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handsome features as he stabbed hard and deep, reclaiming every inch of her body and branding it as his own. His pleasured growls grew to a hoarse bellow and he slumped against her with a violent shudder.
    The sound of uneven panting filled the shower as they waited for sanity to return and their hearts to slow.
    “I love you,” he murmured, his voice husky and strained. “So much.”
    “I love you, too, Sebby.”
    He kissed her before easing from her body with a reluctant grunt. Cupping her face, he drew it to his. “I’m sorry it didn’t last long.”
    The shame and sincerity on his expression tugged at her heart. He was such a proud man, always so confident and in control. The last few weeks had taken their toll on him in more ways than one. Frowning, she traced the dark golden stubble dotting his chin, her fingers still shaky.
    “Don’t be. It was amazing , Sebastian. You always give me everything I need, in bed or out.”
    Shaking his head , he peered down at her with a rueful smile. “No, Taylor. Give me a few minutes. By the time we finish washing, I’ll be ready to go again. Only this time, I promise it will be better.”
    Blinking against the shower spray, she planted her hands against his chest. “That was already a stellar performance, Agent Baas. Trust me, you have nothing to prove.”
    “ Mm. That may be true, darling, but I can’t think of a more inspiring mission. Besides, the operation can’t possibly be considered a success. Not when my target is still standing.”
    Laughing, she rocked up onto her toes and rubbed the tip of her nose against his. “You’re such a brute.”
    Without warning, he wrapped a heavy fist in her hair and tugged . A hard kiss smothered her gasp and his tongue swirled across hers, probing in a slow, hungry pantomime with his hips. Desire reignited, searing her veins as her knees grew weak and threatened to give. Wresting his lips from hers, Sebastian pulled back and regarded her with a knowing wink.
    “Call it what you want, darling, but the one thing I intend to be is thorough.”
    “Thorough, huh?”
    Donning a sly grin, he growled and yanked her hips against his.
    “ Exhaustive…comprehensive…” His shadowy stubble abraded the side of her neck as he nipped a path across the slender column and groaned: “In-depth.”
    He lifted her in his arms again. All too happy to oblige, Taylor wound her legs around his waist, her fingers toying with the thick locks plastered against his nape. “Now you’re speaking my language.”

 
    CHAPTER 4~
     
     
    Tugging down her sunglasses, Taylor squinted against the afternoon glare as Sebastian maneuvered the Benz up their winding, hilltop road. The first Saturday in April was turning out to be a gorgeous day, and the radio promised near record highs ranging in the seventies. She smothered a yawn and reached for the coffee cup nestled in the center console. The gesture drew a raised brow from the man sitting beside her.
    “You better drink up, baby. It’s going to be a long day,” he warned.
    She gave a playful roll of her eyes behind her shades. “I wouldn’t be tired already if someone hadn’t dragged me out of bed at the butt crack of dawn this morning. Not to mention the way a certain sex addict kept me up half the night.”
    Sebastian laughed in earnest. “That sounds an awful lot like a complaint to me. Surely that wasn’t what you were doing.”
    “I wouldn’t dare, ” she said, donning her most innocent smile.
    Shaking his head, he steered the CL600 off the main road and up their drive. Taylor sat up, her brow knitting at the wide array of cars already parked on the other side of the wrought iron gates. Much to her surprise, they swung open without him accessing the scanner or the codes. Rupert, their new head of security, offered a polite nod as they rolled past.
    Confused, she surveyed the vehicles stretched around the semicircular driveway, the colors of the cars ranging as widely as the makes and