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asked. Again Maggie wondered if he could read her mind. That possibility sent fear shivering through her.
    “Yes. I...I was a little cold.”
    “Take it off, Maggie. You can’t sleep like that all night.” With an edge of irritation, he added, “I gave you my promise.”
    After a moment of hesitation, she undid her robe and slid it off, tossing the garment on the foot of the bed. “Did you take your pill?” she remembered to ask.
    “Damn, I forgot. It will probably be all right.”
    “No, Josh, you need to take it. Where are the pills? I’ll get them.”
    “No, you won’t. They’re in the living room, where Sam is sleeping. I’ll get them.” He shoved back the covers and got out of bed.
    Maggie toyed with the idea that he’d almost sounded protective, even jealous, though she knew it was silly to think that even for a minute. Still it was...rather nice.
     
    Damn woman was driving him batty, Josh thought as he entered the living room where Sam was lying on the couch reading.
    “I forgot my pills,” Josh muttered, snatching them off the lamp table.
    “Glad you remembered. You probably wouldn’t get much sleep without them. I’ve had a head injury before.”
    “Yeah. Night.” He didn’t want to talk to Sam Ankara. And he certainly didn’t want to discuss the possibility of getting any sleep tonight.
    Sharing the bed with Maggie was going to preclude sleeping. Why was she so sexy in her white cotton pajamas and robe? He’d had women in slinky black teddies come on to him. Or wearing nothing at all.
    But Maggie, with her solemn hazel eyes and demure smile, was becoming more and more important to him. And sexier. But he’d promised to keep his hands to himself. And that explained why he wouldn’t get any sleep.
    Unless these pills were knock-outs.
    He opened the bedroom door, then closed it behind him.
    “Do you need water to take them?” Maggie’s quiet, husky voice asked in the darkness.
    “Yeah.” He sensed movement from the direction of the bed. “I’ll get it. Stay in bed.” Those words sounded so familiar, so...hopeful. As though he was going to join her there.
    And he was. But there was a big pillow separating them. He wasn’t going to be able to touch her. He’d been angry when he’d first seen those pillows. Then he realized he should probably be grateful.
    He didn’t trust himself.
    He slammed the empty glass down on the bathroom counter and turned off the light. Then he crossed over to the bed and got back in.
    “Is your head hurting?” she whispered.
    “A little. But the pill should fix it up. Good night, Maggie.”
    “Good night, Josh.”
    Whispered words in a darkened bedroom.
    They should have been the prelude to something incredible.
    Instead, they opened the door to torture.
    Josh sighed and rolled over.

Chapter Six
     
    M aggie had set the timer on her wristwatch to awaken her after four hours. When the buzzer sounded, she automatically switched it off as her mind tried to figure out why she would set the alarm while it was still dark.
    Then she remembered Josh.
    Which was a good thing, or she might’ve wondered whose arms were around her.
    Arms? Suddenly, she was wide awake and sitting upright. Where was the pillow?
    “Josh? Josh, what happened to the pillow?”
    He stirred. “What?”
    “Josh, I’m waking you up to see if you’re all right. And to find out what happened to the pillow.” And to try to forget the coziness she’d dispelled when she’d sat up.
    “You need a pillow?” Josh asked, sounding confused.
    “The pillow I used to...to divide the bed. Remember?”
    “Come back to bed, honey,” he said, his words slightly slurred. “We’ll find it tomorrow.”
    A big warm hand tugged on her arm, and she almost did as he asked without thinking. Or because she’d liked sleeping in his arms.
    “Uh, I need to check on Ginny.” Anything to get out of that bed. She shoved back the covers and distanced herself from the temptation of his arms.
    The