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effort to contain his smile. So Delonna was into toys, aye? Did that mean she embraced her kinky side?
    He suddenly recalled her making some joke, months back, about Aleck turning her over his knee and her liking it. He’d nearly gone hard at the time thinking about that scenario. But maybe she’d just been teasing to get him riled. And maybe the vibrator was just relief because her boyfriend wasn’t getting the job done.
    The image of her getting it on with James made him a bit irritable, so he pushed that thought from his mind. But the idea of her spending some alone time with the toy…
    “Nice. And now you’ve got that look in your eyes,” she accused, shoving past him and out of the room again.
    Shite. He didn’t bother to ask what look, because he knew what look. The look that clearly spelled out just what he’d been envisioning.
    “As you can see, the house is empty. So while I appreciate all you’ve done, it’s probably time for you to go.”
    “Probably,” he agreed and backed out of her room, closing the door behind him.
    He followed her to the front door, where she held it open and waited for him to leave.
    Pausing at the door, he glanced down at her. “You’ll be all right then?”
    Her humiliation seemed to subside as she sighed and gave a small nod. “I’ll be fine. Thank you for being concerned about me tonight enough to follow me to Seattle and back.”
    All right, it sounded a little extreme when she put it that way.
    “I was concerned. Still am.”
    “I’ll be fine.”
    Her blue-green hazel eyes clouded and there was a flicker of unease in them.
    “You will be fine,” he agreed and reached out to draw the backs of two fingers down her cheek.
    The gesture had meant to be reassuring, but the air between them came instantly alive with something else.
    For a moment he was thrown back to that day over the summer when they’d been in a similar position. When she’d stared at him with heat in her eyes, before she’d gone to her tiptoes and kissed him.
    Every muscle in his body went taut at the memory of how her lips had felt beneath his. The seductive spontaneity and sensuality of it all. Later, she’d blamed it on the prescription pain meds she’d been given.
    It was a plausible explanation. Maybe. Or maybe she’d just wanted to kiss him. Delonna had always been a harmless flirt with everyone. But mostly with him.
    Her heard the shift in her breathing, as if she felt the sudden change in the air between them too. Felt the thick, swirling sexual tension. The pull of another impending kiss.
    Instinct had him lowering his head and her lashes swept down again. The hand on his chest made him pause.
    “You need to go.” Her words were husky. Uneven. For a moment, disorientation claimed him. Then he remembered where they were and all that had happened tonight. Shite.
    “Aye. I’ll be on my way.” He stepped back from her and gave a small nod. “Call if you need anything.”
    “I will,” she promised. “Night, boss boy.”
    “Good night, Lana.”
    Without a backward glance, he turned and left the house. The door closed, and the slide of the deadbolt sounded.
    Good girl .

Chapter Four
    Sunday evening in the bar was dead. The crowd who’d come in to watch the Seahawks game had gone home for the evening, and the pub held only a handful of regulars now.
    “It’ll pick up.”
    Delonna glanced over at Aleck as he made his way down the bar toward her. She hoped it would, and usually it did somewhat during the dinner rush.
    “I hope so.” She sighed. “I have a lot of money I need to replenish.”
    His gaze narrowed, the expression in his eyes one of concern. “Did you file a report with the sheriff?”
    She arched a brow. “Colin didn’t tell you whether or not I did?”
    “He hasn’t yet, no. But then I’ve not texted him to find out. I could, right quick.”
    “Don’t bother. Yes. I filed a report this morning.”
    There wasn’t even a flicker of suspicion in his gaze. He