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over the tight muscles of his butt. He leaned his weight against the back of her putty-colored sofa, heat crackling from his eyes as they scanned her from her messy ponytail to her ratty red slippers.
    She fought the urge to cringe. Of course, Jake would be dressed like a GQ wet dream while she had to answer the door in a threadbare T-shirt she’d picked up for free at a conference somewhere and a pair of ancient boxer shorts. Not that she cared what he thought of how she looked—she wasn’t sure she wanted him here at all, and the less desirable he found her the less likely this situation would get complicated.
    Never mind the fact that her nipples had risen up like bullets at the first flick of those cool green eyes.
    “Don’t worry, Kit,” he said, “I won’t be boiling any bunnies. My firm is working on a deal out here and they want me in the San Francisco office for the next month or so.”
    That sounded reasonable enough. She had, of course, Googled Jake the minute she got home and knew that his firm did have an office in San Francisco and had invested in several local technology companies.
    What an idiot. As if he would actually fly all the way from Boston to see her, regardless of how phenomenal the sex had been. She didn’t know what was scarier—the initial thought that he had taken their weekend too seriously or that she was actually disappointed he was there only for business.
    “I called your brother to get your info,” he continued, “and figured I’d stop by.” He pushed up from the couch and walked slowly toward her, not stopping until he stood mere inches away.
    “You could have called first,” she said, folding her arms across her chest to hide her body’s intense reaction.
    “After the way you left”—he slid his hand up and around to cup her neck—“I wasn’t sure you’d agree to see me.”
    She licked her lips nervously, clenching her hands around her biceps as she fought the urge to sweep his feet out from under him and knock him to the floor. “You didn’t think I’d want to see you?”
    His teeth flashed whitely against his tan skin. “I knew you wanted to see me,” he said, “but I didn’t know if you’d agree.”
    He leaned closer, until she could feel his warm breath across her lips. “Pretty sure of yourself, aren’t you?” she murmured, her lips brushing his chin as she couldn’t stop herself from rising up on tiptoe and leaning in.
    Grasping her ponytail in his hand, he pulled her head back, teasing her lips open with his tongue before thrusting inside. Her arms uncrossed and coiled around his neck, pulling him close as she opened her mouth wide for his invasion.
    He groaned and sank into her, sucking and biting at her lips like a starving man. Heat pooled between her thighs until all she could think about was getting him naked and inside her as quickly as possible.
    Still, she couldn’t let him win so easily. Jerking her head from his grasp, she said, “So that’s it? No flowers, no dinner? You were in town and thought you’d look me up for a booty call? I wonder what Charlie would think about you treating his baby sister like this.”
    Jake slid a proprietary hand up the back of her shirt, his splayed fingers sending hot shivers down her spine. The other wrapped around her hip, drawing her close enough to feel the heat of his erection through the fabric of his pants. “You want me to work for it, Kit? Dinner? Flowers? I’ll do whatever you want.” He kissed her hard, leaving her lips swollen and throbbing. “But I spent the whole flight like this,” he growled, pulling her hand down to his fly so she could feel for herself how hard and huge he was, “thinking about how soon I could get inside you.”
    It was too much. She didn’t want to hear the want, the need in his voice, scaring her even as it sent a gush of liquid heat pulsing between her thighs.
    “I’ll play any game you want,” he whispered as his tongue trailed down the sensitive cords