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Eyes slipping shut, he bowed his head. It was too late to stop what was happening between them.
But it wasn’t too late to get her to safety.
* * * * *
Every stroke of Clay’s fingers across Lark’s body ignited more need inside her. When a shudder snaked down her spine, he paused and met her gaze.
“This is scaring you.” He stopped what he was doing, which was tucking a wire inside her top and running it across her waist in a way that wouldn’t show through her clothes.
“I’m not scared. You’re turning me on.”
His brows hitched up a fraction.
“You look proud of yourself for that.” She lifted her arms to her sides. “Keep going.”
She expected him to keep wiring her with the surveillance device, so when he grabbed her by the waist and yanked her flush against his big, muscled body, she gasped.
He cut off the sound by slamming his mouth across hers. Oh god, the taste of this man drove her wild. The way he controlled a kiss like he received military training for exactly that left her panties soaked and her nipples hard.
Angling her head, she parted her lips to receive his tongue and wasn’t disappointed when he swept it over hers. Again and again, he fed her his tongue and stole little noises of pleasure from her.
With her hands planted on his chest, she located his nipples and brushed her fingers across them. He growled in response.
“I can’t be…late for…that meeting,” she rasped between deep passes of his tongue.
He pinched both her nipples until she shook with need. “Who cares about being late?”
“You’re…trying to distract me!” Her words ended on a wail as he reached between her legs and cupped her pussy. He pressed the pad of his thumb into her clit, and even through her clothes, it made her squirm.
“Is it working?”
“Yes. No. Clay. Stop. I need to do this.”
“I need to doyou.”
The comment threw her for a loop, and suddenly this was fun. She collapsed against his chest, horny and giggling. Perspiration had even broken out on her brow.
“Finish with the wire. There isn’t much time left before the meeting.”
He cupped her ass. Every digit that dug into her backside seemed to come with its own promise of pleasure to come—if only she’d drop the idea of attending the meeting.
She wiggled free of his grip and held her arms to her sides again. “I’m ready for this, Clay.”
With a resigned sigh, he set to work again. All the while he planted listening devices on her body, she studied his handsome face. She loved his rugged features. Even the tiny crow’s feet at the corners of each eye left her stunned by how beautiful he was.
The way he touched her with such tender care coaxed those words to her lips. The ones she vowed not to say yet, even though she’d been feeling it for days.
She was falling in love with Clay Lexis. Her older brother’s friend from his high school days had become Lark’s entire universe in a very short amount of time.
Looking at him made her heart flutter. Touching him made it pound hard.
He’d all but confessed to caring about her too. The fact he didn’t want to lose her went far deeper than he was willing to admit, and that was okay. Lark was a patient person.
He raised his head and his stare locked on her mouth. She’d been nibbling on her lip and released it from her teeth.
Clay’s chest heaved. As if unwilling to stop touching her, he dropped his hands and stepped back. “Now give me your phone.”
She handed it over without hesitation.
