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quicker."
    "Neither is driving like you're in a
funeral procession." She patted Oscar's head. The cat, sitting placidly in
her lap, didn't seem to mind her occasional outbursts. He was probably used to
it.
    When they stopped at a set of traffic
lights, he reached over and tickled the cat under his chin. He purred like a
Fifty-four Chev.
    "He likes you," said Lucy. "He's
a good judge of character."
    "I get the feeling he'd like anyone
who gave him a good scratch."
    "He's easy to please."
    The words like me hung in the air.
The lights turned green and the traffic moved forward. A car coming in the
opposite direction turned in front of them and Nick slammed his foot on the
brake. Lucy yelped and clutched her chest, her pale face laced with pain.
    "You okay?" He pressed his hand
to the base of her neck and waited for her to open her eyes. "Lucy? Speak
to me."
    She nodded and opened them. He let out a
long breath and drove on, but glanced at her frequently. Pain rimmed her eyes
and he wished he could take some of it away, absorb it. She was too small, too
fragile for this.
    Fragile? Lucy Hudson was anything but
fragile. She'll be chewing bad drivers out when she turned ninety.
    They drove in silence until they reached
the house, a two bedroom Federation style brick building that needed
renovation.
    Lucy walked through her temporary home,
dropping her bags in the main bedroom. Not bad for a government building. It needed
new paint inside and out and the garden was a tangle of weeds but it was clean
and bright and had a huge sunken bathtub. She turned on the faucets. The pipes
banged out their protest and Oscar jumped out of her arms.
    "Don't go far," she called
after him.
    "I'm right here," said Nick,
looming in the doorway, arms and ankles crossed. Give him horns and he'd look
like the devil with that lopsided grin. "Do you need to take a bath
now?"
    "Yep. I ache all over."
    He nodded but didn't leave. Well, if he
didn't move, he'd suffer the consequences. She faced him and took off her
sweater, letting it drop to the floor. Nick's mouth formed an 'oh' and his eyes
widened before glazing over. Got him.
    But his gaze had also got her. Heat
tingled her nipples, hardening them to points and something deep down became
moist.
    Snapping his jaw shut he finally looked
away. "I better go."
    She smiled after him. Score one for Lucy.
That was a look of admiration if she'd ever seen one. And she'd seen a few. But
for some reason it was so much sweeter seeing big Nick Dante's composure
shatter with one look at her breasts. She was glad she wasn't wearing a bra to
lessen the impact. Although she couldn't wear one at the moment with the seat
belt bruise slicing her diagonally in half.
    She stepped out of her pants and stepped
into the warm bath, sighing as water floated around her, healing her bruises. Human
touch was another great way to heal bruises. Maybe before the night was over
she'd try that method.
    ***
    Nick stalked from one end of the narrow
house to the other, checking everything was in order. But it was useless. As
soon as he got to one end, he couldn't recall anything except Lucy's full
breasts. They were perfect. Ripe, big enough to fill his palm with large,
cherry-colored nipples that looked like they'd respond to the lightest touch. In
that one moment, when she'd removed her sweater, he could have found out for
sure. She was so close, her jasmine scent screwed with his head and the sight
of all that white, smooth skin sent a jolt straight to his balls.
    He'd wanted to stay and watch her take a
bath, watch those cherry nipples float above the water. He could admire them
all day. If circumstances were different, he would have. But he wasn't going to
play her little game. She was a predator and he was her prey, that was for
sure. But he wouldn't succumb. No way was he going to be just another notch on
Lucy Hudson's belt. He'd have to walk around with this hard-on for the rest of
their time together, because he wasn't going to