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With each step, each rocking sway of motion, they came a little bit closer together, their bodies automatically adjusting to the contours of each other.

Quint was conscious of a thousand things about her—the long sweep of her brown eyelashes, the supple grace of her body, and the heat that emanated from her.

In spite of the rightness he felt holding Dallas in his arms, he was gripped by a growing frustration that came from knowing he didn’t dare see her again—not for a while, not until this business with Rutledge was concluded. And not just for her sake, but also for his own.

If Max Rutledge suspected that Quint cared even a little about Dallas, it wouldn’t trouble his conscience to use her as a means to get to him. Quint couldn’t afford to let Rutledge have any kind of hold over him.

After tonight, he needed to stay well away from Dallas. He had no other choice.