Page 31 of Double Take

He would take care of her for the rest of his life if he could. “Anything for you.”

She scanned his face. “You mean that.”

“I do.”

“Why me?” she asked.

“From the moment I saw you, there was never anybody else for me.” It had been love at first sight. He would die for her. He just couldn’t stay with her.

Dark Ops would hunt him down like a dog and euthanize him. And her, too; otherwise, he would have taken his chances and gone AWOL.

“You’re an incredible man.”

“Yeah, I’m unbelievable, all right.” A replica of a human being, he loved a woman he couldn’t have.

“I meant it as a compliment,” she said.

“Thank you, then.”

“I mean it!” She straddled his lap and palmed his face. “Listen to me! Don’t you know how special I think you are?”

His breath caught in his throat as he read the sincerity in her face, saw the warmth and tenderness in her eyes.She means it!

“If I didn’t think you were special and unique, I wouldn’t be here with you. I wouldn’t have asked you to attend the craft fair with me, and I damn sure wouldn’t have slept with you or be sitting on your lap stark naked.”

“We’re not moving too fast? You don’t have reservations?”

“Yes and yes. This is all very unexpected and unlike me, but maybe I don’t want to be me anymore. I want to be the womanwho met an intriguing man who turns her on and has the courage to act on it.”

“I turn you on?”

“You know you do.” She wiggled. “As soon as that water heats up, I’ll take a shower, and then I’ll show you how much—again.”

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While she showered, he heated water for himself. When she emerged with a seductive curve to her lips and a promise in her eyes, he rushed through his shower, making do with lukewarm water. Who needed hot water when he had a hot woman waiting for him?

Hot indeed. One bout of lovemaking led to a second and then a brief nap before they awakened and did it again.

Curled in each other’s arms, relaxed and sated, he reveled in the closeness. He hated having to leave the cabin, Terra Nova, Faith.

So, don’t. Stay here.

Her head moved on his shoulder. She sighed and stretched. “We’re either going to have to eat potatoes for lunch or go to the vehicle and get help.”

Staying here to eat potatoes sounded wonderful, but he said, “You’re right. I’m not sure of the time, but I’m guessing it’s almost noon.” Midday sun streamed through the windows to spotlight dancing dust motes. In the light of day, the cabin appeared even more dusty and dingy, but there was no place he’d rather be.

She kissed him and then got up to dress. He ogled her, seeing her nude for the first time in bright light. Damn, she was beautiful and sexy. Despite the passionate workout, his cock readied for another round.

He’d started to grab her wrist, pull her back into bed, when she said, “I’m hoping enough pottery is intact to enable me to do one day of the craft show—if I can get somebody to take us there.Amity and I will need the money, seeing how I crashed our sole mode of transportation.”

“Let’s go see,” he said.

She pulled on her underwear.

He donned his clothes. They were mostly dry.

When they were both dressed, they set about restoring the cabin to its previous state, pushing the bed against the wall, rolling up the mattress, and returning the blankets to the chest. They rinsed the empty jars and set them on the counter.

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