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shoulder as she clicked through the pictures of Once A Marine
     Security Agency photos. Unable to resist, his gaze drifted down to the soft swell
     of her breasts. When she leaned forward, her filmy green shirt bunched, revealing
     her cleavage.
    The need to touch her grew with every breath. He wanted to trace her with his fingers
     and lips, hear her soft moans and taste the chocolate and strawberry flavor of her
     mouth.
    She was quickly becoming an obsession. A need so raw, it tested his formidable control.
     Adam always stayed in control of himself. He had meant what he’d told her in her office,
     no sex tonight. For him. But bringing her pleasure? Yeah…he could so justify that.
    “How many people do you have working for you now?”
    Trying to cool his thoughts, he reached past her and snagged a chocolate-dipped strawberry.
     “Sienna is full time. We contract out work with five other ex-Marines on a regular
     basis, and a few others as needed. The goal is to get enough work to hire the five
     as full-time employees with benefit packages.” He took a bite of the fruit. Good,
     but not what he craved.
    “Are you close to that?”
    He was close to scooping her up and spreading her out on the table. Forcing himself
     to focus on her question, he said, “The sale of the house will give me the cushion
     I need to do that, along with a solid reserve fund.” He had half his money invested
     in the business, the other half secured for contingencies. If anything happened to
     one of his agents or Sienna, their loved ones would be taken care of.
    Megan turned back to the pictures. “It’s an impressive suite and very professional
     operation.” She glanced back to him. “Why Los Angeles as your base?”
    “Trace and I discussed that a lot. Easier to break in there with a lot of need for
     security and protection. It’s important to be seen, and I’ve snagged some very high-profile
     clients.”
    She studied him. “You love this, don’t you?”
    “I like using the skills I honed in the military to protect or solve problems for
     clients.” He stood with one hand on the back of the chair she sat in and the other
     on the dining room table. “I like the freedom of being able to do whatever needs to
     be done. No red tape to navigate, no hoops to jump through, nothing to tie my hands.”
    She looked around the dining room and the living room, filled with the stacks of boxes
     of his parents’ stuff. “Ties, like this house.”
    “Yes.” He stood up, his neck tensing as the echoes of guilt and pain etched into the
     soul of the house weighed down on him. Everything in Raven’s Cove was a part of that
     dark shroud of misery that colored his years after the accident. “This house, this
     town, it’s all a tie to a past I want to forget.” The constant guilt and recriminations
     heaped on him because of his failure.
    “Can you just forget? Is it really that simple?”
    He dropped his gaze to her face. Down the lines of her throat, over that shirt to
     her jeans. “Not you. The rest, yeah. But you…” He shut his laptop. Then reached down,
     lifted Megan, and swung her up from the chair to sit on the table. “You’re the one
     thing in this town that I need to taste again.” Kicking the chair out of his way,
     he wedged his hips between her thighs and ran his palms up her bare arms.
    He felt the goose bumps rise on her skin, saw the flush spread over her face and chest.
     He affected her as much as she did him. He lowered his head and drew his lips over
     hers. Then he caught her bottom lip and sucked gently. Tasted strawberries, dark chocolate,
     and pure Meg.
    The leash he’d kept on his raging lust snapped. He wrapped an arm around her waist,
     pulling her into his erection. He sank his other hand into her silky hair, tugging
     her head back and invading her mouth. Deep and possessive, he wanted all of her, as
     much as he could have.
    She dug her fingers into his biceps and kissed him back. The