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Chapter One
Why was it that heat waves always made her want to have sex? Shelby Harper wasn’t certain, but she suspected it had so to do with the spike of body temperature and the constant sheen of sweat that coated her body, clinging to her brsts, sticking to her legs It made her want to rip her clothes off and wander around naked until the end of tihts of sex, right?
Or hell, maybe it wasn’t the heat wave at all Maybe she really shouldn’t have taken the tequila shot that cute Navy lieutenant had tempted her into But she’d never been able to say no to a man in uniform…
Too bad the guy was , with that clean-shaven jaw and those playful green eyes
Fighting a smile, Shelby reached for another ice cube froh ed to find one cube still intact, and slowly ran it over her collarbone The ice felt heavenly against her fevered skin A cold shower ht have felt even nicer, but she’d already taken one this y
“Jesus, Shel, turn on the air conditioning I’ of heat here,” a sexy male voice drawled
The ice cube slid out of her fingers and down her shirt, landing directly in the left cup of her lacy pink bra Her nipple instantly hardened, though it was hard to tell if it was a result of the ice or the sight of John Garrett standing in front of the bakery counter
When had he come in here? Her shop was divided into a bakery and a café area, the latter being whereShe hadn’t even noticed John—no, he liked to be called Garrett, she reminded herself—she hadn’t noticed Garrett walk into the bakery Not surprising, since he was a SEAL with the Navy and possessed the eerie ability to make himself invisible until he decided to materialize out of nowhere
At thefroo pants that hugged his long, s and a white T-shirt that was pasted to his rock-hard abs thanks to the heat, he was really, really visible He shot her a grin that was even sexier than that husky voice of his, adding, “I’m hot”
Oh yes you are…
She quickly silenced the naughty voice inside her head Yes, Garrett was hot—he was the walking, talking and breathing definition of tall, dark and handsome And yes, his body was to die for, with all those perfectly sculptedwith sharks and hanging off helicopters—or whatever it was he did as a SEAL But noabout this et her nowhere
Truth was, Garrett wasn’t interested in her A year of flirting and that one pathetic atte him out to dinner confirmed this sad truth Whether she liked it or not, he’d apparently tucked her away in friend territory long ago Which was probably a good thing, because did she really want to hook up with Garrett anyway?
She’d played the part of irlfriend before, and look hoell that turned out Not only had Matthew, her ex, been away forevery female he happened to encounter
“Earth to Shelby”