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I inhale deeply and dare ask, "What are you doing with your uncle, Luke?"

He cupsmy face into his in a kiss ainst mine as he whispers, "Would you leave reedy too" I force a smile No, I won’t leave you until I have to arrest you

He suddenly flips me over onto htstand, his tongue following the swirls of the tattoo ontoof a true "us" in his eyes

And the beginning of the end for Luke Boone

I lie for hours in Luke’s arelic than it deserves to be Replaying his words--his adhten beyond the , I don’t care about any of it All I want to do is lean forward and kiss him Steal him away from the bad stuff, convince hi yet

I’enius to see that we’ve just reached a new level in our "relationship" One with a steady cliether And sex There’s no way I can maintain this Not as an undercover with a federal surveillance team on me

I need to distance myself

Luke doesn’t stir as I pry myself from his arms and dress I duck out of his cabin and tiptoe into htest sound as I slide into hs, I onfly necklace that sits exactly where I left it on the nightstand

Chapter 33

LUKE

"Shit" The second I crack my eyes to find the other side of my bed empty, panic takes over I went too far I told her tooout of bed to pull a pair of pants on, I throwanything

Rain, whoher cabin, lets out a small yelp as I surprise her in the hallway After a delayed second, she s over my hair remind me that it’s probably on end I self-consciously reach up to begin tahs and curls her hand over ood like that How did you sleep?"

She’s i on inside that pretty head of hers, about what I told her last night "Never better" My gaze drops before I can help s that hug every curve I had ht