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My eyes closed, and I felt a profound sense of peace way down to my soul.
I felt safe here in Colin’s arms, and that was something I hadn’t felt since the kidnapping.
I was exhausted and worn out, my body totally depleted.
Right now, I felt like I was exactly where I belonged.
I knew I couldn’t let myself get used to being this close to Colin, but for right now, while I still felt vulnerable, I was going to revel in it.
For the first time in days, my body completely relaxed.
“That’s right,” Colin said gently. “Relax and sleep. I’ll take care of you, Emma.”
“I’m a grown woman,” I said sleepily. “It’s not your job to take care of me.”
“It is my job,” he answered in a gruff voice. “I’m your advisor. I’m here to give you whatever you need.”
Colin had no idea what my needs were when it came to him. If he did, he wouldn’t have just offered to give mewhateverI needed.
Dammit!I was going to have to get over my intense physical attraction to this man.
That was the last thought that drifted through my mind before I fell into the deep, healing sleep that my body desperately needed.
Chapter 12
Marshall
“Now that I’m awake,” Emma said after she ate the last of the lemon pastry I’d given her for breakfast. “We really need to talk.”
Unfortunately, the only thing I could give her was coffee and that pastry for breakfast because it was the only thing we had on board the aircraft.
I’d feed her something more nutritious later.
She looked a little more rested after getting some decent sleep.
She also looked so beautiful that it was almost painful as she sat on the bed with her mug of coffee and her legs crossed in front of her.
Her hair was slightly tousled. Unfortunately, that made her look even sexier.
The short nightgown she was wearing didn’t cover a lot of her fair skin. I wasn’t sure whether I was grateful for that or if I hated it.
Hell, I liked looking at Emma this way, but my dick liked it, too, and it wasn’t easy to hide my erection since I hadn’t bothered to put on my jeans when I’d gone to get her coffee and that pastry.
I’d pulled the bed coverings to my waist when I’d seated myself next to her to drink my coffee.
She’d frowned at me a little, probably because she thought I was trying to cover my scarred leg.
Actually, I wasn’t.
She’d seen my leg and she hadn’t run away in horror. In fact, she hadn’t even flinched when she’d surveyed that injury.
In reality, I was trying to keep the hard-on I’d been sporting since I’d woken up with her voluptuous body sprawled across me hidden from view.
Christ!I wasn’t a damn teenager that couldn’t control my dick, but I suddenly felt like one because I was in the same room with Emma.
I was in my fifties now for fuck’s sake.
I was disgusted with my body’s reaction to this woman.
