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Lights would be good here Gage and the dark mixed like oil and water

Except she didn’t have any lights to turn on The dark blanketed the them in a secluded bubble that felt entirely too intimate

As she punched in the key code, Gage’s presence swept along her back, igniting her nerve endings with sensuous heat He wasn’t physically touching her, but she could feel him, hear his breath Maybe even sense the beat of his heart

The urge to ainst his body, almost overtook her and she bit her lip He’d be warm, solid Her core flooded with sharp desire and she covered her gasp with a cough

The key panel flashed red Wrong code Dang it

“Proble the space between their bodies

Who was she kidding? Gage and darkness went together like chocolate and peanut butter The dark here he did his best work, wove his best spells Wreaked the most destruction

“Ifat fingered it,” she muttered back “Give me a sec”

She got it right the second time How, she’d never know

The gate swung open on well-oiled hinges and that’s when thethe path and the lake beloith a silver sheen Perfect ti Her nerves couldn’t take much more and the dark would only teic

“There’s a gazebo a few hundred yards up the path,” she murmured “We can talk”

Yes, talking She grasped on to the concept like a lifeline, hoping the short ould allow her to get her brain in working order again If everything went according to plan, she’d have the solid proof she needed to ie in the leak and then she could drop him like a hot potato

Gage, to his credit, strolled to the e wound through the stillness, distracting her She never would have identified the faint herbal notes of Gage’s aftershave without Laurie’s comments in front of the restaurant and noas all she could do to keep fro her nose in the hollow of his shoulder bone

“So,” she said as she glided up the gazebo stairs and leaned on the railing to peer out over the silvery lake “You round to have such detailed information about my formula”