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work ourselves.
 And the boxes piled up in the second bedroom? He pointed
toward the hall.
Zoe shrugged.  Lazy? Why unpack when I ll have to repack in
a year or less? Everything I need is out. If I need something else,
I ll unpack it. I can pay my own way.
 So that s a yes? You ll come with us?
Her shoulders sagged.  I thought I was clear.
 We ve had one official date and you re trying to set the future.
Why can t we have a good time and get to know each other
better?
 Because we ve had one non-date and you want me to meet
your kids, to spend a week-long vacation with them. That
implies&  She pressed her lips together.  What are you doing
with me, Frank?
Not nearly as much as he wanted to be doing with her.  I want
you. It s pretty clear you want me. Can t it be as simple as that?
There was nothing simple about it. Until she d brought up children,
Frank had wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.
 Are you in the habit of bringing your girlfriends into your
daughters lives?
At least she was referring to herself as his girlfriend. It was a
start. A term they could both be comfortable with.
 Nope. Can t say I ever have. He slipped his hand under the
edge of the bedspread and over her ankle.  You re special. I want
you. I& like you. A lot. I 
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 Need adult backup to help watch your almost-adult daughters
during spring break?
Grinning, he pulled her foot his way and crawled over her
body.  Something like that. Because I m going to spend all my
time watching you.
 Flattery will get you 
 You?
He peeled the edges of the cover apart. Zoe didn t resist,
though she didn t help either. A glimpse of her silky skin had him
rock-hard. He petted her with the backs of his fingers, watching
her breath hitch, her pupils dilate, her lips part, her nipples grow
hard. He flicked his thumb over one, feeling his balls tighten with
her barely-there whimper. He skimmed his hand to her hip, cupped
her ass and pulled her under him.
Zoe wrapped the bedspread around them both. Her kiss was
soft, hesitant. Frank let her explore, take her time, though it drove
him nearly insane. The instant she flashed her tongue over his, he
seated his cock inside her hot, wet pussy. The muscles contracted
around him, making sure he wasn t going anywhere until she was
done with him. He imagined himself bound and at her mercy. Her
licking and taunting him to the brink, sitting astride him and
fucking the stuffing out of him, while a cock ring kept his climax
dammed. Then he d turn the tables on her, have her spread-eagle
before him, eat her pussy with ice cream and fudge, fuck her with
every sex toy known to man and then improvise with whatever else
was on hand. They d make each other come a thousand times
over& and always be hungry to go back for more.
Frank shoved his hand between them, finding her clit slick and
hard. Gaze locked onto her beautiful face, he stroked slow and
steady, listing the fifty states in his head to keep from coming too
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quickly. Zoe writhed beneath him, arms and legs wrapped tightly
around him, as if she never wanted to let go. God knew he didn t
want her to. He loved her like crazy, loved her more with each
passing second.
He picked up the pace, desperate now to feel her come around
him, to spew deep and hard. He ached like he hadn t come in
months. Pre-orgasmic spasms rippled over him. His mind started to
blank out. Darkness prevailed. His dick was in charge now. Pussy
muscles clamped down. Her low moan shot to his balls. He
stabbed deep and let go, clenching his jaw against the words that
wanted to come with him I love you.
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CHAPTER 7
This had mistake of the heart written all over it. Zoe didn t
know what she was thinking. Frank had made himself fairly
clear more or less that this was about sex. Though she tried to
convince herself there was nothing wrong with that, Zoe knew
better. She d tumbled head-over-heels for the guy. So much so she
was seriously considering how necessary it was for her to have
children. That alone pissed her off. She d determined long ago to
never settle. Relationships were going to be all or nothing. To date,
she d gotten nothing. Long, lonely years of nothing. When
weighed against hot sex with a man she loved like crazy& there
seemed little choice.
Added to Frank s side of the scales were the reporters camped
outside her house. They were a relentless bunch and now knew
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way too much about her, having dug so deep into her past the
world now knew where she went to elementary school and the
name of every play and musical she d been in from kindergarten
through college. With a week of mandated leave from work, Zoe
couldn t see herself barricaded in her house fighting the horde
outside. Staying at her parents or sister s houses wasn t an option
either. The reporters would find her there just as easily. Palm
Springs put her far enough out of their reach. By the time she
returned, they would have moved on to bigger fish and her fifteen
minutes would finally be over.
Now here she was, not only following Frank home, but she d
even offered up her truck for the trip. They d need the extra room
with four people and the accompanying luggage. Reporters stayed
behind, no doubt assuming she d be back. Sweaty palms made her
grip on the wheel questionable.
Frank pulled into a neighborhood she suspected wouldn t know
a repo if one fell from the sky in the middle of its pristine, tree-
lined street. Neighbors out jogging, walking, or doing yardwork
lifted waves his way when he drove by. They covered all age
groups and races and beamed smiles. Frank was genuinely liked,
and she imagined it gave people a sense of security to have a cop
living in their midst along with two firefighters, a paramedic, and
war vets from World War II until the present.
A garage door yawned open on a light blue-gray house much
like all the rest on the block sprawling with a large green lawn.
Frank s house. Her heart stuttered. Frank s bed. Frank s scent.
His daughters lived across the street with his ex-wife, her
paramedic husband, and their two sons.
Zoe had thought it was wonderful they were so close and had a
friendly, supportive relationship. Now it added to her nerves. She
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