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For him, anyway. Ever since that night, it was like he was seeing her through different eyes.

Sunnie took it in stride, like she did everything—includingthiskiss—and she’d started dating Derek the Douchebag the next week. Sunnie had jumped into her relationship with Derek like every other one in her life, all in…for one hot minute.

“At least there weren’t any witnesses this time,” she said, her smile growing brighter.

“We got lucky. None of your cousins or your brother around to give us shit.”

He clipped the latch on his gun holster, looking toward the end of the street at the sound of approaching sirens.

“You called for backup?”

“Of course I did.”

“Shit,” she murmured, aware it was going to be impossible to keep this from her dad once the other guys from the precinct arrived.

Landon looked at her…and couldn’t stop thinking about the kiss. And the fact that he wanted to do it again. She looked back, her eyes curious.

Then her gaze dropped to his lips.

She wanted to kiss him again too.

For a moment, Landon considered giving in to that desire, but the sirens were too close.

“We need to talk, Sunshine,” he said, using the nickname he’d been using since they were kids. It had started as a way to tease her because she always got annoyed, claiming her name was Sunday, not Sunshine, but eventually the complaints fell away and the name stuck.

Sunnie nodded, her face growing more serious. “I know. I really am sorry, Landon. What I did was stupid and dangerous.”

She mistakenly thought he wanted to talk about her actions.

She was wrong.

The only thing he intended to discuss werehisactions.

And his feelings regarding those kisses.

CHAPTERFOUR

Sunnie startedto walk to the police car, but her pained limp was too much for Landon to watch. He bent down and picked her up, despite her protests, carrying her to his cruiser and setting her down gently to lean against the vehicle as two police cars roared into view.

“Stay here. I’ll see if I can…do some sort of damage control.”’

She gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. “Thanks, babe.”

Landon filled the other officers in on what had happened as Sunnie waited by his car with the reporter. He’d completely forgotten about the other guy until Landon had carried her back to the vehicle and seen him watching them. So much for no witnesses. At least this one wasn’t a Collins.

The four other officers planned to search the area for the mugger, though Landon didn’t hold out much hope that they’d find anything. The guy was long gone.

He was halfway to the pub, after dropping the reporter off at the precinct parking lot to grab his own car, when Aaron’s voice came over dispatch.

“Where’s my daughter, Officer Riggs?”

“Dammit,” Sunnie muttered from the passenger’s seat.

Landon picked up the handheld, speaking into it. “She’s with me, Lieutenant.”

“And where are you?”

Landon glanced over at Sunnie. “Taking her home.”

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