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come drying on her inner thighs, the sound coming from her was free, open, and honest.
    “All right,” she said. “But I want the ice cream first.”
    ***
    When Finn woke next, he stretched his arms above his head in bed. Damn, he felt good.
    Lia had been a fantasy he never knew he’d had come to life. Speaking of Lia… He reached a hand out and patted the sheets beside him. There was no warm, sexy body snuggled up to him in the bed. He’d spent the last few hours either inside her or with her glued to his side. He rolled over, and saw her standing beside the bed.
    She was just pulling her coat closed.
    “Hey?” He sat up. “Where are you going?”
    Her head snapped up. She pushed her tangled hair back, tying it at the base of her neck in a swift, practiced move. “I have a meeting in twenty minutes. I have to go.”
    Finn frowned at the disappointment crashing through him. He glanced at the clock. “Damn, I have a meeting, too.”
    Lia straightened and tightened her belt. “Well.”
    He felt a tiny hint of panic in his gut. “Lia, do you—”
    “We had a good night of sex. I think we both needed it. Let’s leave it at that.”
    A good night of sex. The way she said it made it sound like the night would have been the same with any warm body. Finn didn’t say anything, instead, working through the surprising anger he felt eating at him. “Right.”
    This was what they both wanted. One night. Easy. No strings.
    Lia stared at him for a moment, as though waiting for something. “Right.” She headed for the door. With her hand on the handle, she paused.
    Finn held his breath. This was what he wanted. He didn’t want to take the crazy risk of getting attached in the middle of this damn alien apocalypse.
    But he still waited to see what Lia was going to say.
    She gave him a single nod. “See you later.” The door clicked closed behind her.
    Finn flopped back on his bed, his jaw working. He could smell her on the sheets.
    Fuck this . In a whirl, he leaped up, stripped the sheets off the bed, and tossed them in the washer. Then he jumped in the shower. He had his own meeting to get to.
    When Finn strolled into the Command Center, he felt almost back to his normal self.
    “Good morning,” General Holmes said.
    The other Hawk pilots were already there. Finn nodded at them. They were a pretty tight group, especially the three he was closest friends with—tall, lanky Calvin, with his fast hands and slow drawl. Shorter, more intense Thom, who was nearly as good as Finn in the pilot’s seat. And finally, fun, flirty Maddy, who flew fast and had no filter on her.
    Then he saw Lia.
    He felt like he’d been hit by an electric shock. Be cool . They were colleagues, not lovers who’d spent the night touching and tasting each other, and whispering dirty things in each other’s ears.
    Her face was the same as usual—cool and composed.
    Finn cleared his throat. “What have we got?”
    Holmes answered. “I’ve increased the priority on sending a Hawk into the jammed area on the Central Coast. It’s vital we find out what’s going on up there.”
    Finn nodded. “Okay.” He looked at his pilots. “I’ll go. Give me half an hour to get my Hawk prepped.”
    “Excellent,” Lia said. “I’ll provide drone feed for you as long as I can. Then you’ll be on your own.”
    “Got it.”
    Finn was happy to have a mission to keep him busy. Soon, he was in his flight suit, busy walking around his Hawk, going through his preflight checks. He was trying not to think about what he’d been doing in this same suit a few hours before. An image of Lia on her knees with her mouth on him flashed into his head.
    Hell . He lifted his checklist, going over everything twice. He double-checked the cameras that had been attached to the Hawk to capture the intel on this mysterious area.
    “Finn?”
    The soft voice had him turning. A slim, pale-skinned woman stood nearby. Her long white hair was pulled back off her face.
    “Hi,