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shyly. “That was awesome.”
    “There’s lots more
where that came from,” he said gently. Watching her slowly drift off to sleep,
it occurred to him that something had shifted between them. Her easy acceptance
of his sexual appetite, and her unconditional trust tonight did things to him
that he didn’t want to contemplate. He’d gotten to a point he couldn’t even
think about another woman, and he had to admit he didn’t know if he was
terrified or ecstatic.
     

Chapter
3
     
    When Karl woke the next
morning, he knew right away that Kate wasn’t beside him. He turned over and
looked at the clock. 10:40. Wow, he never slept this late. Of course, he’d been
all over Kate most of the night, reveling in the way she responded to him. It
had been a hell of a night, and he was kind of bummed that she wasn’t here now.
He loved morning sex, but alas, she’d already gotten up and he could hear faint
voices in the apartment.
    Sitting up, he shook
out his mane of blond hair and padded into the bathroom. He pulled his hair
into a ponytail and found shorts and a T-shirt to put on. He opened the door
and was about to call out a greeting to Drake and Erin, who were sitting on the
couch, but the looks of annoyance on their faces gave him pause. He followed
their gazes to where Kate was pacing in the kitchen, her phone pressed to her
ear.
    “…of course not!” she
was saying. “It has nothing to do with him—he doesn’t even know about it… I
haven’t asked him because I didn’t even know for sure if I was coming,
much less him. We didn’t know what was going to happen with the playoffs until
last night… Noooo ,” she drew out the word with
obvious annoyance. “I have two big clients I have to meet with so I just—” She
sighed heavily, tapping her foot as she listened to the other end of the
conversation. “ What picture?! Oh for God’s sake, I was standing right
there.” She snorted. “Okay, whatever, Lou, I have to go.” She rolled her eyes,
holding the phone away from her ear as she drummed her fingers on the kitchen
counter.
    “Lou, I’ll be there,
okay? But it’s already afternoon on the East Coast and I have work to do. I’ll
see you Saturday.” She disconnected and shoved the phone in her pocket.
    “Where are we going on
Saturday?” Karl asked lightly, coming up behind her and making her jump.
    “Oh! You’re up.” She
looked at him and grimaced. “It doesn’t matter. Don’t worry about it.”
    “Whatever it is, it upset
you, which means I’m worried about it.” He cocked his head. “What’s going on,
babe?”
    She rolled her eyes.
“My mother and sister—what’s always wrong?!”
    “For what it’s worth,”
Erin called out, “you need to start standing up for yourself, Kate. I don’t know
why you put up with their crap.”
    Kate sighed. “They’re
family,” she said sadly. “And I just keep hoping they’ll stop trying to change
me—”
    “Change you?” Karl
frowned. “Why would they want to change you?”
    “—Into someone skinny
and sexy, like—”
    “I think you’re very
sexy just the way you are.” His eyes darkened as he leaned over and whispered,
“The girl I handcuffed last night is pretty fucking sexy.”
    She flushed, giving him
a tiny smile. “I know, it’s just… my sister, she’s so perfect—”
    “Lulu is so not
perfect,” Erin called out. “She’s a bitch, with no tits, and an overbite. Not.
Perfect .”
    Drake chortled and Kate
snickered too. “She just got engaged and the engagement party is Saturday. I’m
expected, but I’ve been away from New York for two weeks already so I could be
with you, and now they’re mad about me not going.”
    “What picture was she
talking about?”
    “The one of Therese
kissing you.”
    He scowled. Damn, he
really wished Therese hadn’t reappeared. “I’m sorry, baby. I didn’t know she was
going to do that.”
    Kate nodded. “I’m not
upset about the picture—just that my family doesn’t