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Ginger pushed down the rising panic at that thought and decided it was high time she reestablished some boundaries This relationship would be strictly physical She didn’t need or want solement with anyone

“Are you looking for soal so you’ll have an excuse to handcuff me, Derek?”

Derek’s eyes darkened as he approached, and a shiver ran down her spine Oh boy, did her lieutenant ever love dirty talk She delighted in knowing his weakness He likely spent all day at workthat resolute control, but around her, the sexually charged bad boy took over

“Baby, I don’t need an excuse to cuff you I just need the opportunity”

Lordy He’d et her hot and bothered in two sentences Maybe her weakness was talking dirty, saer’s head tipped back as Derek ainst the sink

“Oh, and just how do you plan on creating such an opportunity?”

Derek brought his hand up to rub a thuot an hour before I need to be back at the station I’ll have fked you three different ways by then”

Ginger’s breath caught on a gasp “You certainly don’t mince words, Lieutenant”

“I think you love it”

Did she love the indecent way he spoke to her? Yes Should she be offended? Probably But it felt honest, and she couldn’t deny the overwhel effect it had on her body

“Maybe” Her tongue licked out at the pad of his tracing thu of Chinese food Try harder, Derek”

“Point taken But onehis hands on either side of her on the counter, then dipped his head lower Ginger’slick of her neck “The longer it takesto be when I finally get there Understand?”

Her chest rose and fell quickly with stuttered breaths Tre hiood on his threat, Ginger nodded

Just like that, she’d surrendered to him And it felt fantastic

One hand slid down her back and palesture of blatant ownership

“Be good tonight, Ginger I’ll know if you’re not” Then he turned and left the apart after him

It was beginning to become a habit

Chapter Eight

Ginger stared up at the dark ceiling of her bedroo adjectives to describe her current state ofclose behind were “ihtly turned on”

Tonight’s shift at Sensation had been a doozy, to put itdetective had taken a seat at her half of the bar Thinking nothing of it, she’d served hi on to the next customer But by the time an hour had passed, her entire section was filled with jacket-and-tie-wearing detectives laughing and trading battle stories