Chapter 1

• Jennah flipped the covers back and groaned. How can the alarm be going off already? Didn’t I just get to sleep? Sitting up, she squinted over at the clock on the other side of the bed, on the other side of the man still sleeping. She smirked. He was the reason she felt like she’d just gone to sleep.
• How he could sleep through the alarm beeping, she’d never understand. She shifted to try and reach over him. Twice she had to slide further up in the bed and reach over his muscled chest.
• Finally balancing her weight on one hand, she managed to stretch across him and hit the top of the clock. Dropping her hand back down to rest beside him, she looked down at the masculine face beneath her. His long, dark lashes and relaxed face made him look like a dark angel. She smiled as her heavy gaze moved over his shadowed face and his hair, which had grown considerably in the last month. He really was a beautiful specimen of virile maleness.
• Easing up slightly, she started to move back to her side of the bed when large hands grasped her waist and yanked her down on top of him. She squeaked in surprise.
• “And where do you think you’re going?” a deep, sleepy voice murmured in her ear.
• She leaned up on her elbows. “To work. Some of us do that.” His soft chuckle vibrated through her.
• “I worked non-stop in that prison for six months. I deserve this time off.”
• She sighed and kissed his soft lips. “I know. I’m just being pouty because I have to leave you in this warm bed every morning.” His lips trailed across her shoulder, causing her body to relax into his.
• “You could call in...” His shifted the back of her gown up over her bottom. “Why are you all dressed?” He moved his head and looked up at her with dark eyes still filled with sleep. “I fall asleep beside you naked—something I’m very fond of—and you always have clothes on again in the morning.”
• She grinned at the playful, whining tone he used. “I’m hardly all dressed. It’s a thin, short nightgown.” She kissed his mouth softly again. “I get cold easily.”
• He bit her bottom lip. “Am I not hot enough to keep you warm?”
• She laughed softly. “You are definitely hot, and you know it.” She quickly dropped another kiss on his mouth and moved to get out of the bed. His arm clamped around her as he rolled with her. “Dominic, I have to go.” She half-heartedly struggled against his hard arms as he flipped her onto her back.
• He chuckled deep in his throat and leaned down to lick a path up her throat. “Stay.”
• She lay there beneath him and seriously debated if she really wanted to go to work. Spending time with him were the happiest moments she could remember. “I have to run someone to the next county...”
• He growled playfully. “They’re locked up. They’ll still be there later.”
• She giggled when he lifted his head and feigned a pout. Smirking at him, she quickly sought the path to his mind. “I can’t, and you have to get up and get ready to meet with your captain.”
• He groaned and rolled onto his back. “Is that today?”
• Taking advantage of the freedom, she sat up and scrambled off the bed. “Yes, at lunch time.”
• He hissed out an annoyed breath and propped up on his elbow to watch her move around the room. “If he tries to send me back to a safe house, there will be violence involved.”
• She grinned and shook her head. “It’s the tenth of February. I think if he was going to drag you back there he would have right after Christmas.” His dark eyes were moving all over her, sending shivers through her. “As long as you don’t run off with Brody to play spy again, I think you’re allowed to stay.”
• He studied her for a moment, and then, with a quick move, was out of the bed and standing right in front of her, completely naked. She looked up at his face, knowing if she studied those precisely formed muscles and mouth-watering abs too long she’d be late for work.
• He leaned down and brushed his cheek against her hair as he pulled her against his body. “I don’t care what the captain thinks I’m allowed to do...” He whispered close enough to her ear she could feel his breath. “It’s you wanting me to stay that matters.”
• Ignoring the thoughts, which was stating she was a weak, wanton woman, she stretched up against him and wrapped her arms around his neck. “I’ll shoot anyone who tries to take you.” He grinned briefly just before his mouth covered hers. She would never tire of his kisses. They could be soft and coaxing and make her head spin, or hard and demanding, heating her in an instant. He nipped at her lips with his teeth and dipped his tongue in a few times, trying to be teasing and playful. She leaned back and smiled up at him. The phone shrilled from the other room. “I really have to go.”
• He dropped his hands down to her waist. “You have lots of time.”
• His voice had dropped down to a whisper and it sent flashes of heat through her. “I don’t like being late.”
• He bent down and ran his tongue under her ear. “Live dangerously, be a few minutes late.” His grip on her waist tightened as he began to walk her back toward the wall.
• The clothes she had been clutching in one hand were dropped to the floor, forgotten when his mouth moved back to hers. His mouth was soft and coaxing, making her knees weaken. The phone rang again. He moved his hand into her hair to hold her head while he continued the dizzying kiss. He was refusing to give up her mouth so she could speak
• When her shoulders touched the wall, his hand slid back to her waist. In one slow, fluid move, he lifted her up against the wall and trapped her there with his warm body. She gripped his hard shoulders with weak hands and rested her knees on his hips.
• Dom finally broke the kiss and began to move his lips down her throat. “I miss you when you’re not here.” The husky note in his voice vibrated through her. “I sit here and think of how you taste...” His tongue made a slow path up her throat to her ear. His lips brushed against her ear. “How you feel against me...”
• She closed her eyes and leaned her head back against the wall as he rubbed his bare chest against hers. The thin cloth between their bodies offered no barrier and her nipples tightened. “I walk around here all day and every room lingers with your scent.” His hand moved up to rest at the back of her neck as he lifted her higher on his body. His teeth gently bit a path across her shoulder.
• The part of her mind that wasn’t clouding over recognized the phone ringing again, but she had lost all interest in who could be on the other end of the call. His voice filled her mind in a soft, breathless whisper. “I love how you respond to me, Jennah.” His hand pushed the nightgown up her body so he could taste more of her.
• She gasped when he licked one hard nipple and then suckled it softly. She dropped her head down to rest on his, her hands running over his soft, dark hair. Each touch from him made her tremble with need. He slid one hand down behind her and lifted her from the wall. She was vaguely aware of him moving as his lips moved to the other straining nipple.
• He lowered her onto the bed while his lips roughly traveled over her skin and back up to crush her mouth under his. Grasping her hip with one hand, she moaned as he slid inside and filled her.
• She wrapped her legs around his waist and held him there as he plunged his tongue into her mouth. He lifted his head and gazed down at her with half closed eyes as he slowly pulled out of her. As he thrust his hips again and pushed into her harder, she raised off the bed to meet him.
• The phone started ringing again, and she remembered work. She bit her lip and inhaled deeply as their bodies connected. “You are so bad.”
• He reached under her and held her tightly against his chest. “Only for you.”
• She was going to be late for work.