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Light flashed in his eyes as his head lowered. Blake’s mouth covered hers in a hard, hot kiss that made her melt into him, at least as far as her hands still being held over her head would allow. She had no problem letting him lead, as long as she got what she needed. When that stopped happening, then she’d make sure it did.

A large hand cupped one naked cheek of her ass, lifted and pulled her against the open front of his jeans, the hard ridge of his erection pressing into her belly. She was content to let him lead.

For now.

CHAPTER 10

Blake woke as early morning light stretched across his hotel room. He’d forgotten to pull the curtains closed before falling asleep last night. Considering Sierra had been in his arms, warm and willing, he didn’t mind so much. Thinking of Sierra made him open his eyes and look down at where she lay curled against him, one leg thrown over his, her head resting on his shoulder while one hand lay curled on his chest.

He wouldn’t mind waking up like this every morning.

The thought should have scared him, it had with other women, but with Sierra, it felt right. He glanced at the clock and found it was barely five. He still had a while before he needed to be to the airfield to meet his helicopter. Looking back down at Sierra he wondered how long until she woke.

After a while, he couldn’t resist the temptation to tickle the tip of her nose with one finger. At first, she only scrunched it, then she twitched. Finally, she rubbed her face back and forth against his chest a moment before blinking up at him with sleepy eyes.

“How long have you been awake?” She blinked and started to sit up.

“Not long.” He didn’t want to admit he’d been watching her.

“But long enough to get bored.”

“I wouldn’t say bored, exactly, but I’ve got to go back to Denver in a few hours. I didn’t want to get into the shower and come out to find you gone.”

“I wouldn’t do that to you.” She gave him a sleepy smile that made him want to pull her closer, kiss her and make them both linger where they were.

“What time do you need to go?”

Sierra gave a long slow blink. “If I shower here I can wait until seven, otherwise, six-thirty or even six-fifteen.”

He glanced at the clock, decided there was time for what he had in mind then held Sierra against him as he rolled over, taking her with him until he pinned her on her back against the bed.

She didn’t make a peep when he rolled them, but afterward she lay staring up at him with wide eyes, as if not sure what he would do next. He knew just what to do, and covered her mouth in a searing kiss that told her without a single word just exactly what he’d spent the last fifteen minutes thinking about before he woke her.

CHAPTER 11

Blake sat in his office staring at a stack of papers he needed to approve and sign before the end of the day. Before he could approve them, he had to make certain they were in order. The problem was he’d been staring at them for more than an hour, not seeing the information. Instead, he was thinking about Sierra.

He’d found himself doing this very same thing several times in the four days since he’d let her leave his hotel room then he’d flown back to Denver. He needed to get this done or he wouldn’t have time to go back to Hawthorne again to look at a few more houses and more importantly, see Sierra again, this weekend.

He took a deep breath and forced himself to focus. This had to get finished because he wasn’t going to let anything keep him from seeing her again as soon as possible. — Maybe if he let her know he was thinking of her, then it would be easier to concentrate. A quick search told him there were no florists in Hawthorne. That meant sending her flowers was out. He remembered passing a small boutique shop. It only took him a couple minutes to find the listing for the Say it With Flowers shop and place the call.

Blake spoke with the shop owner, a nice woman who insisted he call her Harmony. She knew Sierra and knew of several things she said Sierra had admired in the shop. After a little discussion, he and Harmony settled on an earring set that Sierra had admired several times, but put back each time saying they weren’t in the budget right now, but she’d reward herself with them one day soon. Harmony promised to wrap and deliver them for him.

Once he got off the phone, Blake was able to pay better attention to the contracts and finish them before time to leave for the dinner meeting his secretary, Elaine, had reminded him of that morning.

As he checked his tie in the mirrored wall of the elevator, making sure he hadn’t tugged it askew in his frustration over the contract and his inability to focus, he wondered what Sierra was doing.

Was she working? Showing houses or sitting in the Round Up writing? Had Harmony delivered the package yet?

The elevator whispered open, and Blake stepped out. He nodded at Romeo, the security guard, as he passed and stepped out onto the steps leading to the small, half round driveway in front of the building where his driver and car waited.

“Good evening, Jay. How was your day?” Blake greeted his driver.

“So far, so good, sir. Where are we off to tonight?”

“Business dinner at Bon Ami.”

Jay shook his head and held the rear door open.

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