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Jude wanted those lips. Wanted the soft body that pressed against him. The bed was so close. He could ruin those perfect covers real fast. He took a breath, tasted her, and said, bluntly, “You need me, sweetheart.”
Jude watched the flare of her golden eyes. Flecks of emerald circled her pupils. So beautiful. He knew the protest was coming even before she sputtered, “Look, you—you might think you’re God’s gift to the ladies, but I don’tneed?—”
“Not talking about sex right now.” That would come, later. “You’ve got a shifter on your tail, and as good as Tony and his team members are, I’m better.”
Her mouth snapped closed. No argument because she knew he was telling the truth.
“That’swhy you called me.” Her breasts pushed against his chest, the nipples pebbled. He’d always been a breast man, and the lady had somefinebreasts.
But business came first.
“I’m the best hunter in the area. You called me, before you called the cops, because you wanted my help.”
Still no denial.
“You want this bastard stopped? Let me handle him.”
Secrets were in her eyes. Fair enough, he had his own hard stories to keep, too.
“You really think you can catch him?” Erin asked quietly.
A shrug. “I’m your best bet.” He believed that, one hundred percent.
“What will I...” Her gaze dropped even as her hands rose to push against his chest. Small hands with red nails to match her toes. “What will I have to pay for your services?”
He didn’t answer, not until that stare of hers lifted slowly once more. And he didn’t back away from her either. “One hell of a lot,” Jude told her and enjoyed the widening of her eyes. “I don’t come cheap.”
Then he kissed her because he had to taste her. Her lips were parted and he drove his tongue deep.
Damn but she was sweet. He’d been a sucker for sweets as long as he could remember.
She didn’t fight him. Didn’t dig her nails into his chest or twist her head away. No, her tongue swiped against his and she gave a little rumble in her throat, a cross between a growl and a moan—and then he just stopped thinking.
And started feeling.
Lush female curves. Soft skin. Lips. Tongue.
His hands snaked down her spine, caught her hips—squeezed.Nice ass.
His cock rose toward her, swelling and hungering.
Her scent teased him. Those roses...and woman. The rich scent of her need, a fragrance that only made his arousal stronger.
And...something more. Earthier. Subtle, simmering just below the surface, but something familiar in the air.
Her hands shoved against his chest, and Jude stumbled back.
Forgot the punch the lady packed.
Her lips, red and wet, tightened. “Is sex with me part of the deal?”
“No,” he told her truthfully. “It’s a bonus.”
Jude knew he’d said the wrong thing even as Erin sucked in a sharp breath. “Listen, shifter?—”
He held up his hands and tried to ignore the hard-on that stretched the front of his jeans. “Easy. What I meant”—okay, so he’d never been real good with women and words—“was that the case and us—they’re separate.”
But he did plan on moving into her house, if not her bed, right away.
