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She’d come into his room in the middle of the night and he’d grabbed her and pinned her against the wall. He let her go when he realized who it was.

“I came to protect you. You’re still weak. And it’s not safe for you to be alone.” As she spoke, she stepped toward him till she was mere inches away.

“You can’t keep saving me, Jess. And you shouldn’t be so close.”

Dammit, he wasn’t a robot, or a dead man—yet. When a beautiful woman wanted a kiss, he was ready to comply. But somehow not with her.

“Jess, I only have now, this moment. I can’t promise—”

“I didn’t ask for promises, Steve.”

Throwing better judgment to the wind, he bent his head and kissed her.

That was when gunshots tore them apart.