Page 3 of Rock Chick Bonus Tracks

“Sure,” he replied easily.

She blinked in surprise, and Lee moved out of her way.

She walked in and gazed around.

Lee watched her.

Her gorgeous, expressive face was filled with wonder.

Another of those things that did it for him. The fact she was gorgeous, but more, how free she was with her expressions. She gave her trust like the precious gift it was, and she gave it openly. Then it was up to you what you did with it.

She’d accept some battering and bruising because that was the kind of heart she had.

But if you broke it, you were history.

That was a nightmare he’d faced when he inadvertently did that ten years ago. He didn’t know he’d delivered that blow. He’d considered it since he found out, whether or not he should have said what he said to slow down her pursuit of him so they could both get the wild out before they connected.

The answer he’d come up with was…no. He shouldn’t have said it.

It tore him up to know how deeply he’d hurt her.

He didn’t know what he should have done in that situation, because, fuck knew, they both needed to get the wild out, and since he wanted her as badly as she wanted him, it was hard as fuck to put her off.

He just wished like hell whatever he said hadn’t hurt her.

She spoke, taking him out of these thoughts and reminding him what was most important in the now.

She’d let him back in.

She’d made him work for it, but that was something he had no regrets about at all. He’d do it for longer. He’d relive it. Even if it wasn’t much fun the first time, he wouldn’t hesitate if it meant she’d be where she was right now.

“So itisa secondary command central,” she breathed as she looked at the monitors, computers, tech equipment, gun safes and piles of tactical gear. She turned to him. “Do you command legions of mercenaries in bloody coups from here?”

He chuckled. “No.”

She appeared disappointed.

He’d given it enough time.

That time was up.

He got in her space and circled her with his arms.

Her sweet tits rested against his chest as she relaxed into him.

Yup. Totally, her tits were high up on his list.

“What you see is the beta version of Nightingale Investigations,” he explained. “I didn’t have an office when I started, it all ran from here.”

“Whoa,” she breathed, also circling him with her arms, natural, easy, like they’d done it for more than the few weeks they’d been together.

It felt good.

The wait was over.

That was even better.

And he liked the look on her face. Like she’d just received a precious gift from him, knowing this part of his history, his life.

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