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got to
meet.”
    “You were having a boy?”
    He nodded. “Yeah. We’d
just found out. I was at home painting the nursery and she’d gone out to get
something for dinner. We’d decided we needed takeout to celebrate the room
being finished. ”
    “Jake, I appreciate everything you’ve done for
us, but I meant it when I said I’d find somewhere else…”
    “No.” He as good as barked out the word. “No,
that’s not what I want,” he said, softer this time.
    She tilted her face up to him, head on an
angle. “What do you want, Jake?”
    “You,” he said, eyes never leaving hers. “ You’re what I want, because I’m so damn
tired of being alone, of hurting, of thinking about the past. I want you , Faith.”
    He walked toward her, gave her the chance to
back away, before taking hold of her around the waist, locking her against him.
Her eyes were wide, unsure, but nothing was going to stop him, not now he’d
made a decision to forget about the past.
    Jake crushed his mouth to Faith’s, kissing her
like a desperate man. Like a man on death
row with one last wish . He cupped the back of her head with his hand,
tilted her head further back as he pressed his lips to hers over and over
again. Jake moaned as her tongue darted out to touch his, teasing him. Kissing
Faith was the best decision he’d made in a long time.
    She relaxed into him, caught her arms around
his neck and pulled him down further, like she wanted him as desperately as he
wanted her. Faith’s mouth kept up with his – exploring, tasting – and Jake
couldn’t have backed off even if he wanted to.
    Faith was going to tell him no , knew she should have pushed Jake
away, but she couldn’t. Because it felt
right and it felt good .   She was
ready to enjoy herself, to relax and stop acting like she was middle aged
instead of not even 30 yet.
    Screw being sensible . Right now was about doing something that made
her tingle in all the right places.
    “Jake,” she murmured.
    He pulled back, his lips hovering away from
hers. “You want to stop?”
    She shook her head, bottom lip caught between
her teeth as she looked into his eyes – saw the raw need there that she was
sure were reflected in her own. “Can we take this somewhere more private?”
    Her son was asleep, and she didn’t want to
waste a moment alone with Jake. But she also didn’t want to worry about Tom
walking in if he woke.
    “My room?” he asked, voice husky.
    She laughed. “Why do I feel like a naughty
teenager all of a sudden?”
    Jake moved so fast that she didn’t even see it
coming, scooping her up into his arms and cocooning her against his strong body
as he walked them upstairs to his bedroom. “Because we are being naughty,” he whispered.
    He made a growling sound and kissed her on the
neck. Faith pressed her face into his shirt, refusing to make a noise, not
wanting the moment to end any sooner than it had to.
    Jake kicked open his door, dropped her to the
bed and marched back to shut and lock it. She was only alone on the bed a few
seconds, but it was enough to make her nervous, to make her wonder if…
    “Stop,” he commanded.
    “What?” Faith asked, inching back a little
further against the pillows as he stalked closer.
    “Giving me that look that says you’re thinking
about changing your mind.”
    She laughed. “Was it that obvious?”
    “Yes.”
    He came closer, reaching for her hand as he sat
on the bed. Jake turned it so her wrist was face up and bent his head to place
a kiss there, so gentle it made her pulse race. He used the tip of his tongue
to trace against her skin before replacing it with his lips – soft, wet lips
that made her eyes flutter shut.
    “Don’t think, Faith. Just close your eyes and
forget everything. This is just about us. One evening just
for us.” He sighed. “I know you’ve got your own demons, I can see it in
your eyes, but right here, right now it’s just you and me.”
    She might have been close to pushing him