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As soon as I felt her coming, my thigh muscles clenched, and I tipped over the edge. The force of the orgasm made my head swim. I pulsed into the condom, wishing I was marking Charlie instead.

I’d always been a selfish guy. Of course I wanted more. But that was all right. This was more than I’d ever thought I would have with her.

We both trembled with aftershocks. I pulled her down against me and traced circles over her back with my fingertips.

Now, I knew what it felt like to have her legs around me. How she looked and sounded when she came. I’d finally heard her moan my name in pleasure and beg me for release.

Those memories belonged to the two of us, and no matter what else happened, we’d shared something perfect.

CHAPTER TWENTY

Charlotte

“Anything yet?”I asked.

“Not yet,” he murmured. “Patience.”

It was morning, and River was back on his laptop. For the last few hours, he had been focused on his computer screen. River and Cerberus were trying to find out what Jud was up to.

Whatever they were doing, it was taking a long time.

I’d kept myself busy by getting cleaned up and dressed, then making us some breakfast out of the supplies I found in the cabinets. In between finding tasks for myself, I’d been replaying yesterday’s events in my mind.

Not so much the more disturbing elements as the more pleasurable.

It didn’t help that River’s hair was a crazy, sexy mess, and those glasses were perched on his nose. When you combined that with his lack of clothing except for a snug pair of boxer briefs, he looked irresistible. And smelled good. And felt good up against me whenever he pulled me over for a kiss, which he had a habit of doing every time I passed by.

He had been inside me last night. And again when we woke up sometime after midnight, breathless with the needto be close. The crazy thing was how right it had felt each time. River’s hot breath panting in my ear, his weight on top of me.

First thing this morning, I had woken to find River pressed up against my back, both of us naked, our scents mingled and our legs tangled. He’d still been asleep, and I’d savored the moment. Knowing how fleeting this was.

Just let me love you for a little while.

His words from yesterday thrilled me every time I repeated them in my head. Maybe I should’ve said no, but I couldn’t. I just couldn’t.

No man hadevermade love to me the way River had.

I wanted him again right now, and it was distracting. I was not the type to let lust take over my senses. Especially when everything else seemed to be crashing down around us.

But that wasn’t fair to either of us, claiming this was just lust. It was a lot more than that. I had no idea what we were doing, no more than I had yesterday, but being intimate with River did mean something to me. Probably more than was wise.

I didn’t want to hurt him. But some part of my heart was on the line, too.

Finally, he sat back in his chair and rubbed his eyes beneath his glasses. “We’ve got nothing.”

“Nothing? After hours of whatever it was you were doing?”

“Don’t worry. Let me explain.” River pulled me into his lap. He paused to put his nose to my hair and inhale, as if we’d been separated for hours and not for the few minutes that I’d been up and pacing. “It’s the kind of nothing that tells us a lot,” he continued. “We’ve been checking Jud’s phone records, his known associates. Credit cards, bank accounts. And we’re seeing nothing. After those calls to you the night of the fundraiser, he ditched his phone, and hehasn’t pinged a single cell tower. No transactions. No activity at his home either. He’s dropped off the face of the earth.”

I remembered the sound of Jud’s voice on the message when he was warning me to leave the fundraiser. His fear. “Did Stillwater get to him? Could he be dead?”

“After that mess at the fundraiser, why would they hide that fact? My instincts say he’s on the run. He’s out there somewhere, which means I’ll find him.”

“And there’s your patented overconfidence again.”

“You still doubt me?” His nose rubbed alongside mine. He’d been so affectionate since things had changed between us yesterday. In truth, I couldn’t get enough of it.

“No,” I said softly. “I don’t doubt you. Not anymore.”

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