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his head. His mouth was a tight grimace.
    “ I…I think
you’d better go,” she said. She trembled as she slid off the table.
Her legs almost buckled when her feet hit the floor. She lifted her
underwear and tried to straighten her dress.
    Oh God, what had they
done? Why had she just had unprotected sex with a man who didn’t
want her anymore?
    He glared at her in
warning, as he continued to shake his head.
    “ This can’t
happen again, Jax.”
    “ Consider it
for old time’s sake,” she said, trying to be aloof. Trying to
pretend what he’d just said didn’t strike a blade into her heart.
But the shakiness in her voice was quite evident.
    She wanted to see the
guilt disappear from his face. When it didn’t, her heart
broke.
    “ I’m sincerely
sorry, Jaxie. I shouldn’t have lost control like that.”
    He walked toward the door
and hesitated.
    Her hopes soared. Had he
changed his mind? Was he going to tell her that he’d lost control
because he still wanted her?
    When he said nothing and
left, she could hold back her tears no longer.
    Lifting the cell phone
he’d brought, she flung it at the door.

Chapter Four
    Ewan winced as something
hit the door right behind him. Music from the front of the club had
done a good job in covering up what had just happened in Jaxie’s
office and thankfully, no one was in the hallway, or he’d have some
serious explaining to do.
    Right now, he wasn’t in
the mood for talk. Shock snapped along his nerves as he quickly
left the club. The rain poured over him in buckets as he dashed
across the parking lot and then got into his truck.
    Man! He’d just had wild
sex with Jaxie.
    It was
insane. He was
insane. But she’d been so beautiful. So attractive. So vulnerable.
Not to mention her teasing him about getting herself a well-hung
stranger for the night had rocked his world.
    Normally, he
wasn’t the jealous type. There had never been a need to be jealous.
He’d always trusted her. Always loved her. Still loved her.
    He swallowed at the
realization. He still loved Jaxie. Probably always would. He hadn’t
been with another woman since he’d hooked up with Jaxie. Hadn’t
been with another woman after leaving her.
    Damn, Jaxie had crawled
under his skin and stayed there from the moment he’d met her. She’d
never leave his soul. Maybe he should just take her the way she
was. She wouldn’t change. She was a career girl. How could he take
that security away from her? She’d always said she didn’t want a
family…
    Sudden realization made
his gut twist in one hell of an unkind way.
    Shit. He hadn’t used
protection. She’d never been on the pill because it didn’t agree
with her.
    He shook his head and
slammed the key into the ignition. He’d just made everything
worse.
    * * * * *
    “ You and Ewan
did what last night?” Rachel gasped in disbelief.
    “ Shhh, someone
will hear.” Jaxie gazed around the busy restaurant where she and
Rachel were having a quick lunch. Thankfully, no one was paying too
much attention to Rachel’s sudden outburst.
    “ We had an
argument and then we had unprotected sex,” she stated
calmly.
    Until a few seconds ago,
she’d had every intention of telling Rachel off for setting up last
night’s meeting between Ewan and herself. But Rachel had been
dabbing some tissue at her eyes as Jaxie had entered the
restaurant. Instinctively, she knew Rachel was upset about her dad.
Guilt did that. Ripped apart a person one layer at a time. When
Rachel had seen her approaching, the tissue had quickly disappeared
into Rachel’s purse and that familiar smile that Jaxie loved
slipped back on her face. Now was not the time to chastise Rachel,
so Jaxie had decided to drop the bomb on her in the hopes it would
cheer her up knowing that Ewan was still interested in her,
sexually anyway.
    “ But how?
Why?”
    Jaxie shrugged and gazed
at the menu. Suddenly she was starving and everything on the menu
looked good.
    “ Come on,
Jaxie. You are teasing me,