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he wanted to take her to bed and stay there. He checked to see if there was any more glass.
    â€˜Jake, can I ask you something?’
    â€˜Shoot,’ he said, giving the wound another wipe down.
    â€˜Were you and Emerald lovers?’
    His hand paused mid air. Looking up into her eyes, their pained expression caught his attention.
    â€˜Because I kissed you and I shouldn’t have, that is…if you’re Emerald’s man,’ she ran on. Her cheeks had turned pink and she was staring at him expectantly.
    â€˜Your sister’s fun. She’s got a big personality but she’s not for me.’
    â€˜You don’t find her attractive?’
    He straightened, leant forward and kissed her on the lips. ‘I’m not interested in your sister. I want you.’ At twenty-eight years of age and after what he’d been through in Afghanistan, he was ready to settle down. Ruby was the one. He felt it with a certainty that went bone deep. The thought might seem crazy to some but his instincts honed on survival had kept him alive in a war zone where others had died. He trusted his gut.
    Ruby was not the type of woman to play games with. Ruby was forever, even if she didn’t know it yet.
    He raised Ruby’s foot to his lips, kissed the underside and was rewarded with her intake of breath. ‘You’re all better now, Ruby.’
    â€˜You’ve sent shivers all over my legs,’ she said rubbing the top of them.
    â€˜You’re very responsive to my touch.’ He noticed that her nipples had tightened under the silk of her nightgown. He kept her foot on his lap and her sky-blue eyes widened when the pad of her foot rested against his erection. He was hard with wanting her, especially as the fabric of her nightgown had slipped open at her hip and he could see delicious silky skin where her underwear should have been.
    â€˜What’s happening between us, it’s very fast.’
    â€˜Too fast?’
    â€˜I don’t usually get personal so quickly with a man. I dated my ex for years before anything serious happened between us. When I’m with you, I can’t think straight but I’ve had a pretty wild night.’ She leant forward and her breasts strained against the fabric. ‘I just know I don’t want to spend the night alone. I’m scared.’
    â€˜I won’t let you. You’ve got me now.’ If he had his way, he’d never spend another night without her tucked safely in his arms. The very air grew steamy between them. Her foot was warm against his jeans. He wanted her with a sure fire heat that scolded his blood, but she was right. What was happening between them was fast and that’s the way he liked it.
    Ruby slipped her foot from his lap. When she moved the delicate straps of her nightgown slid from her shoulders so that the fabric revealed the curves of her breasts just above her nipples.
    His eyebrows rose. ‘Stay just like that. I’m going to distract you from what happened downstairs. I’m going to take any fear you have away.’ He rose from the chair and moved between her legs.
    Her heart was pounding with excitement, desire and trepidation. She’d never been reckless in her life, yet his closeness brought on a sexual rush that she couldn’t control. She’d never had a quick fling but she was in Emerald’s place and if ever she was going to find out what it was like to really let go, she’d find out with Jake. Then once she sorted out her sister’s problems, she’d go back to her small accountancy practice in the mountains. Jake would have fun. She’d have fun. There’d be no hurt feelings. Sure. She never normally thought this way, but she was in a different place and state of mind. This was the big city.
    Jake leant over her so that she wrapped her legs around his waist while he planted kisses on the tender skin where her shoulder met her neck and she wriggled.
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