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    “I missed you, De.” He relished her sweet taste.
    The soft sounds she made caught in his mouth. His balls drew up in warning.
    “I missed you so damn bad.” No one had ever compared to her. Not ever. He wanted her back. What she’d done to him. The way she’d made him feel.
    Groaning, he slid a hand down her body to cup her hip. He pressed his hard prick into her.
    Focus, mate. Ignore your own growing need for release.
    He eased back to allow his hand to trail under the nightshirt she wore. Her panties were wet to his touch.
    She gasped into his mouth.
    “I missed you, luv.”
    De whimpered on an arch of her hips.
    His free hand caught the back of her neck to keep her anchored to him. Her pussy was hot as he worked her clit through the cloth.
    With a turn of her head, she broke the kiss off. “Ethan.” Her hand pushed at his chest.
    He stilled. A new type of tension sank into his muscles.
    Nervously she pressed her hand over the heartbeat in her neck. “Ethan…”
    “Yeah?” He eased back to look into her gaze.
    “I’ve already experienced this…move of seduction.” She motioned between them. “And I have the proof to show it.”
    Cold water washed over him, through him. What the hell had come over him? Trying to seduce De? What was he thinking? He hadn’t. Unless it was with the head below his waistline.
    No. It’d been more than his prick thinking. She’d been hot for him too. He’d felt it. But he’d abandoned her. Hell, he’d not only abandoned her… She’d never been his. She’d belonged to his brother. A bloody fine mate. A second chance wasn’t something he deserved. Guilt and a rising tide of insecurity caused him to step away to give her space.
    “I have to be at work early tomorrow.” She led the way from the bedroom to the entryway. “You’re welcome to visit Nate. We’ll be here by five most days. But…but…” Her arms went back under her arms. “I’m a mother, and the last thing I want to do is become involved with a player again.”
    Ethan’s teeth clenched. He hadn’t been a player since she’d walked out his door.
    “What we had was a fun time…”
    Fun time? His arse. She’d bloody well had the time of her life. He’d made sure of that. Hell, what they’d shared those two weeks had been the best of his bloody life…
    She turned away from him to pull the door open. “It was no more than sex.”
    Only sex? He’d thought he’d suffocate from wanting her. Even after he’d tried to forget her. De had gotten into his system. She’d affected his life just as his calling for a career as a rescue swimmer had.
    When she faced him, her face held tight lines. “Let’s stick to being friends for Nate’s sake.”
    Muscles along his back bunched. Rejection wasn’t something he’d ever experienced before. She’d just rejected him and he disliked it. Disliked being compared to the man he once was.
    “Sure, for Nate.” He forced a smile. “Goodnight, sheila. I’ll see you both tomorrow.”
    “Hooroo.” She closed the door before he left the steps.
    Christ. What had gotten into him? And why did he want to prove he’d changed?
     
     
    Out on the airfield in Alice Ethan approached Travis slightly ahead of De and Nate. He attempted to pass his cousin his bag.
    Travis removed his hat to scratch his head. The young man continued to ignore the bag so Ethan dropped both bags he held.
    “Isn’t she…” Travis replaced the hat and rocked back on his heels.
    “It’s a long story. I’ll tell you some of it in the air.”
    “Nuh-uh.” His cousin shook his head. “No how. No way. No can do.”
    “Your cousin?” De gasped when she stopped beside them.
    “So you met Travis already then?” That was good. Not . The flight was going to be awkward as hell.
    “You’re having your cousin fly us home?”
    “I’m a damn good pilot.” Travis glared.
    “Whoa…” Ethan held up a hand. His cousin was a fine pilot. He’d been taught by the best bush pilots