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And would make all of this end too soon.

It ended damn fast for Kit.

Then again, hours would be too fast.

He felt the climax ripple through her, so Jace gave her what she needed to latch onto every bit of that amazing high that came with release. When she went slack, when she was spent, Jace let himself follow her.

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Chapter Thirteen

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Kit smiled when she woke up and felt the warm body next to her. Jace. Naked. A nice way to start the morning.

Especially after an afternoon and night of great sex.

Even sleeping, he was that Viking warrior with his blond hair tousled round a face that could get her heart, and the rest of her, revving. That incredible sensation stayed with her, making her smile even more, making her want to kiss him. Until she remembered what was going to happen today.

She was to testify against Marvin.

That caused her to silently groan, except she didn’t fully keep it quiet, and the slight sound caused Jace’s eyes to pop open. There was alarm in those blue eyes. A split-second of it, before his attention settled on her.

He smiled.

Then, he kissed her.

Yeah, this was definitely the way to start the morning, but he kept the kiss way too short and eased back to look at her.

“Was the groan for you giving your testimony or for…something else?” Jace asked.

“Definitely the testimony,” she assured him, and she went back in for another kiss.

Since she was the initiator on this one, she didn’t make it short. And she would have pushed for another round of sex if he hadn’t done some groaning of his own when he looked at his watch.

“Seven forty-five,” he muttered. “Angel will be here soon to go over the plan for the trip to the courthouse.”

Kit did recall hearing Jace and Angel on the phone the night before, and Angel had indeed said he’d be over around eight since they’d have to leave no later than eight-thirty for the courthouse.

She matched Jace’s groan. So, no morning sex, but she did get a nice consolation prize of seeing a seriously toned butt naked Jace get out of bed.

“I would invite you into the shower with me, but that’ll slow us down,” he drawled, giving her a cocky grin. And a Full Monty view before he popped into the shower.

Definitely no slowing down for him. He was in and out before she even managed to get out of bed. He came back into the room, still naked but toweling off, and he headed for his walk-in closet and took out some black cargo pants and a dark green tee. It practically screamed special ops, but since he wouldn’t be on the witness stand, there was no need for him to dress up.

Kit, on the other hand, went to the guestroom across the hall, and after grabbing a quick shower there, she took out the skirt, top, and jacket that Nash had included with the items he’d brought over in her suitcase. She got dressed, and by the time she slapped on some makeup and combed her hair, she could already smell the coffee brewing.

And Roy’s voice.

“Angel has arrived,” Roy announced.

Since she wanted just a second alone with Jace, Kit hurried into the kitchen. She tried not to let her nerves show, but Jace would know she was worried about her testimony. And she was. But that worry didn’t stop her from slipping her arm around his waist, pulling him to her and kissing him.

When she eased back, he was smiling.

Good. He wasn’t in that regret mode. Not yet anyway. However, she had to brace herself for the possibility of that. Here, she’d breezed back into his life, and he probably hadn’t processed why she’d seemingly breezed in and out of it in the first place. He was likely guarding his heart.

Something she should be doing.

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