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ice.”
    â€œDamn,” Katie said as she sat down on the sofa.
    â€œWhy are you upset? It’s just snow.”
    â€œI need to meet with the dean, and I wanted to interview some of your colleagues on the list he sent over. This will put us behind another day.”
    Mac appreciated she had his best interests at heart. “That is tough. I know you’re anxious to get back home.”
    If he hadn’t been watching her closely, he wouldn’t have noticed the change in her eyes. She wasn’t ready to go home yet, but he had no idea why.
    Hmm, yet another piece of the Katie puzzle.
    â€œWell, since you’ll have plenty of time to work tomorrow, would you like to watch a movie, or check out what’s on TV? They have some great shows here, though much like home, weather like this will probably take precedence.”
    Katie tucked her feet under her. “Do you want to see if they have an action film? Maybe they’ll have one we both haven’t seen.”
    Mac picked up the remote with a big smile on his face. “Let’s find out.”
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    K ATIE’S EVENING WITH M AC had ended up being relaxing. They’d watched last year’s Dade McClain film and talked through it, just as she did with her family, making comments about the ludicrous stunts that would have killed any real-life cop. At the end, he’d yawned and said he was tired and had gone off to the bathroom. Onlystopping to kiss her lightly on the cheek and telling her that he’d had a great evening.
    As if they’d been on a date.
    They’d had dinner and watched a movie.
    It had been a date.
    She laughed. She’d fallen straight into his trap. That man.
    She had every right to call him on his tactics, but that was probably part of his plan.
    When he brought his clothes out for her to give to the valet, all he’d worn was a towel. It was if he wanted her to know that he would be lying naked just a few feet away from her bedroom.
    Katie was quite certain showing off the man’s abs was against some kind of law. No scientist should ever look that hot. They were supposed to be flabby and old.
    Mac was neither.
    Thinking of him made her tight with need.
    This had to stop. She couldn’t focus on protecting him if all she thought about was sex.
    And there you go.
    Now her mind was filled with the sensations he’d given her the night before. The way his mouth had taken her taut breast, his fingers driving her over the edge. The way he’d said her name as he—
    Get it together.
    Jumping up, she double-checked the lock on the door.
    Then she moved to the terrace doors to check those.
    Face it. This threat wasn’t coming over a terrace ten stories up. Mac was safe, probably more so than if they’d gone to his apartment. No one downstairs could get past the security at the elevators or the stairwellwithout a key card, and their level had specially made cards.
    She should try to get some rest. Leaving him on the couch, she headed for the bathroom. If he didn’t go into the lab, she’d need to be on call all day tomorrow.
    Katie brushed her hair behind her ears in frustration. If she tried to go to sleep, her mind would drift to thoughts of Mac.
    No, it was better if she tried to stay awake as long as possible.
    She turned on the television. The sound blared and she quickly turned it down. Picking up the files the dean had sent, she used her highlighters and pens to make a list of likely suspects.
    For the next hour she was able to focus. Unfortunately as soon as she completed the task her mind wandered into dangerous territory again. She flipped the channels, but there wasn’t much on.
    Katie curled up, hugged her knees and tried desperately to think about anything but the man in the other room. It was insane—she couldn’t get Mac out of her head. So they’d had great sex. People did it every day. Well, some people. She’d never experienced anything like