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n to see whether you

g your eyes

as well," he smirked. "And nothing

faint smile that went across her lips for a single second. Oh, ab

r today." "There aren't many women who can ju

off?" she asked, sitting across fr

u alive, honey," he said, e

ttle bit every time he uttered it,

red, rolling her eyes. "Has anyone ever

ms back, "but it's typically in incomprehensible forms like groans and s

, but his heart rate remained elevated. Jerome realized why. That gorgeous pi

te something when

," he murmured, his g

nsive stance. Mitch and Tom are on the first shift. Pick

it on the windowsill next to his weapon. Right no

ntertain himself with the succ

taked with protecting. And no one ever compelled him to act that way. He was willing to give her some breathing room and allow

kled as she asked

opeful for a brief period. "You've got six hours of my comp

mpting to murder me? After all, that was what was going on. They had planned to assassinate me.

f lady. She wouldn't break beneath the pressure, but sh

im you. As a result, you're valuable. And, you know, I like to keep expensive stuff protected. I can tell you that nothing horrible will happen to you

ather than participating in the act, and worst of all, he meant it. He wasn't just acting on duty when he said those t

other whiff of her smell floated into

She didn't seem to belong

nother squad the next morning. And it reminded him of another time when

couldn't keep the sneer from coming to his lips as her name appeared in his br

sure, short steps to reduce the gap between them. He crouched in front of her and slowly took her hands away from her face, cupping the

ure things out. However, a much larger, far more demanding part of

tion will be found. You will start a new life, one you will be able to design however you see fit.

zel eyes twinkled with somethi

the only logical thi

d her neck and kissed her