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to. That was one of the reasons he loved it here. He had privacy to be himself.
    Well, normally he would. But not right now. He forced away his primal needs, knowing he couldn’t

    change right now. Not with Kelsey here. That would have to wait until he figured out a way to break the news to her. He wondered how she’d react, since he knew basically nothing about her. He’d had Brandon run a background check on her. Twenty-five. Daughter of the owner of   The Oracle . Mother died when she was three. No brothers, sisters or other relatives. Journalism degree. Worked at the newspaper since she was a teen.
    Nothing in her background clouded his desire for her. Except maybe the journalism part. He couldn’tvery well prevent her from doing her job, but he could hope that when she found out about him, she’dkeep his secret.
    His career depended on it.
    He heard Kelsey’s footsteps on the wood deck and turned. She wore a thick robe that covered herupper thighs, but gave him a glimpse of long, slender legs. The robe had parted, a tantalizing peek at hergenerous cleavage his reward.
    “Water feels great. Come on in.”
    She walked toward him and sat on the edge, trailing her fingertips along the surface of the water. “It’scold outside.”
    “It’s hot in here.”

    She seemed reluctant to move.
    “I won’t bite.” Well, he would, but not ‘til later.
    “I’m having second thoughts about all this, Jason.”
    His heart dropped to his feet. “About getting in the hot tub, or about something else?”
    “About all of this. You and me. This is all happening so quickly. Why am I here with you?”
    “Because you said yes when I asked you to come up here.” He felt her hesitation, knew that she was
    troubled about something.
    “I know what I said. But why did you ask? You could bring any one of a thousand women up here.
    Beautiful women.”
    “I did ask a beautiful woman to come up here with me. And she said yes. Now get in the hot tub.”
    A sparkle glinted in her eyes and her cheeks tinged pink, as they seemed to always do when she wasembarrassed. Did she not know how stunning she was? A full, curvy body and long legs, she was theepitome of perfect woman in his eyes.
    Scooting her legs over the edge of the tub, she dipped them in, then untied the robe and let it fall to thefloor of the deck before sliding quickly into the water. He’d caught only a glimpse of her body.
    She sat across from him on the other bench. “Come over here, Kelsey.”
    “I’m fine right here.”

    She was shy! But why? After what they’d shared last night, she’d have no reason to be coy with him.
    But uncertainty filled her. He sensed every one of her conflicting emotions.
    “You stay there, then.” He stood and grabbed their glasses of champagne, handing one to her, then grabbed the bowl of strawberries and sat next to her. Before she could say a word, he grabbed a strawberry and popped it into her open mouth.
    She bit down and chewed. He watched the way she licked her lips. After taking a sip of champagne andswallowing, she said, “That’s good.”
    Indeed it was. Jason knew that any movement of her lips was going to forever give him a raging hard-on.
    “Does kind of explode in your mouth, doesn’t it?”
    She arched a brow. “Yes, as a matter of fact it does. Very sweet, too, and the champagne gives it anadded tanginess. Here, you try.” She slipped one into his mouth and he closed his lips over her fingers,tasting her along with the strawberry.
    They spent a few minutes feeding each other. Soon, they’d polished off the bowl and the bottle, then laidtheir heads back and looked up at the sky.
    The three-quarter moon pulled at him, making his blood turn hot, his skin tingle with anticipation and hiscock hard as the trunk of the woodland trees. In a couple days, the moon would be full and he’d have toannounce his mate to his pack. He didn’t have nearly enough time.
    “Tell me about your job,” he asked, wanting