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still laced with sleep, caused a rush of desire to warm her belly and flood her sex. But hell if she was going there again.
Her blood pooled in her groin but she forced herself to saunter to the bathroom slowly. Her heart pounded and sweat sheened her skin as she pretended all the way across the room.
Jack was a guy. Guys typically didn’t like to talk things to death. And Jack had been less likely to talk and share than other men she’d been intimate with but she needed to say something to indicate they weren’t going to talk about it. She turned at the thin, wood door, hand on the cheap faux brass knob and gave him a fake smile and stared over his shoulder. “Thanks for last night.” Then she closed the door behind her.
So, that happened.
***
Jack considered the closed bathroom door. He’d been awake awhile. He’d just lain there and savored the feel of Bliss in his arms. It had been a long while since he’d slept with anyone. Oh, he’d had sex, but the last time he’d actually slept in the same bed with a woman had been...with Bliss.
He’d lived on base when he’d been in the Navy, even when he was with Naval Intelligence. Even after he moved off base, he never brought women to his home. He went to their place and then left before he fell asleep. Now, maybe because he lived with his mother and siblings, he didn’t bring women home either. Last year when he’d moved back to Monterey to start the business, he’d moved back into the Stone Mansion and just...never moved out.
But sleeping with Bliss last night had been...amazing. She fallen asleep beneath him before he’d even gone completely soft. And when he’d come out of the bathroom after disposing of the condom, he’d stared at his bed, then at her naked form, and consciously slid under the covers and curled around her.
He hadn’t been able to bear leaving her yet.
Fuck. He needed to shut that line of thinking down right now.
It was just sex. Physical release. He’d been so busy getting the company off the ground he hadn’t had a lot of time for women in the last year. No way was last night as momentous as it felt at the time.
He’d felt her wake up. Felt her tense. And the disappointment that overwhelmed him had been concrete. He’d been hoping for the soft, sweet, old Bliss. Instead, he’d gotten the new, closed off, secretive Bliss and for the first time ever he wanted to talk about what had happened last night.
Jesus, he was turning into a sappy idiot.
They needed to find Maria Torres before he completely lost his balls.
He couldn’t afford to get tangled up with her again. His business was going extremely well, his family was just starting to gel. Last night with Bliss was just a distraction. A way to get her out of his system once and for all.
But in the back of his mind, he wondered, what if this were a second chance?
Six
They were on their way back to California. Shane had met them at the Perry Regional Airport with a big smile on his face, which made Jack question his assurance that he had been hanging out with an old Army buddy last night.
Jack had avoided any personal, emotional minefields by sticking strictly to the case and spending as much time in the co-pilot chair next to Shane as possible. He had his pilot’s license but usually took the flight time to work.
Shane had raised a questioning brow and looked at Jack like he was crazy. He shook his head. “You Stone brothers.” Shane’s deep voice echoed in his ears, the noise cancelling headphones made it easy to hear him and blocked out the sound of Bliss breathing. “You got a captive audience, and you aren’t taking advantage of the opportunity.”
Brothers? The only other brother Shane had flown recently was Riley. He couldn’t possibly be talking about Riley and Diana Lundberg. She had shut Riley down hard when they’d met, and called Jack repeatedly, right up until the day before their trip, to try to get a different guide for her mission to
Her blood pooled in her groin but she forced herself to saunter to the bathroom slowly. Her heart pounded and sweat sheened her skin as she pretended all the way across the room.
Jack was a guy. Guys typically didn’t like to talk things to death. And Jack had been less likely to talk and share than other men she’d been intimate with but she needed to say something to indicate they weren’t going to talk about it. She turned at the thin, wood door, hand on the cheap faux brass knob and gave him a fake smile and stared over his shoulder. “Thanks for last night.” Then she closed the door behind her.
So, that happened.
***
Jack considered the closed bathroom door. He’d been awake awhile. He’d just lain there and savored the feel of Bliss in his arms. It had been a long while since he’d slept with anyone. Oh, he’d had sex, but the last time he’d actually slept in the same bed with a woman had been...with Bliss.
He’d lived on base when he’d been in the Navy, even when he was with Naval Intelligence. Even after he moved off base, he never brought women to his home. He went to their place and then left before he fell asleep. Now, maybe because he lived with his mother and siblings, he didn’t bring women home either. Last year when he’d moved back to Monterey to start the business, he’d moved back into the Stone Mansion and just...never moved out.
But sleeping with Bliss last night had been...amazing. She fallen asleep beneath him before he’d even gone completely soft. And when he’d come out of the bathroom after disposing of the condom, he’d stared at his bed, then at her naked form, and consciously slid under the covers and curled around her.
He hadn’t been able to bear leaving her yet.
Fuck. He needed to shut that line of thinking down right now.
It was just sex. Physical release. He’d been so busy getting the company off the ground he hadn’t had a lot of time for women in the last year. No way was last night as momentous as it felt at the time.
He’d felt her wake up. Felt her tense. And the disappointment that overwhelmed him had been concrete. He’d been hoping for the soft, sweet, old Bliss. Instead, he’d gotten the new, closed off, secretive Bliss and for the first time ever he wanted to talk about what had happened last night.
Jesus, he was turning into a sappy idiot.
They needed to find Maria Torres before he completely lost his balls.
He couldn’t afford to get tangled up with her again. His business was going extremely well, his family was just starting to gel. Last night with Bliss was just a distraction. A way to get her out of his system once and for all.
But in the back of his mind, he wondered, what if this were a second chance?
Six
They were on their way back to California. Shane had met them at the Perry Regional Airport with a big smile on his face, which made Jack question his assurance that he had been hanging out with an old Army buddy last night.
Jack had avoided any personal, emotional minefields by sticking strictly to the case and spending as much time in the co-pilot chair next to Shane as possible. He had his pilot’s license but usually took the flight time to work.
Shane had raised a questioning brow and looked at Jack like he was crazy. He shook his head. “You Stone brothers.” Shane’s deep voice echoed in his ears, the noise cancelling headphones made it easy to hear him and blocked out the sound of Bliss breathing. “You got a captive audience, and you aren’t taking advantage of the opportunity.”
Brothers? The only other brother Shane had flown recently was Riley. He couldn’t possibly be talking about Riley and Diana Lundberg. She had shut Riley down hard when they’d met, and called Jack repeatedly, right up until the day before their trip, to try to get a different guide for her mission to
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