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She hung her head. “I’m sorry. Really sorry.”
“Hey?” He closed the distance between them and cupped her face with his hand. “I’m not judging. If you must know, I’m already doing mental gymnastics to figure out how to make this work next time.”
It was too dark to tell if she was blushing, but it was safe to assume her cheeks were a delightful pink. She’d had no problems ensuring her own pleasure last night. He quite like corrupting her.
He bent and pressed a gentle kiss to the tip of her nose. What Robin needed was a little levity, nothing more. That done he patted her hip. “Go get dressed.”
“Thank you,” she said softly and turned.
Harper braced a hand on the foot of the bed and said nothing. He was too busy enjoying the view. Robin still clutched his shirt in her hands guarding her front, but that left her backside bare save for the curtain of messy hair. She was curvy and fit against him oh so well. And he was a complete and total asshole for taking advantage of her this way.
Maybe someday she would forgive him, but given how much she seemed to like her uncle he didn’t see that happening.
Yeah. He was an asshole.
Harper grabbed a shirt and got his shoes on in the time it took for Robin to pour herself back into her dress. He almost offered to help her with her shoes, except he wasn’t sure he would have the restraint necessary to investigate if she’d found her panties or not.
“Ready,” Robin announced from the bathroom doorway.
Her hair was no longer in the picture-perfect curls and her make-up was mostly gone save for her eyelashes, but she was still a vision of beauty to him. For now, he’d have to live in the moment, because there was no way in hell this ended well.
“Has anyone called or texted?” he asked.
“No.” She crossed the room and handed him the folded T-shirt. “It’s early still. I think I can slip inside and no one notice. You don’t have to drive me. This isn’t your problem.”
He frowned at her. He was a gentleman. “I’ll pretend you didn’t just say that. Come on.”
Harper tossed the shirt on the bed and took her hand.
“Really, you don’t have to…”
He ignored her weak protest. Yes, he knew he was the real asshole here, but he could do right by her otherwise. He wrapped her up in one of his jackets before escorting her down to his car.
Unlike her, he had more than a few missed calls and texts, not all of which were of a work nature. The way he saw it, he’d stretched things with his team out as long as he could. Someone was going to have to tell them something soon.
“You ever had to sneak back into your house before?” he asked as they got on the road.
Robin glanced at him with a mischievous smile. “Yes. During college some of my sorority sisters and I came here for break. I forget how Dad found out we were in the city, but he ordered me home, only he was never there. So I snuck out most of that week.”
“Sorority sisters? I’ll bet there are some stories there.”
She grinned back at him. “Sisters never tell.”
He was glad she had that. He hoped those girls were still in her corner. Robin was going to need them in the coming months.
She twisted her hands in the sleeves of his jacket. “I’m sorry about this morning. I really… I mean…”
“Hey?” He reached over and took her hand. “You don’t have to explain yourself.”
Harper couldn’t help but think about their resident tech genius on the Task Force. Her Indian family wasn’t exactly conservative, but she wasn’t letting her parents know just how much time she spent with her boyfriend either.
“Families are complicated. No one gets to tell you how to be, got it?” he said.
“Thank you,” she mumbled. “I just don’t want you to think I didn’t… Um…”
He glanced at her. As entertaining as it was to watch her squirm, this wasn’t the time. “I seriously doubt last night was all for my benefit. At least, it didn’t sound that way when you were telling me to suck your nipples.”
Robin’s shoulders hunched, but only for a moment. She closed her eyes, drew in a breath and sat up straight. “I’d like to go out again. Just the two of us though. I… Last night was enjoyable.”
