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    “Do you want to unpack?” Alexa asked Jessica.
    Jessica avoided looking at Raphael and placed her computer case and handbag on the bureau. “It’s been too long. Let’s sit and catch up.”
    He sensed Jessica didn’t want her friend looking over her clothing, if it was as ragged as the suitcase.
    They went into the kitchen, where he poured them both chilled lemonade the housekeeper had made and helped himself to a glass. The two females sat at a table with their lemonade. Jessica took an ice cube from her glass and sucked on it.
    His dick went hard again as he watched her lick the cube, her red tongue swirling around it, then she popped it into her mouth.
    “How is Daniel?” Jessica plopped the ice cube back into her glass. “Is he staying here with you and J.J.?”
    “My parents took him into their home. Daniel needs extra attention and Mom is an expert at loving kids who have been traumatized.”
    “Although Daniel does not remember what happened to him,” Raphael interjected. “Fortunately for the boy, the years he spent possessed by the gnome were all a blank.”
    “How did he deal with the news that his parents are dead?” Jessica asked.
    “He was quite grief-stricken, but seems to be settling down a little,” Alexa said.
    Jessica shook her head. “Kids who have no parents have a hard time dealing with life.”
    Raphael caught the bitterness in her tone and wondered about it.
    “My parents are treating him like one of their own. And dad’s doing so much better,” Alexa told her. “Rafe taught him how to ride and they’ve been on the trails every day. I think the fresh air here is improving his health. He’s much steadier on his feet and now that he eats regularly, he’s recovering his strength.”
    Leaning against the wall, he watched as Jessica flicked her gaze to him. “Nice of you to teach him to ride.”
    He rubbed his bearded chin. “I can teach you how to ride, too. We’ll take it very slow until you learn how to go faster, and before long, you’ll be begging me for rides.”
    Another flush tinted her cheeks. Alexa, totally unaware of the double entendre, sipped her lemonade and continued to chatter about the ranch. He liked Alexa a lot. She made J.J. happy.
    But her friend Jessica, hell, she made him totally hot. That ice cube…the things she did with her mouth…
    Jessica turned to Alexa. “So, you pregnant yet?”
    Raphael spewed out his sip of lemonade as Alexa grew red-faced. “Jess!”
    “Just asking. You know, you’ve been mated a whole two months now…what are you waiting for?”
    He expected Alexa to be infuriated. Hell, if he’d asked that question of J.J., the Lupine would have scowled. Instead she grinned and squeezed Jessica’s hand. “We’re not. It will happen when it does.”
    Women. He could never understand them.
    Jessica’s expression grew wistful. “You’ll make a terrific mom. Always knew you’d find the right mate. You deserve J.J., hon. I’m so glad you found him. I wish… I could have a real family.”
    Then she quickly drained her lemonade, as if regretting that little aside. Raphael set down his glass on the counter and fetched the pitcher. He lifted it.
    “Would you care for more?”
    “No thanks. Though you do make a good server. You must have experience.”
    “Jess,” Alexa scolded.
    Raphael set down the pitcher on the table and locked gazes with Jessica. “I have a lot of experience, and there is much I could teach you.”
    Naked, on your back.
    Jessica looked away and squeezed her glass. A small crack appeared and she removed her hand, staring at it. She opened her palm.
    Tiny droplets of blood beaded the skin.
    “Oh no! I’ll get the First Aid kit.” Alexa hurried from the kitchen.
    “I’m okay! Not the stingy stuff,” Jessica called after her in a mocking voice.
    Raphael went to her. “Let me see.”
    Huge, green eyes searched his face. She kept her hand away, like a child fearing the “stingy stuff.”
    Very gently,