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, demanding, and taste

his tongue parting my lips with a ruthless, intoxicati

't pul

ke an accessory to his life-useful when

nch of contact felt like a

, my fingers digging into the thick hide as I kissed him back wit

, guttural groan fr

ting me completely off the concrete f

ard until my spine hit the c

tively locked a

my lips, his breath hot and ragged against my skin. "You s

fiercely, looking straight into his di

ak door leading to the privat

n on the wide, dark leather sofa th

lling of motor oil, c

rmed my lips before he kissed them. His other hand slipped beneath the hem of my top,

enough to make me impatient. When his lips reached my throa

he murmured a

voice came o

is mouth hovering jus

r kiss. For once, I didn't care about being useful or ke

th, driving out every lingering memory of Grant's cold neglect u

iltered through the steel security slats

wrapping the dark wool blanke

and sore, but my mind

cross the room, already dressed in cl

ngers, the blue smoke curling tow

me through the haze with thos

e," Chase remarked, his voice lo

standing up and reaching for m

zipped my jeans, and laced

n't b

t make

k into a tight ponytail. "It was what both of us wanted. But don't mistake tha

a deep rumble that sh

gar into the heavy glass ashtray, and pick

them acros

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shop," Chase said, crossing his arms over his chest. "Fastest fiber connection in Washo

op, Whitmore Performance its racing division,

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the t

before expenses," Chase said, stepping forward until he was standing right in front of me. "

"And the algorithm remains my exclusive intellectual property. Wh

t me for three

admiration lit up h

to understand one thing-Grant Mercer is going to realize what he lost. When he figures o

rcer built his name on my calculations. It's time he learn

g the nape of my neck, his thumb lightly

gist," he murmured. "Tonight, we tak

g my ear. "And when we get to the to

s hand against my neck. "Then

he skin beneath my