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career. I made sacrifices and I don’t know why Eamon or anyone else should get a pass simply because you want him around. If the girl has a specialized career, it would be a much greater sacrifice for her to move. You assume a lot, Laura.”
    Eamon looked toward his brother, taken aback. Michael rarely got pissy and almost never with his lady. He tended to agree with Laura, why should he be the one to make sacrifices?
    “This is a moot point anyway. We’re long-distance dating. No one is moving anywhere. It’s just a bit of fun. Stop it now before you get into a fight.”

    Caitlin aced her finals. She just felt it in her gut. She had some summer classes but the term didn’t start for a few weeks and in the meantime, she could enjoy a little bit of free time. Summer wasn’t too bad credit wise. It would be much easier than it had been during the academic year. Her schedule was heavy in the fall so she could graduate and then have January for bar prep.
    She knew the good grades would help with her job search along with her letters of recommendation, which she was already lining up. No one could say she wasn’t prepared. Now she just had to keep up the pace and her dedication level so she could get through the next months and get a job offer.
    Just one thing at a time. Step by step until she reached her goal. And then she’d make a new list of goals.
    But all that fell away as she got off the plane and headed to baggage claim where she knew Eamon waited. She’d been dying to touch him for months. Since about five minutes after she dropped him off at SeaTac to come home in December, probably. Web cam sex wasn’t a good substitute for the real thing any more than telling him about her day on the phone was the same as relating it all snuggled into his side.
    It had been a good thing her schedule had been so packed or she probably would have been depressed at not seeing him for so long. But in reality, even though it’d been six months, the time had flown by. Underneath it though, she’d missed him, missed that spark they’d made on his visit and that they’d built in the months since.
    She saw him before he caught sight of her and she used those moments to look her covetous fill. Tall, dark and ridiculously handsome, the sight of him made her heart leap. She quickened her pace and they both grinned when he finally saw her.
    “Cat, my darlin’!” He grabbed her and hugged, picking her up and kissing her so soundly she saw stars behind her closed eyes.
    “Hello there. That was some greeting. I may have to go around the corner and come back so I can get more,” she said, breathless, as he put her back down.
    “There’s plenty more where that came from. Let’s get your bag and get out of here.”
    They waited while the bags circled, his arms around her waist, her back to his front. He felt good, smelled even better and holy cow did she really want to rip his clothes off with her teeth and jump him until they were both too tired to move.
    “I want you so much my teeth hurt,” he murmured into her ear, bringing a shiver rolling over her skin.
    “Thank all the angels in heaven, there’s my bag.” She moved forward to grab it, but he tsked at her and shook his head.
    “The red one?” She nodded and he grabbed it. “Let me do that. You’ll need your strength.”
    He all but hauled her out into the heat and toward the parking lot. “I’m not too far. Come on. Have you eaten?”
    “It can wait until after.”
    “Christ,” he nearly growled as he tossed her suitcase in his trunk and practically shoved her into the passenger seat before jogging to the driver’s side.
    “A Mustang huh? Can’t say I’m too very surprised. It’s sexy.”
    The drive to his place took less than an hour, even though traffic sucked. “I should have thought ahead and not chosen the arrival during rush hour. You look good.” He gave a quick look her way. “I’ve missed your face.”
    She smiled, warmed by his words.