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Sweaty, passionate no-holds-barred monkey sex.

But what was with the whole asking her to marry him thing? Did he honestly think she’d say yes?

Her eyebrows drew together and her forehead scrunched as she remembered how she’d felt when the words left his mouth—confused, then hopeful, then angry.

And aroused. Always aroused.

Rafe had asked her to marry him.

No, actually, not asked. Stated plainly.

Demanded, even.

“Marry me.”

Not “Will you marry me?” or “I think we should get married.”

Just “Marry me.”

It wasn’t even a question.

And she couldn’t deny that a small part of her had given serious thought to saying yes. Averysmall part of her.

One that clung to the way things used to be when she was young and naïve and thought Rafael Bennett had hung the sun and the moon in the sky just for her.

Jane wasn’t that girl anymore.

Taking another look at her pathetic bank balance, Jane sighed. She needed money, and she still owned enough pride to want to earn it.

She might not have enough time to save up what she’d had, but she could easily save enough to get her own place by the time the baby was due. And she had some stuff in storage she could sell online. That would get her a few extra bucks.

But what she really needed was a job.

Her mum hadn’t yet hired anyone to take over her shifts at the patisserie, so she was good to go there, but one job was not going to be enough.

Opening up her email app, she sent a quick message to her boss at the catering company she’d worked for on the weekends, asking for her old job back.

After bragging about her food truck for the last couple of months, going back to work for someone else felt like admitting defeat. But what choice did she have?

She rubbed her hand over her belly.

None. She had no choice at all.

She put the phone down and rolled onto her side, stared at the shadowy corner where her reading chair sat. Where Rafe had sat after he’d climbed through her window and waited to interrogate her about the baby.

He’d looked so rough, so rugged. Wild. His hair had flopped over his eyes, and the stubble on his chin had given the straight-laced lawyer a sexy biker vibe. Very sexy. She’d actually missed it when she’d discovered him clean-shaven at breakfast. When he’d presented her with a completely new type of sexy to drool over.

Touching her lips, the memory of Rafe’s kiss sprang to the forefront of her mind. She craved more. Would he have kissed her again? If her father hadn’t interrupted them? Would he have risen to her bait if she’d continued pushing his buttons?

And more to the point, was he serious about eating her pussy if she hit his brother?

Desperately needing answers to her questions, Jane grabbed her phone and sent Abby a text.Can I come over?

Abby replied within seconds.Depends. Who are you coming over to see?

Her best friend knew her too well.You. Obviously.

Abby:Liar *wink*

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