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    There was a long pause. “My preference, Romeo , would be for you to be nowhere near Maria, but what’s done is done. Put her in the car and bring her home. Now. Tonight.”
    Christ, he was really starting to hate his SEAL nickname. He held out his cell. “He wants you to come home.”
    She took the phone. “I’m not coming home, Logan. I have to deal with the classes I missed today, find someone who has notes I can borrow, and I have exams tomorrow I can’t miss. Then there’s—”
    When she held the phone away from her ear, Jake could hear the heat in Kincaid’s voice. Apparently, where his sister was concerned, the Iceman wasn’t so calm.
    “Are you finished with your tirade?” she asked, putting the cell back to her ear. “Guess not.” She listened some more. “I’m not leaving school and that’s final. Look, I know you’re worried, but I’m at your safe house. Which you neglected to tell me about, but I’ll grill you about that another time. If you want Jake to go back, fine, but he’s doing a great job of protecting me, so I’m asking you to let him stay. Please, Logan. Wouldn’t you feel better knowing I had a bodyguard?”
    She winked at Jake. She’d always been able to wrap her brother around her little finger. Too bad he didn’t have that ability with Kincaid. Jake’s gaze skimmed over Maria, over the black hair curling around her face and falling halfway down her back, the exotic eyes as dark as rich coffee, and the full lips he’d kissed for the first time.
    Had that been only a few hours ago? He wanted to kiss her again. Longer, slower, taking his time to taste her sweet spiciness. He would wrap her hair around his fist and hold her close. He would . . .
    Hell. He was becoming aroused again just thinking about kissing her. And other things. Living in her pocket and keeping his hands off her was going to be the very devil. He shifted on the hard kitchen chair and subtly reached down to adjust his jeans.
    “You’re mine for as long as I need you,” Maria said cheerfully as she handed back his phone.
    Even though he definitely should, he had absolutely no problem with that. “From your conversation, I guess you need to study for exams tomorrow. I’ll leave you to it.” If he didn’t get away from her immediately, he might forget she was off-limits.
    “Oh, I might have stretched the truth a little there, and I can get class notes from my friend Gina. What do you want to do tonight?”
    Lay you down on a bed I know this house must have somewhere. Strip you naked and explore every part of you, lick every single inch of you. Then bury myself so deep inside you, you’ll never want any man but me.
    He managed a glare. It seemed the right thing to do. “You lied? Dammit, Maria. Apparently, you couldn’t care less that your brother’s gonna crucify me before all this is over.”
    “Pffft,” she said with a dismissive wave of her hand.
    Pffft? Would that be on his headstone? Pffft. Here lies Jake Buchanan. He got stupid and fell for the wrong girl, and then her brother murdered him.
    The cat let out a plaintive meow. Jake knew exactly how the furry bastard felt.
    Maria jumped up and came to the carrier, opening the door. She hugged Mouse, burying her nose in his fur. “Poor baby. You’ve had such a horrible day. Let’s go check out the house and find a room you like.”
    Jake scowled at Maria’s back as she walked out of the kitchen. His day hadn’t been a bed of roses. He crushed the food wrappings, stuffed them back into the bag, and went looking for a trash can.

    Maria adjusted the ball cap Jake had bought her, along with a pair of sunglasses to disguise her features. She kept her eyes on the girls with brown hair. There were so many of them. Why couldn’t her girl have been a redhead, or even better, have bright pink or purple hair?
    “Anything?”
    She sighed in frustration. “No.”
    He wasn’t happy about sitting outside a high school and watching the