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She mentally shook off her unease. “All right. What can I do for you, Gerald? Or can I call you Jerry now, since we’re dating and all?” She sat in her chair and kicked back, her hands behind her head, her feet on her desk. “Jer-Bear? G?”
“Gerald. Never, ever, anything but Gerald.” He looked her over. “Have I told you I love a woman in uniform?” Her uniform consisted of jeans and a Cougar Falls Sheriff’s Department button-down shirt.
Just proved he had bad taste.
He handed her the flowers, which she set down on her desk, charmed despite herself.
“They’re beautiful. Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.”
“And you’re full of crap.”
He raised a brow, and that sexy smirk on his face irritated her a lot less than it should. She found it kind of…hot.
Ugh. What is wrong with me? “What do you want?”
He put a hand over his heart. “Laura, you wound me. I’m just checking in on my lovely mate.”
She just stared.
“Sorry, future mate.” His smile widened. “I have a dinner with my parents Tuesday night. You’re coming.”
“Um, ever thought of asking?”
He leaned over the desk, intruding on her personal space. Instead of putting her back up, his angry scent intrigued her, laced with lust. “Would you rather I told Vanessa the truth? That you’re crushing on me so hard you made up a relationship out of jealousy?”
That would be mortifying, mostly because Vanessa would believe that fiction to be true. So would a lot of other people. It was no secret Gerald Winter was the hottest thing on two legs in Cougar Falls. He could do no wrong in the eyes of the town, many of whom he’d kept out of jail.
She deliberately pretended his threats didn’t matter. “Oh, ease up, foxy. If you’re that eager for my company, I’ll be there. Where and when, exactly?”
“Come to my place tomorrow at ten for brunch. I’ll provide the food and the info on our fictional involvement.”
“Well, that’s a mouthful,” she muttered, wishing her heart didn’t race at thoughts of being alone with him again.
“Just bring yourself. Dinner is Tuesday night at six, my place. You should wear something nice but casual.”
“To brunch or dinner?” Annoyed at his bossiness, she couldn’t help a growl.
He shot her a grin. “Both.”
“Anything else?” she asked on a snarl, afraid her fangs might show.
He looked her over. “You look good in red.” Then he shocked her by running a finger over her cheek before leaving.
She put a hand to the spot while staring down at her flowers, suddenly aware of their sweet scent now that Gerald had gone. She’d need to put them in water soon. Her cheek felt warm. Hell, her entire body felt tingly.
“Sneaky fox.” Yet she was smiling as she thought about what to wear…that wasn’t red.
Chapter Eleven
Gerald was formulating a very detailed plan, and tomorrow was step one. He tried to mentally erase the feel of Laura’s skin from his fingers as he exited the precinct, only to be grabbed and dragged into the back of the building by two large hooligans.
Felines. Figured.
His good friends Burke and Grady loomed over him, arms crossed.
“I can have you charged with kidnapping, you know,” he groused.
