside him.

“Are you still there, Cameron?” Supervisory Deputy Holt asked through his cell phone’s speaker.

“Yes, ma’am. Sorry.”

“We’ve pulled the photos and video from the surveillance cameras around the payphone. They’re not very helpful. The subject wore a hooded sweatshirt and kept his head down, but they’re being e-mailed to you. Maybe one of the locals will see something familiar in the body language.”

“We’ll run it through. Thanks.” He straightened as Darcy reached him. “I’m going to visit the location myself. I want to time the trip and see if something in the vicinity jumps out at me. It’s possible he picked the payphone at random, but just in case, I’ll check it out.”

“Send me an updated report by morning.”

“Yes, ma’am.” He killed the call, shoved the phone in his pocket, and caught Darcy by the hips to pull her close. “You look amazing.”

“Thank you, Deputy.” She accepted the compliment with an easy self-assurance.

A heartbreaker, he thought grimly. The kind of woman a man was never sure he possessed completely. That aloofness stirred his most primal proprietary instincts, and he was slightly irritated that he was no more immune to her allure than any other member of the male species.

But then she’d confessed today that they were “involved,” and she wasn’t the type of woman to use one man as an excuse to extricate herself from another. For now, she was his. It was up to him to decide if he wanted to keep her, and if he did, take the steps necessary to make that happen.

“You’re scowling at me,” she pointed out wryly, her cool fingertips smoothing the line between his brows.

“Sorry.”

“What’s wrong?”

Jared shook his head. “You’re perfect, Darcy. Just the sort of uncomplicated and undemanding female a guy like me hopes to pass some time with. It’s driving me fuckin’ crazy.”

“That makes absolutely no sense,” she said wryly.

“Tell me about it. Kiss me.”

“All right. Don’t move.”

He forced himself to relax. “Go for it.”

Stepping closer, she brushed her mouth across his. The kiss was soft as a butterfly’s wings, barely there. Her tongue darted out, licking the seam of his lips, dipping just a tiny bit inside. He groaned, fighting the urge to drag her close and take over. He wanted her to give to him whatever she chose, however much she chose.

Her hands went to his shoulders, then the one not holding her little clutch purse cupped his nape. Her head tilted and she sealed her mouth over his. She deepened the kiss, unraveling him stitch by stitch.

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