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confident about being able to pull this whole thing off without a hitch.  
    “Now that wasn’t so painful, was it?”   Jessie asked after the men had gone.
    Mitch picked up a couple of plates from the table and brought them to the sink.   “No, it wasn’t.”   He pulled her into his arms.   “But I’d much rather have you all to myself.”
    Jessie’s heart fluttered when he lowered his head, teasing her with light, feathery kisses.   He toyed with her for awhile, pulling back any time her lips pressed a little too close , which she found both frustrating and exciting at the same time.   Kincaid had never been playful like this before , but she liked it.   She liked it a lot.  
    “So you want to play keep away, huh?”   Jessie laughed as she twisted out of his grasp, scampering around the table just as he made a lunge for her.  
    Mitch grinned, slowly circling the table.   “You think you’re fast enough to get away from me?”
    “Have you forgotten I still hold the track record at my old high school for the hundred yard dash?”
    He hadn’t known that, but it didn’t make any difference, not when he was so determined to get her back in his arms so he could cart her back upstairs to bed.   Just looking at her made his blood boil , and the way she was shifting her weight from side to side only drew his attention to her slender hips and the blissful pleasure that awaited him between those silky thighs.  
    Which is exactly what Jessie must have been counting on because she chose that precise moment to make a run for it.   She was fast, he had to give her that, but longer legs and years as a Special Ops agent provided him enough of an advantage to overtake her.   He caught her around the waist just as she reached the front door and hauled her back towards the stairs.
    “Wait, Kincaid,” she squealed, “we have work to do…”
    “This won’t take long,” Mitch promised as he swept her up into his arms.  
    Blue eyes looked up at him longingly .  D esire shot straight through him, giving rise to a hunger stronger than any he’d ever known.   Adam had been a fool to leave this woman behind while he traipsed off to save the world.   And Mitch was an even bigger fool .  B ecause in the end, when the charade was over, that’s exactly what he would be doing too.   Except he wouldn’t be coming back.
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    Jessie watched him fumble with the cinch as if he’d never saddled a horse before.   Just what happened on that last mission anyway?   What nightmares had such a grip on him that he would forget how to do something so simple, something he’d done a million times before?   He’d even struggled with the bridle for a few minutes before the horse obligingly opened his mouth and allowed Kincaid to slip it between his teeth.   She patted Serina’s neck, crooning to her horse and offering a small lump of sugar before deciding Kincaid needed her assistance if they planned on leaving any time soon.
    “Your mind must be a million miles away,” she said, squeezing herself between him and his horse.
    Mitch smiled apologetically.   “I guess it is.”  
    Trying not to appear too obvious, he peered over her shoulder, watching carefully so he wouldn’t be so inept the next time they went riding.   But Jessie didn’t seem to mind taking over , and it occurred to him that she did it quite often, which was turning out to be his saving grace.   Like this morning when he told her he wished he’d thought to bring his cowboy boots.   She’d given him a curious look then disappeared for a few minutes, returning with what was obviously Adam’s old boots.   Then when they’d gone to the tack room inside the barn and he just stood there staring at the small collection of saddles, she had to point out which one was his.   No doubt, Jessie thought he