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lifted her chin so she had to face him. Then he did something completely foreign to his nature. He shared information. “That was Captain Jones. He wanted to let me know that one of Coleman’s thugs has gone missing and that he’s after a cop, probably me.”
    Her eyes widened but strangely enough, she relaxed and laid her head back down on his bare chest. Then she did something he didn’t expect. She started trailing kisses across his chest, then down his stomach. Her tongue traced erotic little circles, causing his stomach muscles to clench uncontrollably.
    Not that he wasn’t enjoying her kisses but he had to ask. “Are you okay?” He couldn’t understand why she wasn’t more upset.
    She glanced up at him and shrugged. “Yeah. I mean it sucks but I’m with you so I’m not too worried. I just don’t like being kept in the dark.”
    “You never cease to amaze me.” He quietly shook his head.
    She moved to a half sitting position and propped herself up on one elbow to face him. “I’ve lived in a war zone on and off for the past couple of years. Did you really expect me to freak out?”
    He sighed and rubbed a hand over his face. “That’s not what I meant. A year ago, this would have erupted into a fight.”
    “Yeah, well a year ago, you wouldn’t have told me who called or what was going on.”
    Instinctively, he opened his mouth to deny it but stopped.
    She lifted an eyebrow and smirked. Something she did when she knew she was right.
    He rolled his eyes and pulled her back on top of him so that their bodies meshed together. “Fine, I admit it. You’re right.”
    “Ooh, talk dirty to me.” She laughed and planted a chaste kiss on his lips.
    With her whole body plastered down the length of his, it wasn’t such a bad idea but he knew that wasn’t what she meant.
    “So, are we really twenty miles from anything resembling civilization?”
    Her question caught him off guard. “Yes, why? Still planning on trying to leave?”
    “I could have left when I had you at my mercy.” She paused for a moment when he didn’t respond. “It’s only fair I know where we are.”
    Her query was only fair and in reality if she wanted to leave, he couldn’t stop her. Part of him still wondered if the reason she hadn’t left when she’d had the chance was because she hadn’t known where she was. Maybe she’d just been afraid to get lost. What if he told her and—
    “Hello, earth to Sean!” Caitlyn waved her hand in front of his face and in doing so, moved her hips, torturing his already full erection. The mischievous glint in her eyes told him that she knew exactly what she was doing.
    “Sorry, we’re in southern Georgia and we really are miles from anywhere. Any more questions or can we get down to more important things?” His hips surged upward.
    “I have one question.” She swallowed and he wasn’t sure if that was a good thing or a very bad thing. She spoke again before he could contemplate it. “Things feel different now, you’re actually communicating with me and…” Her eyebrows snapped down and she tucked her bottom lip between her teeth as if she was afraid to go on. Which she probably was considering their history.
    He knew exactly what she was trying to say. A year gave a man a long time to think. The important things, he could compromise on. Or at least he could try. “When I said I wanted to show you that things would be different, I meant it. We both screwed up but I’ll take a bigger chunk of the blame.”
    “Don’t do that,” she whispered. “I didn’t have to take such long assignments. It just seemed like the more you berated me about my job, the more not being around looked better and better.”
    He was silent for a long moment. “Why didn’t we do this before?”
    “Talk?” she asked quietly.
    He nodded.
    “I don’t know. Stubbornness probably. Maybe it’s not too late.”
    “Are you saying what I think you’re saying?” His breath hitched.
    “Maybe…