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crap.”
    “What?” He glared at her.
    She wasn’t intimidated in the least. “You are making excuses. You work too hard and are too serious.”
    “I’m an attorney. I have clients counting on me.”
    “Right. And no other lawyer ever takes a day off?” She shoved him with her shoulder. “I bet you even work weekends.”
    “If there’s a case—”
    “There’s always going to be another case. It’s the way of the world. Doesn’t change the fact you are a workaholic.”
    “I’ve taken weekends off,” he protested.
    “When was the last one you had off?”
    Jonathon stopped walking and pulled her in front of him. His eyes blazed with heat. “The auction.”
    “Well,” she said, swallowing. “Nice to know you took time off to get something for your mother.”
    “I didn’t think of any briefs or cases while I was with you,” he continued as if she’d not said a word. “I had one thing on my mind. Keeping you naked all night and the next day. Would have worked too, if someone else hadn’t run away.”
    She shifted and shrugged. “I had to get home.”
    “You want me to take some time off, you know exactly what will do it.”
    “I’m not paying for you to have a hooker,” she said indignantly.
    He laughed. Not a snicker, but a full-throated laugh. His head tipped back and his Adam’s apple fascinated her. Sparkling brown eyes met hers when he’d stopped laughing.
    “Not funny.”
    He leaned in for a quick kiss. “Very funny. I meant you, Harmony. You spend a weekend with me and I’ll be in no way thinking about work.”
    Her belly trembled at the thought. A full weekend with him. “I don’t think—”
    “You’re the one who said I work too much.” He slid his hand around to cup the back of her head, his fingertips massaging her scalp. “Come on. Spend the weekend with me,” he coaxed.
    She shouldn’t. But she wanted him again. And again.
    “One weekend?”
    He grinned. “For starters.”
    The grin did her in. She knew she was lost. It didn’t matter that it might not be the smartest thing for her to do, but damn it all. She wanted him. Hadn’t been able to forget about him since their night in Las Cruces.
    “Okay.”
    The glint in his eyes made her wonder if she hadn’t just bitten off more than she could chew. He reminded her of a predator stalking its prey.
    The air split with sirens and they both glanced back to see if they could see anything. Fire trucks went by, followed by ambulances and police cars. They shrugged and continued with their walk.
    As they headed back to her place he said, “I’ll be by to pick you up on Friday night then. If you’re going to keep me busy all weekend, I have to put in some extra time.”
    “I don’t have to keep you busy at all.”
    “Oh, yes you do. I’m looking forward to it, too.”
    She snorted and rested her head briefly against his arm. They turned the corner and her heart jumped up into her chest. The trucks they’d seen flying by had been going to her apartment building. “Oh no,” she breathed, pulling away from him and beginning to run.
    She barrelled into a firefighter who caught her. “Sorry, ma’am. You can’t go in there.”
    “I live here!”
    Jonathon removed her from the fireman’s arms. His hold kept her pressed against him.
    “I’m sorry, ma’am,” the fireman said. “I can’t let you in there. It’s too dangerous.”
    “What happened?” Jonathon questioned.
    “Boiler blew in the basement.”
    They continued talking but all her attention sat focused on the rubble that used to be her home. Gone. It was all gone. Wrenching free of Jonathon’s hold, she made her way on shaky legs over to the kerb and sat.
    Everything’s gone. The tears streamed down her cheeks. She could have been in there. Hell, she’d just been in there. Harmony lost track of time, she just sat there and stared, realising she had nothing now.
    “Harmony,” Jonathon said, crouching before her. “Come on, you need to get something