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Everyone in town would’ve known within the hour.
The other playgroup moms would find out, maybe shun her or at least look at her
negatively. No. Any liaisons she had would have to be planned and kept hidden.
    She licked her upper lip. “I haven’t had sex in a really
long time, Rafe.” She dropped her gaze and stared at his chin. “What we did
tonight wasn’t like me either. I’m not like that. Easy.”
    He brushed his lips over her forehead. “I know.” He set her
on her feet and took her hand. “Come, let’s get you home.”
    She walked with him around the side of the building to the
parking lot. He led her right in the direction of her car, not even pausing by
the other ones or asking where she’d parked. A feeling of unease slithered over
her. She stopped and tugged on his arm. He looked at her with scrunched brows.
    She jerked her chin toward her car. “Why do you think I
parked there?”
    He ran a hand through his hair, glanced toward the cluster
of vehicles then back to her. “Your keys. You drive a Ford and I figured you’d
be parked by a light.”
    Intuitive or something more? Doubt crept into her mind and
fed the apprehension. She pointed across the lot to the cars near the front
door. “Why not think I parked there?”
    A sheltered mask slid over the warm and open expression he’d
worn since she’d met him. The first trickling of fear snaked into her
consciousness and her earlier suspicion came back.
    He shook his head and the hard look disappeared. Using the
hand he held, he tucked her against his side. “I am sorry, Jasmine. I just
assumed that since you arrived so late you would’ve been forced to park as far
away as I did.”
    He gave her another reassuring squeeze and led her toward
the other side of the lot.
    She stopped him after a few feet. Embarrassment rose. Just
because she was worried about Tony’s murder and whether the killer had been
looking for money or a kid he could sell didn’t mean she had to think everyone
she met was a criminal or a rogue shifter. She couldn’t believe she was reading
so much into his actions, but paranoia had become a part of her personality.
She questioned everybody’s motives. She had to.
    “No, you were right. I was just curious, I guess. You’re a
very observant man.”
    He looked at her, the careful mask back on. “It’s second
nature, I suppose. A consequence of my…job.”
    “Really? What do you do?”
    “Security,” he grumbled and led her forward.
    She considered that. It fit. She could easily see him
working as a bodyguard for some important official or maybe a rock star. She
grinned at the possibilities.
    Before she knew it, they were at her car. She unlocked the
door but Rafe planted his hands on either side of her body and caged her in. He
leaned against her back and the evidence of his arousal pressed into her. With
his mouth near her ear, he whispered, “I don’t want to let you go.”
    The desire in his voice stirred hers back to life. She
turned in his arms. Her reaction to Rafe wasn’t normal for her but she couldn’t
deny it. Instant lust. She knew that’s all it was, even if he claimed it was
more, but she’d been without a man for so long. This feeling was one she’d
forgotten about. The crazy “nothing else matters” one that made her want to
roll around naked and sweaty with him until she sated the lust.
    He nudged against her neck, urging her to accept him. Unable
to resist, she bent her head and relished the nipping bites along her jaw. He
fisted her hair and tugged, tearing a moan from her throat. He swallowed the
sound with his mouth over hers. She opened for him, drew him in and their
tongues twined and rolled. Slow at first, then with a growing hunger that left
her breathless. She squirmed in his arms, desperate for the relief he could
give.
    He released the firm grip on her hair, swept his hands down
her back and over her sides. With his fingers digging into her hips, he pulled
her closer. The hard length