Page 177 of Sin City Lights

Eve’s beautiful face flashed before his eyes. He thought he heard Devon mutter a prayer.

“Twenty…ten…”

Deafening impact with the ground.

It jolted Adam’s spine and threw them in their seats.

But, somehow, the tires held, and the G550 hurtled down the runway, screaming.

They had landed.

Eve

Ian stopped the car just short of the mangled plane. Eve threw open the door and ran out. At first, she saw nothing but the fire trucks blocking her view.

Heart in her throat, she rushed to the other side and finally spotted Adam, shirt wrinkled, brow damp, sitting at the back of an open ambulance. An EMT peeled a blood pressure cuff off his bicep. Another two loaded someone on a gurney.

She halted a few feet away, her heart fluttering at the sight of him.

And then, his beautiful blue eyes found her.

For a moment, she felt as if she’d been electrocuted.

He stood and spoke to the EMT and nodded at Ian, who clapped him on the back, but his gaze remained on Eve.

He motioned toward the man on the stretcher, who she realized was Ted. “Thank you. I’m fine. Take care of him.”

Eve gulped back the painful lump rising in her throat. Oh God, he was alive…

Beside Adam, Devon leaned down to place a hand on the older man’s shoulder. “You’re gonna be OK.”

“I shouldn’t have hidden my heart condition from you. I almost caused—”

“Get better,” Devon tersely interrupted, his features frozen in a stony mask.

The EMTs loaded Ted into the waiting ambulance, leaving Devon glowering, shaking his head, and passing a hand over his face.

“Great air show,” Ian said, grinning. “Not too bad of a landing.”

Eve looked at Adam. Emotions played on his handsome face as his penetrating gaze searched hers. At last, she saw his lips curve upward, and heat flared in his eyes.

She sprinted to him, arms outstretched, then stopped a step away, suddenly uncertain.“Are you hurt?”

“I’m sweaty,” he warned her gravely.

“I don’t care.”

With a little sob, she launched herself into his arms, gripping him around the neck, and Adam crushed her to him, taking her mouth as she had longed for him to do for so, so long.

Too soon, he broke the kiss, then held her at arm’s length as if convincing himself that she was really there.

“Eve…”

His voice… His beautiful, deep, seductive voice. She’d thought she might never hear it again.

Her eyes began to sting, and hot tears welled.

He cupped her cheek.“Baby,” he murmured,“I’m OK.”

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