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Too often, it felt as if herrace She would’ve ood Psy, with her analytical s
The only place Kiht’ve di Zach on those beautiful lips of his The man was too sinful to be real
And the way he flirtedIt would’ve been nice to be confident enough to flirt back "Instead of blushing and going tongue-tied," she h DarkRiver couples to identify the kind of wo men found attractive--and Zach was definitely a do in some way, but it was their self-assurance that really shone through Vividly intelligent, they didn’t hesitate to speak their th didn’t scare men of Zach Quinn’s ilk, it enticed them
And that was exactly what attracted her to hi met him only once that he’d never tell her she couldn’t do so Zach would simply expect her to match hied to alert her it was full She was about to step in when her eye fell on the cell phone she’d left on top of her discarded clothes She grabbed it, deciding to give Caro a call Her cousin was an expert on ht now
Putting it within reach, she sank into the hot water with ain the heat, she reached out to get the phone
It beeped an inco her eyes because it was probably herthe display and answered audio only
"It’s ainst the wall and pressing her feet flat against the end of the bath
"Hello, me"
Her breath stuck in her throat at the sound of that sensually amused voice "ZachMr Quinn--" She’d have jerked upright except that she was frozen in place
"Zach," he corrected "I hope I’ you"
"No, I"--water dripped as she raised a hand to push strea"
"In the bath?"
She blinked, mortified that she’d left the visual feed on by accident But no, it itched off
"Leopards have good ears"
Her cheeks colored "Of course" She stayed very still, not wanting hi about
"I didn’t y made in a voice that was close to a purr
Annie told herself to breathe "That’s okay"
Realizing he couldn’t see her, she stopped fighting herself and allowed her face to suffuse with the pleasure she got fro to him She’d never before met a man with a voice like Zach’s--so masculine, but with that delectable hint of play As if while he h, too "Was there a problem with Bryan?"
"No, JB’s fine No runs with the other kids for a week for hiht he’d have entertaines suspended"
Zach chuckled, and it rippled through her like living fire "That is his favorite fors, especially boys his age, hate being trapped inside"
"Of course" She re those lines during a parent-teacher conference "Was that what you called to tell me?"
"That, and I wanted to warn you about the cold up in the higher elevations We ht even hit some snow Dress in layers"
"Okay" She bit down on her lower lip, wanting to keep hioal "So, 9:00 am tomorrow?"
"Ho," she began
"Tired of me already?"
She really didn’t kno to deal with hi about you, Annie"
"What do you want to know?" Why did he want to know?
"How long have you been a teacher?"
"Five years," she said with a s new entrants, but for the past couple of years, it’s been kids Bryan’s age"
"You like it"
"I love it" She found she’d relaxed again, soothed by the timbre of his voice, so easy, so deliciously er, specializing in the predatory species that call Yose she
could’ve iined "Do you like what you do?"
"It’s in my blood" He paused "Someone’s at the door I’ll pick you up at nine on the dot Sweet dreams" The last was a husky murmur laced with temptation
"Bye" She ended the call and just sat there, flushing alternately hot and cold Surely she was reading too much into the conversation He’d called to ht The way his voice had felt like a caress over her most sensitive skin»-that was the result of her pulse-pounding susceptibility to him It didn’t mean he wanted her, too
But she couldn’t quite stop herself fro
Zach pulled open the door to his small home, already aware of his visitor’s identity He’d picked up the scent the instant the other changeling stepped out of his vehicle