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for her to know him. Things were too new, too shiny, too perfect to ruin with the mention of his career choice.
    Idiot, he mentally smacked himself, it had only been one night together.
    So he plastered a smile across his lips and hissed out of the side of his mouth. “Say one word about my job or injury and I’ll castrate you both.”
    “Kasey,” he called out, and grabbed her hand as she crossed his driveway.
    She took one look at him, one look at his disheveled brothers and tried to back away. “I can see this isn’t a good time. I can come back later when you don’t have company.”
    He kept a firm grip on her hand and used that to tug her close.
    “This isn’t company,” he tried to explain. “These are my brothers, Reed and River. River, Reed, this is my across-the-street neighbor, Kasey Jacobs.”
    Both men send her a friendly wave. Reed opened his mouth to speak, but Sky made sure to cut him off. “And they were just leaving, weren’t you?”
    River, always the quicker of the two, shot a quick look at Kasey’s hand protectively encased in Sky’s and nodded. “Yep, we just wanted to drop some stuff off. Let’s get going, Riv.”
    “Please, don’t go on my account.” She eyed each man and a small smile crept over her full lips. “Let me guess. Your mom had a thing for nature?”
    Sky winced. The three of them were so used to their names they forgot it seemed strange to other people. “Mom made the mistake of naming us while still under the influence of medication. You don’t want to know what she was thinking.”
    “I sure as hell don’t.” River said, “It was nice meeting you, Kasey. Hope to see you around again sometime soon.”
    Reed mimicked his brother’s words, got into his truck. When both doors were firmly shut he sent them a salute and backed out of the driveway.
    Relief coursed through Skyler as his brother’s taillights grew fainter. Feeling safe and happy he looked down at the gorgeous curvy woman in his arms and smiled.
    “Hello, beautiful. I missed you today.” He bent his head and took her lips in a kissed filled with need and longing. She tasted as sweet and hot as he remembered and Sky found he couldn’t get enough of her.
    When their lips finally parted they were both breathing heavily. Kasey raised her head off his chest and sent him a smile that shot straight to his groin.
    “It was a slow day at work,” she said, mischief twinkling in her bright green eyes.
    “Really? That must have made the day drag by forever.” He slid an arm around her waist ready to lead her into his house and straight to his bed, but she stopped him with a gentle hand on his arm.
    “Actually, no. I love days when the store is slow. It gives me time to think…to plot…the next sex scene in my book.”
    All at once Sky was filled with a desperate need to know exactly what her every thought at work had been. “Um…wow…anything I can help with?” Please, please, please, he mentally begged, let there be something for me to do.
    “Well, now that you mention it. I may have one or two pivotal plot points that I can’t seem to get right without actually trying them out. Feeling like helping work the kinks out?”
    “Lead the way. I’m yours to command.”
    “Oh I hope so,” she whispered against his lips, “I really hope so.”
     
    Kasey waited for a heartbeat or two in case Skyler was planning to invite her into his house. Maybe she could get a glimpse into his personal life. Even find out what he did for a living. True, they hadn’t left much time for talking so far. But she’d told him a lot about herself, and all she knew about him was he had two brothers. A fact she found out by accident. What was with him, anyway?
    “I have to take a shower before I do anything else,” she told him, unlocking her front door and walking into the house.
    “Sounds like a plan to me. Lead the way.”
    She looked over her shoulder. “You going to watch me shower?”
    “Hell, no. I’m getting