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“No.” I took his face between my hands and smiled. “I’m usingusas bait.”

“Other than putting you in danger again, what will this buy us?” He didn’t like the idea, but he was listening. That was progress.

I scoured my mind for ideas, but we had so little to go on. “He’ll come here looking for Tessa’s things. We can let him take our loot and then follow him. If he’s helping your mom?—”

“See? This is the part I don’t get. If he killed my dad, why is he helping Mom?”

“I don’t know.”

“What if Jonathan doesn’t take the bait? What if he doesn’t come here looking for Mom’s things?”

My pulse spiked at the realization that this plan didn’t have much of a shot, but I couldn’t let Henry lose hope. “Oh, he will come for her things. Trust me. I’m a thief.”

CHAPTER 20

Take Her to Paris

Henry

I woke up with Nikki’s long leg wrapped around my thighs, her head resting on my shoulder, and my arm tucked in the dip of her waist. A smile pulled at my lips. I wanted this peace, this happiness. Was Nikki right in thinking the only way to get what we wanted was to risk it all, to use ourselves as bait? Her idea was, at best, a really long shot. But it was all we had.

“I keep waking up, expecting you to be gone.” Nikki stirred next to me.

“I told you. I’m not going anywhere.” Squeezing her tight, I kissed the top of her head. I still couldn’t believe that after all this time, we were finally together. Nikki was everything I’d thought she’d be and then some.

She rubbed her hip against me, her cheek sliding across my chest. “I’m never going to stop wanting you.”

“Me neither.” I dug my head into the pillow and let my desire for her work its way down to my toes. My heart drummed in my throat as she adjusted her weight to get on top of me. Yeah. I wanted this too.

“What are we doing today?” I kneaded her breast.

“Don’t you have to go to work?” She pressed her mouth to my stomach and continued down until she found my cock.

“Hmmm.” My breath hitched.

“I’ll take that as a no.” She let out a sexy laugh.

I brushed her hair out of the way to see her face. Meeting my gaze, she flashed me a smile, before she pressed her lips to the tip of my erection and let it slip inside her mouth slowly.

“Christ, I want you.” I sat up and drew her up for a kiss.

“Won’t they fire you?” She straddled my legs with an innocent look on her face.

“I’m okay with that.” I grabbed a condom from the bedside table and rolled it on.

Her hot skin felt so good against mine. I lifted her butt and set her right on top of my shaft. She smiled at the ceiling, and I was treated to a spectacular view of her breasts and the dimples between the muscles around her stomach. She rocked her hips slowly against mine for several beats before she leaned forward to kiss my cheek and neck.

I wrapped my arms around her waist, wishing we could stay like this all day. Maybe one day soon, being with Nikki would make me feel like she was here to stay. Maybe one day we’d get to be who we wanted to be. She squeezed her legs just as her hot and silky walls tightened around my erection, dragging me to the edge of my orgasm.

“Henry.”

“I’m right here.” I took over, maintaining the pace she had set for us.

Heat grew between us every time my hips rose up to meet hers. She met my thrusts one for one. I kept at it until we both climaxed. The pressure in my chest let up. No other woman would do for me. No other place or other life. I wanted this with Nikki. She was worth every risk.

“I love you,” she whispered on my lips. She took another minute to catch her breath and then jumped out of bed.

“Me too. But you can’t just have your way with me and scoot out. Where are you going?”

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