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sure that I could trust it. Nick's warning rang out in my head and I simply could not ignore that. By shutting this down though, I would confirm everything Jason thought I was. A spectator in life, not a participant.
    But I couldn't risk the fallout if this was all just a game to him. I was not going to put myself there.
    And besides, who the hell was he to tell me what I am or am not?
    "I'm going to bed," I said, voice only slightly shaky. "If you want a cold shower, there's towels in the cupboard under the sink."
    I didn't wait for a reply, but swung on my heels and walked as casually as I could out of the lounge. I couldn't get to my bedroom fast enough, but I made myself walk slowly. Heel, toe. Heel, toe. Heel, toe. The click of the door to my sanctuary was the signal that I could finally breathe.
    I sank back against the closed door and sucked in air; a drowning victim given a second chance at life. Oh good heavens. The man was a stick of dynamite away from an explosion. My heart was racing, my respirations were way too fast. My body ached in all the most delicious places and my skin tingled.
    I had never felt so much at once before.
    A bubble of laughter sprang up my throat, but I resolutely forced the sound back down before Mr Perceptive out there could notice. He was right though. I did watch life. Oh, I had my place in it, one I'd carved out meticulously. One I didn't risk. But in all the years I'd been making a name for myself, building up my business, finding a niche, I hadn't once felt what I felt just now.
    Jason Cain pushed every button I had... and then some I didn't even know I'd been missing.
    I stared across the room in a numb haze, trying to align this new Jason I'd just been introduced to, with the Jason I'd known for several months now. Had I missed what Nick and maybe others had seen? Had I been so distracted by my attraction for him, that I hadn't seen his own for me?
    I'd assumed Jason was indifferent, because that's what Jason had made sure I'd see. But Nick said he looked at me a certain way. What way? Dear God, I wanted to know. Was I crazy to want him to feel the same way? Hell, I'd be crazy not to want him to feel the same way.
    I banged my head back softly against the closed door, not loud enough for him to hear, but enough to clear my head. And then tried to remember every single time I'd crossed paths with Captain Jason Cain. Unsurprisingly, each had been etched into my brain and could be recalled with crystal clarity.
    That first time I'd been caught entirely off guard and Jason had endeavoured to keep me that way ever since. I'd turned up at Dom's house to check on his new woman at the time - Genevieve - and Jason was there. I'd been attempting to lighten the mood, as Gen had been involved with a dangerous and nasty ex-boyfriend receiving injuries to both her physical and emotional self. I'd joked in the usual Katie Anscombe way. It meant nothing, it was all a ruse designed to make people smile. But it had made me look like a flighty socialite without substance.
    Jason had shown his disdain immediately. That scowl I've come to know so very well gracing his handsome face. I'd taken one look at him and felt my world alter. One of those strange, inexplicable, but entirely real moments. I literally took one look at the man and I knew my life had changed. I wanted him, from that instant. Despite his unfriendly greeting, despite his obvious judgement of my behaviour. I took one look and decided he was the man I wanted in my life.
    Why? Was it simply a case of opposites attract? He didn't faun all over me, he was strong, potent, in command of his world. God, it gives me goosebumps even now. I can't adequately explain it, but one look at Jason Cain and I wanted to have his babies.
    That bubble of laughter rose up my throat again, and this time I couldn't stop it escaping. At least I kept a lid on the volume. This was insane. I'm an accomplished, independent woman. But all of that was stripped away