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cheeks. Jack could feel her body trembling as he held her and feel the wetness of her tears on his neck and shirt.
    “Shhh, Emma. What a selfish bastard I’ve been, huh? You’ve shouldered all of this responsibility primarily on your own while I’ve been a bystander. I’m so sorry. I didn’t intentionally let that happen. It just did, but I didn’t do anything to step in. It was easier to let you handle it.” He placed his hand under her chin and tilted her face upward so she had to look him in the eye.
    “Will you forgive me?” he whispered. The firelight flickered across her damp cheeks, her eyes still bright with tears. She stared up at him with her own grief reflected and nodded. Then something changed.
    His head slowly descended toward her. Emma felt like she was watching it in slow motion. She knew he was going to kiss her but she felt frozen. Then all thoughts fled as sensations took over. It was meant to be a tender, comforting kiss. That’s what he would tell himself later, but as soon as their lips touched, he knew he needed more than a butterfly kiss. He wanted so much more.
    Her hands went around his neck as he pulled her against him. Tenderness turned to passion as he devoured her lips, his tongue seeking entrance to taste her sweetness as he suckled her lower lip, her mouth opening to him. A soft moan escaped her lips as his assault on her senses continued. One hand slid to cup her bottom as he rained kisses down her throat and back up to her lips.
    A log crackled and slid in the fireplace, startling them both. Breaking the kiss and the moment, they both stared at each other in a daze. Reality swooped down on Emma first, and embarrassment banked the desire that had been burning her up just moments prior. Crimson color flooded her face and neck as she scooted out of Jack’s embrace. She saw Jack shake his head as if to clear whatever was running through it.
    His hand reached out to her, but she held her arm up, her hand outstretched like a stop sign. “Emma, I’m…” She didn’t let him finish.
    “Jack, don’t apologize. We both needed comforting, and the moment got away from us. Let’s leave it at that, okay?” Emma stated firmly. “Let’s just forget it ever happened.”
    She stood, straightening her blouse that had become disheveled. “We have a big day tomorrow. We should get some sleep, so I’m going to head up. Will you lock up and set the alarm?”
    He said he would and watched her walk away. He inhaled several deep breaths trying to calm his zinging hormones. “Forget what just happened? Was she crazy?” he asked himself.
    Standing himself, he had to shift in his jeans due to the uncomfortable tightness that now existed in his lower region due to his body’s response to kissing Emma. “Really? From a kiss? Has it been that long?” Well, it had been a few months due to his case load and long hours at the office, but that’s not what bothered him. What bothered him was his actual response to Emma. She set him on fire. One touch and he was lost. He didn’t just want her. He needed her, and that was not a good thing in Jack’s book.
    He needed to stay focused on the tasks at hand and keep his hands off. Good luck with that, his inner voice said snidely as he locked up and headed to bed. He knew he was going to need all the luck he could get.
     

Chapter Six

    The morning greeted Emma with feelings of indignation. She was embarrassed by her response to Jack. Her inner self had given her quite the lecture this morning and set her straight. Just let it go. She was only human, right? Grief made people do crazy things, and that had definitely been out of character for her.
    Lord if that log hadn’t fallen, she wasn’t sure if they would have stopped at a few kisses. Don’t go there, Emma. They had both needed comforting and had leaned on each other in a moment of weakness. Don’t make such a big deal out of it.
    The problem Emma had with that was how Jack had made her feel last