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    “How long have I been asleep?”
    Christ, even his voice, deep and rasped, sent a tingle to her clit and nipples. She checked her watch. “A few hours.”
    “How long will we be on this thing?”
    She watched his expression carefully. “Do you fear small spaces?”
    “Fear? I wouldn’t go so far as to say that. Not a fan, but not fearful.”
    Bailey held his stare for fifteen seconds before she glanced about them. “You’ll be fine then. The time will pass swiftly and you’ll be out of the tube.”
    He got up then stepped closer to her, his scent surrounding her and creating a purely physical reaction in her body. She swallowed back the moan threatening to escape. He was lethal to her.
    “So what is there for us to do on here?”
    “Nothing. We stay out of their way. When the XO wants his stateroom, we give it to him, even if it means sitting for a while in the mess.”
    His grin was brief but slightly possessive. “I’m all yours to do with as you see fit.”
    “Nothing will happen between us, Doctor. That was an anomaly, you know, an odd—”
    “I know what an anomaly is, Bailey.” He reached out and dragged his knuckles along her jaw line, eyes full of a blend of tenderness and determination.
    Tiny sparks of desire lit her skin where he touched.
    “I also know what was between us. If you want to call that an anomaly, then it’s only because of the amount of passion between us. The connection. I felt you within me and that’s never happened with anyone else before.”
    Hasn’t happened with me before either. She ensured her expression remained bland. “Was is your key word. I came to rescue you. Nothing more. As soon as you’re off this sub, I’m gone.”
    “Why?”
    Bailey blinked up at the towering Russian who had invaded more than just her personal space. He’d left his imprint on her. “Why?” Her mind wasn’t cooperating.
    “That’s what I asked. Why does this have to end once we land?” Another stroke of his fingers. “We have something unique and special, Bailey. You can’t deny it.”
    Oh, yes she could. And would. Ignoring her body’s determination that she give in to his lure, she ducked away from him and said, “I have to make a call. I’ll see you later.” She strode off and refused to glance back, even once.
     

Chapter Four
     
     
     
    “Dr Vinokourov!”
    Ivan drew up short at the sound of his name. Squinting through the thick fog that surrounded the wharf, he frowned when the shape materialized into the figure of the man who’d shown up at Christmas Island. Kevin McNeal.
    The morning was cold and the clanging of buoys sent further chills through him. Ivan peered back over his shoulder to the black shadow along the pier. The submarine was impressive, no denying it. No sign of Bailey, though. She’d vanished when word had come down the pipe they were going to be docking soon. He hadn’t seen her. Anywhere.
    He waited until McNeal stopped beside him. “You know, last time I saw you I was kidnapped soon after.”
    “I am sorry about that but it was out of my hands.”
    “Where’s Bailey?”
    McNeal rocked back on his heels. “Gone, I suspect. Woman rarely sticks around once her job is done.”
    Ivan didn’t like that. He wanted to see her. Hold her. Kiss her. Get a grip and stop crying after her like a bitch. His mental pep talk wasn’t appreciated in any way.
    “How do I get in touch with her?”
    McNeal barely blinked. “You don’t. Let’s go. I have a car waiting.”
    “So, what, because you sent her to get me you think I’ll join your little group?” They began walking up the long quay.
    “I had no such thoughts. What exactly do you think our ‘little’ group does, Doctor?”
    What he wouldn’t give for a comfortable bed and a long, hot shower. “I don’t think about it at all.” Why would he? If he did eventually, it all came back to Jaydee and that hurt.
    “Perhaps you should.”
    Ivan paused at the trunk of the black sedan. “And