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imagined in all his imaginary conversations with her.
    “Let me in, Cara,” Aiden told her, his impatience growing when his eyes swept over her. Cara wasn’t wearing anything but a pale yellow, terrycloth robe. Or at least that was what his imagination told him as he made his way slowly back to her face. She wasn’t dressed for work at seven in the morning. Even though he knew she was normally in the office by eight. She made no attempt to speak. Nor did she move to let him pass.
    Aiden placed his hand against her stomach and pushed her gently back inside, following her.
    “What’s up with you?” Aiden demanded before remembering his promise not to lose his cool with her.
    “Nothing. I just wasn’t expecting you. What are you doing here anyway?” Cara looked nervous. Was that all because of him or was something else up.
    He took a second to really look at her. Cara looked as if she’d just gotten out of bed, or hadn’t been there at all. He crushed that thought. He couldn’t think about that without wanting to demand to know things that were none of his business.
    “I should have called. I’m sorry, but it occurred to me that you might be missing this.” Aiden held the locket up for her to see and watched as some of her nervousness disappeared.
    “Where did you find this?”
    Aiden was just ready to pull her close, unable to stand this distance between them when he became aware that they were not alone.
    Jason walked out of Cara’s bedroom, fresh from the shower.
    “Oh, hey there, Aiden. I thought I heard someone at the door. Didn’t know you were back in town.” Jason came over to where Cara stood, her eyes locked with Aiden’s, pleading with him not to say anything. Jason placed a familiar arm around her waist, pulling her body back against his in an intimate gesture that spoke the truth. Jason was very familiar with her body.
    For a moment, Aiden couldn’t breathe. Couldn’t think. He felt as if someone had just kicked him in the stomach hard. It took all of his willpower to actually attempt something in the lines of a coherent response to Jason’s hello.
    “Hi, Jason. Sorry, I didn’t realize you had company, Cara.”
    Aiden ’s eyes never left hers. He handed her the locket. Their hands touched for just a moment. Aiden could feel her trembling. She was afraid he would give something away to Jason. She didn’t want Jason to know about their secret.
    “Hey, there’s your locket. You know I was going to ask you what happened to it. Where did you find it?” Jason said before kissing her temple.
    “At my place.” Aiden said and saw Cara’s mortified reaction. “You must have lost it during the party you threw for my promotion.”
    He watched her relax a little. “Thank you,” she told him.
    “I should go.” Aiden turned and walked to the door. Cara followed. Aiden turned to face her aware that Jason stood watching their exchange. Aiden leaned over and hugged her whispering in her ear. “I think we need to talk. I’ll call you later.” While Cara was still too shocked to do anything more than look at him with those amazingly sultry eyes, Aiden kissed her. Jason could just read whatever he wanted into that. After a moment, he felt her kiss him back. He smiled against her lips when he felt her surrender. Maybe she’d spent the night with Jason, but Cara wasn’t over him any more than he was over her. In fact, if Jason weren’t there, it would be interesting to see where this kiss would lead.
    “I’ll call you later,” he told her, meeting her shocked expression with a smile. “ Jason, it was good to see you again.” With a slight wave of his hand, Aiden turned and left the two of them standing there watching him walk away, whistling a tune under his breath. He would give just about anything to be a fly on the wall in that apartment once the door shut.
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    “What the hell was that about?” Jason was angry. She couldn’t blame him. She was angry too. She couldn’t believe