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Оглавление“I like the women I date to stay safe.”
Emma’s brows rose. “We’re not dating.”
“According to some people, we are.”
“Creed, what are you afraid of?”
“The man on that yacht was shot and left to go down with the ship. If there was anything on that boat worth killing for, it likely went down with it,” Creed said.
Emma frowned. “That doesn’t mean we’ll be targeted next.”
Creed stared at her, at her gray eyes dark and troubled. He tilted her chin upward. If the man he was after thought Emma had anything that belonged to him, he’d pursue her relentlessly. “Promise me you’ll be careful. And you’ll call if you need me.”
He was already on the precipice, standing far too close to her. The thought of something happening to her sent him over the edge.
In one motion he pulled her into his arms, crushing her lips with his. He kissed a path down to the base of her thoat, where her pulse beat erratically.
“Creed, this is wrong.”
No, that was far from the truth. For the first time, nothing felt so right.
