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breathe for wanting him. Her whole body focused on Mick, attuned to his every move. He shifted experimentally, changing the angle of the kiss. He tasted of coffee and a deeper essence that was him. The pressure increased, and a glow started in her belly that warmed and loosened her limbs.
His tongue traced her lip, cascading sparks of desire. Electricity surged through her body, melting her defenses. With a sigh of longing, she opened to him and he took possession. While his tongue made love to her mouth, her hands slid up his chest and circled his neck, feathering the fine hairs at the nape of his neck.
He moaned low in his throat and maneuvered her closer, deepening the kiss.
Thought vanished. There was only sensation: pleasure and desire. The texture of his hair, the heat of his body. Strength and masculinity surged though his lips and fingers at an elemental level, entangling and binding them. His hands roamed her back, and she arched into his unmistakable physical response.
“Oh, Meg,” he groaned.
Some residual spark of sanity stopped them. He tucked her head against his chest, and she clung to him, weak-kneed, listening to his stampeding heart and ragged breathing. “I thought I’d die if I never got to kiss you,” he whispered huskily. “I think I just died and went to heaven.”
Control over her limbs returned along with her higher brain functions. She straightened, trying to break his embrace, but his arms were inflexible.
“Don’t run away. I didn’t mean to come on so strong.”
She drew in a shuddering breath. Are you crazy? demanded the voice of authority in her mind. What are you doing? You know better.
His lips brushed her temple, and his hand stroked her back in a tender caress. “It’s bizarre,” he said slowly. “We just met, but I feel like I already know you. When you tell me something, it’s like I’d just forgotten. Like, oh, yeah, I knew that. God knows, I want you, but this is so much more than just that.”
He tucked a finger under her chin and gently raised her head. “Don’t push me away.”
His erection throbbed against her belly in wild counterpoint to his quiet words. For a moment, she feared he’d give her another of those mind-melting kisses, but he shifted position, retreating slightly. He reached between their bodies, made an adjustment, and grimaced. “I’m not sure I can walk, but how about a lap around the block before I take you home? Maybe then I won’t make a complete ass of myself this morning.”
“Mick.” She stepped back and this time he let her go. She studied his face. Even with desire and hope riding the surface, strength and intelligence gave it structure. It would be so easy to lose herself in this man.
“I can’t,” she whispered.
She turned and fled.
Chapter 6
Friday, midmorning
“We don’t have time for this,” Mick snapped. He threw his jacket onto the borrowed Newberry Police Department desk and jammed his fists against his hips.
“Don’t bite my head off. The family insisted,” Frank told him. “He’s their personal physician.”
“He’s a shrink, not a forensic psychologist.”
“He’s a pain in the ass, but he’s our pain. Geiger’s folks called their good buddy, the governor, who called the chief, who called the cap’n—”
“Yeah, I get the picture.”
“—thereby proving once again that shit does indeed roll downhill.”
Mick and Frank joined the men already assembled in the conference room. Jordan and Robbins looked better today. Newberry PD had thrown everything they had at the kidnapping. It was the biggest case they’d had in ages. In the three previous years, they’d had numerous traffic fatalities, but only one murder. A drug-addicted teen killed his grandfather during an argument over money. The case had shocked the community, but it hardly posed a challenge for law enforcement. Currently, the four most wanted criminals in Newberry County included two for passing bad checks, one simple
His tongue traced her lip, cascading sparks of desire. Electricity surged through her body, melting her defenses. With a sigh of longing, she opened to him and he took possession. While his tongue made love to her mouth, her hands slid up his chest and circled his neck, feathering the fine hairs at the nape of his neck.
He moaned low in his throat and maneuvered her closer, deepening the kiss.
Thought vanished. There was only sensation: pleasure and desire. The texture of his hair, the heat of his body. Strength and masculinity surged though his lips and fingers at an elemental level, entangling and binding them. His hands roamed her back, and she arched into his unmistakable physical response.
“Oh, Meg,” he groaned.
Some residual spark of sanity stopped them. He tucked her head against his chest, and she clung to him, weak-kneed, listening to his stampeding heart and ragged breathing. “I thought I’d die if I never got to kiss you,” he whispered huskily. “I think I just died and went to heaven.”
Control over her limbs returned along with her higher brain functions. She straightened, trying to break his embrace, but his arms were inflexible.
“Don’t run away. I didn’t mean to come on so strong.”
She drew in a shuddering breath. Are you crazy? demanded the voice of authority in her mind. What are you doing? You know better.
His lips brushed her temple, and his hand stroked her back in a tender caress. “It’s bizarre,” he said slowly. “We just met, but I feel like I already know you. When you tell me something, it’s like I’d just forgotten. Like, oh, yeah, I knew that. God knows, I want you, but this is so much more than just that.”
He tucked a finger under her chin and gently raised her head. “Don’t push me away.”
His erection throbbed against her belly in wild counterpoint to his quiet words. For a moment, she feared he’d give her another of those mind-melting kisses, but he shifted position, retreating slightly. He reached between their bodies, made an adjustment, and grimaced. “I’m not sure I can walk, but how about a lap around the block before I take you home? Maybe then I won’t make a complete ass of myself this morning.”
“Mick.” She stepped back and this time he let her go. She studied his face. Even with desire and hope riding the surface, strength and intelligence gave it structure. It would be so easy to lose herself in this man.
“I can’t,” she whispered.
She turned and fled.
Chapter 6
Friday, midmorning
“We don’t have time for this,” Mick snapped. He threw his jacket onto the borrowed Newberry Police Department desk and jammed his fists against his hips.
“Don’t bite my head off. The family insisted,” Frank told him. “He’s their personal physician.”
“He’s a shrink, not a forensic psychologist.”
“He’s a pain in the ass, but he’s our pain. Geiger’s folks called their good buddy, the governor, who called the chief, who called the cap’n—”
“Yeah, I get the picture.”
“—thereby proving once again that shit does indeed roll downhill.”
Mick and Frank joined the men already assembled in the conference room. Jordan and Robbins looked better today. Newberry PD had thrown everything they had at the kidnapping. It was the biggest case they’d had in ages. In the three previous years, they’d had numerous traffic fatalities, but only one murder. A drug-addicted teen killed his grandfather during an argument over money. The case had shocked the community, but it hardly posed a challenge for law enforcement. Currently, the four most wanted criminals in Newberry County included two for passing bad checks, one simple
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