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body. The intense way he gazed at her made her remember her new look as well and the revealing clothes she wore. She’d never seen him gazing at her like this before. It was a possessive stare. A wildly erotic glare. She liked how it made her feel. Feverish and needy and excessively feminine.
    His intoxicating male scent swarmed over her, making a deep intimate part of her spark to life. Desire to curl her arms around his neck whipped through her. She craved to kiss away the leashed anger emanating from his magnificent body. She wanted to tell him she was sorry that they fought. But she kept her mouth shut. They had better things to do at the moment.
    “You like what you see?” His voice was dangerously calm and low and it made her gaze snap back to those gorgeous brown eyes that oozed naked desire.
    “Why didn’t you tell me you were the backup?” she whispered.
    “Didn’t have the time.”
    His gaze hungrily traveled to her sheer blouse. Then he spoke louder. “You’re room is this way, ma’am.”
    She followed him down the long hallway and watched his nice looking butt cheeks shift against those tight jeans as he walked. Her vagina quivered when she envisioned herself cupping his bare ass as he pressed his hot penis into her.
    She inhaled softly, trying to still the rapid beat of her heart. She’d better control herself and keep her mind on her job.
    At the end of the hall, Jim stopped, opened a door and flicked on a light.
    Sky inhaled at the beauty of the cozy room. Virgin white cutwork linens adorned large windows. Huge pillows edged in scalloped lace lay on the white bed comforter. The bed itself was made of knotty pine with an unusual headboard shaped like a wagon wheel.
    Sky walked over to it and ran her fingers over the intricate design on the sturdy spindles.
    “It’s beautiful. So rustic and romantic.”
    “A room fit for a princess. And every beautiful princess should have one of those boxes.” Jim indicated the white box she held in her hand. Sky’s heart picked up speed as warmth once again flushed her face.
    He grinned and his sexy smile made her heart do a little double flip. Then, he pressed his fingers to his lips in warning and she fell silent. Something was up.
    Listening devices , he mouthed the words.
    She nodded her understanding.
    “Thanks for showing me to my room. Um, perhaps we can see each other during the lessons tonight?” she teased.
    “Looking forward to it ma’am.”
    He strolled across the floor, opened the door, peeked out to see if anyone was there and then closed the door with enough noise to indicate he’d left her alone. He came back, took the box from her hand, tossed it onto the bed, and then he grabbed her by her elbow and led her into the bathroom.
    Closing the door quietly, he turned on the water taps. She dumped her purse on the bathroom counter and followed Jim’s gaze as he scanned the bathroom for listening devices or other monitoring systems. When they found nothing, he switched on the bathroom fan as a precaution. Then he turned to her. His clean scent wrapped around her making her want to touch him, but she forced herself to keep her arms to her sides.
    “I searched a couple of the bedrooms and found listening devices,” he said.
    “Obviously Loverboy and Carmella don’t trust too easily,” she noted. “In their line of alleged illegal activities, I wouldn’t either, which makes me wonder why he brought me here without checking me out. And exactly how long have you been here?” she asked.
    “Long enough to have not seen Sally Green.”
    Sky shook her head. “I still can’t believe she’s the missing woman.”
    “Daughter of our own Chief, who the hell knew. No wonder he wanted to keep her identity under wraps.”
    “She is a beautiful young woman. I’m not surprised Loverboy targeted her.” Sky said as she remembered the photograph the Chief had given her of his daughter. Loverboy would have pounced on a gorgeous woman like Sally.