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waiting at home, you don’t argue. Carlee babbled all the way home about the case although G already knew what she had been working on and more; his clearance was higher than hers.
    Life with G was different. While he was good in bed, he wasn’t great. She’d had great once. With Ryden, she had felt the connection that reaches someplace down deep into your soul and changes you. Apparently, that connection had been one-sided. G eventually filled the void in her bed, but he would never fill the void in her heart. Carlee settled for what she got. It was easier that way, safer. No one would ever hurt her again. Live and laugh became the words she lived by. Love was a fairy tale. 
    G seemed completely uninterested. It didn’t matter. She knew that it drove him insane, but talking the case specifics out loud was more for her benefit than his anyway. When they finally arrived at her apartment, it was filled with the scent of cheese and garlic. Still babbling, Carlee went into the kitchen and opened the oven, inhaling deeply.
    “Don’t tell me you made this.” 
    “Of course not, but I did stick it in the oven to keep warm if that counts. Don’t worry. It’s vegetable lasagna. No animals were harmed in the making of the meal.” He came up behind her, steering her out of the kitchen with a glass of wine in his hand. “Dinner can stay on warm. I have a bubble bath ready and waiting, and this should help you unwind.”
    She hadn’t realized how tense she was until she sat down in the hot water and began to soak. The bath was just what she needed. The wine was perfect and the sex that came during the bubble bath was an extra nice touch. G had made sure he covered all the bases. 
    Eating dinner by a cozy fire in the living room was sweet. Watching as he got up and left the room, she looked at him as he again checked his watch. “Got a hot date?” He only smiled in return. Damn, with a smile like his, he could have sold ice to an Eskimo. It could have been the warm bath, the wine or a combination of it all, she didn’t know. She was truly relaxed for the first time in what seemed like forever.
    G disturbed the perfect moment as he returned and tossed her some clothes. “Get your ass dressed, we’re going out for dessert.”
    “Seriously? You want to go out? Can’t we just pass on the desert?” She finished her glass of wine before reaching for the clothes and dressing. “This better be the best damn dessert ever or you are really gonna owe me.”
    “Carlee, I can guarantee you’re about to get something you’ve never had before.” Thoughts raced through her head and anxiety nearly stopped her as they made their way out of her condo. She was damn near jogging to keep up with his long strides. G knew the score between the two of them. He knew she wasn’t in the market for a relationship, but he constantly acted as if they were more than just the casual fuck buddies they had agreed upon. Thinking back on how many times he repeated that tonight was going to be special, she cursed herself for being an idiot. They had just turned the corner when she turned around slowly, knowing she had to deal with this once and for all.
    “Okay, listen G, tonight has been special, but we aren’t going through this relationship thing again. You know sparkly, shiny, and I go together like chocolate on hotdogs. Wait, chocolate goes with anything, how about like…”
    The remainder of the sentence died on her lips as she heard a voice behind her. “I was starting to think you had a change of heart.”
    Carlee turned and looked between G and the man in the alley. She had never seen him before. Turning back to G, he took her by the arms and threw her to the other man who caught her, taking both elbows and pinning them together behind her back. “Change of heart? You have got to be kidding me. She's a good fuck, I will give her that, but that’s as far as it goes.”
    Her heart thundered in her chest as she realized this was what he