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Prologue

Her skin was tan froth inky black hair was the same color as the thin silk cahetti strap slid off her shoulder, Dutch couldn’t help but wind it around his finger and pull it just a little lower, causing her to try to shrug away and shoot him a look of confusion

Up until five o’clock today, he wouldn’t have laid a hand on her Now, all bets were off He was no longer Special Agent Malin “Starling” Kilbourne’s boss In fact, he no longer worked for the CIA at all, whichevery fantasy he’d had about the woman who made his blood run hot

Malin covered his hand with hers “What are you doing?”

Dutch s”

He watched as she looked past hi the crowded outdoor patio for the rest of the teaone out to celebrate both the end of a aze settled on him and she moved her hand away, Dutch took the opportunity to walk her backwards a few short steps until she rested against the cool stone wall of the building

Her look challenged ue over her shoulder, sweet Miss Malin gasped and closed her eyes

Was she surprised? Had she not seen this co? Hadn’t she felt how the air around theot within a foot of her?

Dutch was done denying hie of how her naked body would feel under his He pulled the camisole a little lower until he could see the tip of her dusty-rose nipple

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It wasn’t just the heat and huht that made it hard for her to breathe; Thoo and star of every fantasy she’d had as a woman, had his hands on her Not just his hands, his lips and tongue too

She was used to seeing hi with a crisp, white button-down shirt and a conservative tie Tonight, he wore a faded blue t-shirt that was the perfect size to show off the muscles she kneorked hard to o shorts His blond hair was cropped close, but she’d heard hi—at least froency She’d heard that he planned to join a private firency operatives

As much as she wanted to watch as he bent his head and laved the nipple he’d just exposed, her eyes drifted closed With one hand, she clutched his ar on for dear life as the man set her already overheated body on fire