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    romantic feel.”
    They were both quiet a minute and Haley asked, “What about you? What are your favorites?”
    He arched a brow at her. “I don’t have a favorite color and I definitely don’t have a favorite flower.”
    They both laughed. “Well then, how about a favorite movie or band?”
    “Not a lot of time for movies, but my favorite band would probably be Van Halen.”
    She pushed at him teasingly. “Careful old-timer, your age is showing.”
    “Hey, I’m only thirty-two. I’m in my prime, woman!”
    She harrumphed. “Well, I’m a mere twenty-five and you’re way too old for me.”
    Jay’s eyes smoldered as he whispered, “My experience is your gain.”
    They both fell silent after that erotic promise. Haley finished off the last of her hot chocolate and set the
    empty mug on the coffee table. Belatedly, she realized Jay was staring at her.
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    “What?”
    “How about you tell me more about this dream of yours.”
    Her face heated. “What’s there to tell?”
    Jay fingered a loose tendril of her hair, causing her heart to beat erratically. “For starters, who’s the
    other woman?”
    “Marissa isn’t real. At least not physically.”
    His left brow rose a little. “How do you know she’s not real? I was in your dream and I’m real.”
    Sure of what Marissa symbolized, Haley didn’t have to think about her answer. “She’s a part of me. A
    part I’ve kept locked in a cage for too long.”
    Jay nodded. “Ah, your naughty girl side, you mean.”
    “Yeah, something like that,” she consented, tickled by his description.
    “In that case, I’m glad you found the key to the cage and let her out to play with me this weekend.” He
    was like a predator suddenly scenting prey. “We’ve had our food, hot chocolate and conversation. Now
    I want you in that bed upstairs, handcuffed and at my mercy.”
    She swallowed hard at the picture his words invoked. “Now?” she asked, trying not to sound quite so
    excited.
    “Now,” he whispered. He put his hand on the back of her head and pulled her toward him.
    His kiss tasted of sweet chocolate, and Haley melted. She let him take her mouth. Let him, yeah right, as
    if she had a choice in the matter. Her body had overridden her brain the minute she’d set foot in his
    cabin. She was helpless to him. At his mercy. She didn’t need to be tied down, she’d gladly do whatever
    he asked. When had she become such a little glutton? But then she’d never met a man who sent her body
    into overdrive with just a look. She’d never met a man who had the power to make her body plead and
    quiver with just a kiss. Only Jay could do that to her.
    He ended the kiss and left the couch. When he leaned down to take her in his arms, she balked. “I’m
    way too heavy for you to carry up those stairs.”
    He stilled and grew serious. “Now you’re calling me a wimp?”
    She frowned. Men and their testosterone. “Well, of course not, but—“ She was cut off as he pulled her
    high into his arms and started out of the room. Okay, a girl could get used to being carted around like a
    princess. Haley kept reminding herself this was all quite temporary. Come Monday, she’d be back at
    work and Jay Pickett would be out of her life. She would not cry when that happened either. She simply
    refused.
    Jay did indeed make it up the stairs and to the bed. He wasn’t even breathing heavily. If that didn’t just
    make a woman’s heart flutter. He laid her down and growled, “Stay put while I get a few things.”
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    She nodded, more eager than she wanted to admit to herself. Haley knew what things he meant. He was
    going for the camera and handcuffs. Oh, lord, this was all so wild, so fast. Did she trust him enough to be
    at his mercy in such a way? Would he be kind, gentle?
    Jay came back into the room and stopped mid-stride. “I can see those thoughts as clear as day, Haley.
    You would make a terrible con.”
    She resented that. “I’d make a terrific