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Jeremiah leaned closer

Not a lot. Just enough that the equation between them changed and Lucy’s better sense was drowned out by the sudden clamoring demands of her body.

“I might be wrong, but I’m sensing that perhaps you’re interested in breaking a certain rule you’ve given us.”

“It wasn’t just me,” she whispered, looking at his lips, the lushness of them. Gorgeous. “You agreed that anything between us would be a mistake.”

“Well...” He sighed. “Maybe we need different rules.”

His finger brushed against her hand. He tilted his head as if to get a better look at her.

She touched his hand, the roughness of his skin. Her imagination roared as she pictured his body. The perfect sculpture of it. The flex of muscle.

“Lucy.”

She looked into those endless blue eyes filled with fire. His lips fell across hers. Light and warm and sweet, and she melted into the moment, into him. He breathed out and the earth stopped rotating.

“Hey, Uncle J.” Aaron, the oldest boy, charged onto the deck, wrenching them apart.

She couldn’t figure out whether to thank Aaron or curse him for his bad timing. She turned away.

“Lucy?” Jeremiah’s voice stopped her. “We’re not done.”

They weren’t done. Not by a long shot.