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With a few final thrusts, he eled sheets

Wordlessly she sidled up next to hi this for weeks," she , he kissed the top of her head "I’ to take a shower Want to join me?"

She shook her head and scooted over to lay her head on her pillow "No way I need a little time to recover"

He shook his head and chuckled before walking into her bathrooht of his sculpted naked backside A ood When she heard the running water, she forced herself into action and slipped a suht want to stay naked all day, but her sto in her refrigerator, she grabbed her purse and sunglasses She needed a shower too, but was a little too tender to join hiot in there naked with hiain

She rapped on the door and stuck her head in

"I’arbled, but it sounded like he said "okay" It was barely seven, but if she didn’t hurry, the coffee shop down the road would be packed before she made it there

As she predicted, the shop was starting to fill up, but after a short wait in line she was sitting in her car with two stea cups of coffee and a small box of assorted pastries Her stomach rumbled for the tenth time so she pulled out a blueberry , but the second she started the ignition, her cell rang

Her heart stuttered when she saw Ada breath before answering She was in serious trouble if the sight of his naot her twisted up this much "Hey"

"Where are you?" His words were clipped

She frowned "I told you I was going to get coffee"

"You said you were going to et it Soht now What the hell were you thinking?"

he growled

She hadn’t been thinking about anything other than hiether and howabout potential stalkers wasn’t second nature to her He was right though, and that annoyed her

With the cups secure in the holders, she tossed the lanced in her rearviewher car into reverse "Can we talk about this later? I’ll be back in five minutes and I don’t want to talk on the phone while I’" This time it wasn’t a question, but an accusation

"Uh, I was thinking that I’ to share with you" She knew she should apologize but his attitude put her defenses up

He sighed but it sounded like he’d lost some of his earlier steam "We will talk about this Izzy… Be safe"

When they disconnected, she pushed down the twinge of guilt bubbling up She tried to tell herself that the crazy stuff happening in toas only at night and the wo accosted had been taken from bars Not quaint coffee shops in the ht

Palh the don area She missed her historic hometown of Savannah, but Coconut Bay was fine for now It wasn’t as if she wanted to settle down there, but it had seeet away from her father and experience a nominal amount of freedom If only for a few months

If she was completely honest with herself, she’d chosen the town because it wasn’t too far frolass than admit that to anyone Especially her dad

As she pulled up to a stoplight, her car jolted violently in sync with the sound of crunching ainst the headrest with the force of the i, she touched the back of her neck as she looked in the rearview ed and cursed under her breath

A black truck had run into her She hit the steering wheel with her palnal, she planned to pull into the e lot of Yanna’s Jewelry Boutique, but before she had tiain

A bolt of terror surged through her This was no accident

Glancing around, she realized there were no other vehicles on the street Her heart went into overdrive "Think Izzy, think," she ht was red, but no other cars were coen Beetle was a V6, but probably couldn’t outrun the et back to her place, she’d be okay Or at least she prayed she would

She glanced up and down the street Other than the coffee shop, every other place was closed She had nowhere to run

Gunning her engine, she shot out into the intersection Sure enough, the truck followed a second later Her throat clenched Oh shit! This guy was serious There was a tinted strip across the windshield,inside the vehicle other than a big silhouette She ht not knohat he looked like, but she knew exactly who it was

She leaned over to grab her fallen purse, but another sickening jolt had her scra back for the wheel She needed to call Adaer side floorboard

Tightly clasping the wheel, she floored it