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Only then did he come fully over her, using his knee to spread her thighs. He was completely jacked, but he still had enough sense to reach over and jerk open the drawer of the bedside table and pull out an unopened box of condoms. Watching her come apart had been a total turn-on. With hands that weren’t quite steady, he ripped the box open and peeled a condom from a foil packet.
“Okay?” he asked, husky with desire.
She gave a shaky laugh and drew him down. “I don’t know,” she confessed. “Am I still alive?”
“Oh, yeah,” he said and covered himself. “Let me show you.”
* * *
IT SEEMED LIKE hours later when Caroline lay sprawled over Jason’s chest, her breasts flattened against his skin as she gazed at him and ran one finger along the seam of his lips.
“How do you do it?” she marveled.
He lay back against the pillows, one arm bent behind his head as he leisurely stroked her hair. “Do what?”
“Make each time with you even better than the last.”
He grinned. “I thought that was you.”
Caroline rested her cheek against his chest and let her fingers trace lazy patterns around the flat nub of his nipple.
“So what happens now?” she asked.
He dragged in a deep sigh. “Well, we caught the shooter, so you and your father are safe. We’ve pulled his protection detail off the assignment. He no longer needs the services of the U.S. Marshals.”
She didn’t look at him. “So I guess the same goes for me, too. I expect you’re ready to get back to San Diego and pick up the reins again.”
“I expect so.”
She raised her head and stared at him in the dim light. “Really?”
He shrugged. “There’s no reason for me to stay here any longer, Caroline. I came to protect you, and now you no longer need that protection. What would you have me do? My job here is done.”
“Is it?” she mused.
“Why don’t you tell me?” he suggested.
Caroline inched herself up his body, until she could straddle his hips and frame his face in both of her hands. Jason swallowed convulsively, and she didn’t miss how his eyes dropped to her breasts, or how he shifted restlessly beneath her.
“Jason Cooper,” she began, “I’ve wanted you for as long as I can remember. From the time you were nothing more than a skinny boy with a bad attitude.” She leaned down to kiss him. “I wanted you when I was sixteen and just learning what it was like to be a woman. And now that you’ve shown me how wonderful that is, I don’t want to be with anyone else.”
“Caroline—”
“I trusted you with my body. I trusted you with my life.” She smiled down at him. “And you’re the only man I’ll ever trust with my heart.”
He made a sound of protest, and Caroline laid two fingers over his mouth. “So you see, I’m going to need you around for a very long time, because all three of those are now yours to keep and to protect.”
Reaching up, Jason caught her fingers in his hand and turned his mouth into her palm, kissing her reverently. When he looked at her, the emotion reflected in his eyes was enough to stop her breath.
“Caroline Banks,” he said, his voice low and a little rough. “It looks like you’ve got yourself a deal. But I have to warn you that I take my job seriously. I’m going to be around for a very long time.”
With a sigh of relief, Caroline lowered her mouth to his. “I definitely like the sound of that, Marshal Cooper.”
And then no more words were spoken, and the only sound was that of the distant surf as it pounded the beach.
