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play it by ear and see how things went. “I’m on the Pill,” she told him, happy as hell that she’d put herself on birth control in college. “I’m not saying yes...yet. But I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want to know what that feels like, too.”
    His eyes turned even darker. Then the light changed...and he floored the accelerator.

Chapter Four

     
     
    T wenty minutes later, Sophie’s head was still spinning when Chris opened the front door to his condo and showed her inside. Dark hardwood floors stretched across the enormous living room, while the walls were painted a light cream color that looked great against the clean lines of the espresso-colored leather sofa and dark tables. But the best feature was the far wall of windows, revealing a stunning view of the Pacific.
    “Wow,” she said, taking a few steps into the condo as he shut the door behind them. “This place is beautiful, Chris.”
    “Thanks. My grandparents left me some money when they passed, and I used it to buy the condo. My cousin did the same and lives right next door with her little boy, Jase.”
    She turned toward him as he came to stand beside her, her hands nervously tucked in the pockets of her lab coat. “Do you have a lot of family in San Diego?”
    “Yeah, but most of it’s on my mom’s side. She’s an artist. The one who made me these,” he said, lifting the hand that sported the silver bracelet and thumb ring. “They don’t really fit with the position at Blackwood, but I’ve worn them for so long it doesn’t feel right to take them off.”
    “I think they work just fine with your position. They...fit you.”
    Those sexy lips of his curved with a grin. “Yeah?”
    “Yeah,” she said softly, her face warm as she tried to look away from his mouth, but couldn’t. Everything still had the surreal feeling of a dream, the cool air heavy and hazy, and she hoped like hell she didn’t wake up before it was over. She’d probably die if she missed even a second of this.
    He pulled his jacket off and tossed it on to the nearby sofa, then loosened his tie and undid the top few buttons on his white shirt. She stared at his strong, corded throat for a moment, then gave a hard swallow when she lifted her gaze and found him watching her with a dark, heavy-lidded stare. He didn’t say anything as he moved in front of her, put his hands on her waist, and started backing her up until she came up against the door. But then, words didn’t really seem all that necessary when he was revealing so much with the hot, visceral look in his eyes. One that said he wanted her and was done waiting. Her head shot back of its own volition as he lowered his face over hers.
    “I can’t believe you’re finally here,” he said against her open mouth a heartbeat later, nipping her lower lip with his teeth as he gripped the lapels of her lab coat and started tugging it off her. She couldn’t believe she was still wearing the stupid thing, but her brain cells had been pretty much in meltdown mode ever since he’d pulled her on to the elevator back at Blackwood. “You still with me, Soph?”
    Was she? Her scientist’s mind took a split second to think about the question and break it down. Physically, yes, she was more “with” him than she’d ever been with any man. And that was fine. It was freaking fantastic, because she wanted to have her mind blown and she knew, without any doubt, that Chris Riley was more than capable of the job.
    But she’d have been lying to herself if she’d said there wasn’t a sliver of doubt...or maybe fear...worrying its way through her lust-hazed thoughts. And what worried her was the after . She knew exactly what he was offering her here — a hot, decadent one night stand — and while she was ready to dive right in, she couldn’t help but question what this would do to their friendship.
    And you can worry about that later , her starved inner wild woman hissed inside her head, shoving the scientist into a