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“I’m not gonna disappear from your life when he’s gone.” His hand was a warm, heavy weight. “And you’re not gonna disappear from mine.”
The knot in her throat—what was that? Erin swallowed, shoving it down. “No, I’m not.” She was done running. And, maybe, she was ready to take a risk on someone.
With someone.
Jude.
He can handle anything I throw at him.
Even soft and easy. The tiger had held perfectly still and let her ride him. What a ride it had been. She shifted from one foot to the other and realized she’d kicked off her pumps somewhere. Maybe near the chair.
His hand lifted. Her heart slowed.
Jude kneeled before her. He caught one foot in his hand and began to slide her panties back on.
Strength and gentleness.Hell of a combination. How was a woman supposed to resist?
He turned his attention to the other foot, and he eased the soft material over her toes and up her calf.
He pressed a kiss to her knee and lifted the silk even higher.
Erin gulped. She lifted her skirt up for him, aware of a quiver in her belly.
And in her sex.
More,please.
He pulled the panties up. The bikini design rode low on her hips. His mouth brushed her belly, then pressed against the crotch of her panties.
She tried to suck in enough air for her starving lungs. “J-Jude?—”
One more kiss, then he pulled away. “This case is ending,” he repeated and rose to his feet, “butwearen’t.”
Her skirt fell seamlessly back into place. The lust gnawed at her, burning and pumping through her.
She stared into his eyes, and there was only one answer to give. “No, we aren’t.” Because she wasn’t an idiot. No way would she walk away from a man who could?—
A rap at the door. “Uh, the DA is looking for you, Erin.” Zane’s expressionless voice.
Jude licked his lips. “Later, we’ll do thingsourway again.”
Wild. Sounded great. She held his stare a moment longer and gave a fierce nod. That weird knot in her throat was back so the nod was pretty much all she could manage.
“I have some leads to follow, but I’ll pick you up tonight.” He eased away and headed for the door.
Erin scrambled for her shoes. The DA.Court.She toed into her pumps just as he yanked open the door. “Wait! Jude!”
He glanced back at her, and her breath caught. The man was really something. “Wh-what kind of leads?”
“The kind that I hope will take me right to the stalker.”
He’d told her the case would be ending soon. He’d meant those words, she realized. “Be careful.”
“Always.”
Zane was waiting for him. Jude bent toward the demon, and she heard her shifter say, “I’m going to the den.”
Zane seemed to stiffen a little at that news.
