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eyelashes, the green of her irises peeping out
hotly and - down boy!  Christ!  
    Mentally cursing his overactive
and heated imagination, Matt eased Lori over to the bed, bending down to flip back
the doona and sheet.  What he wouldn’t give to strip off and join her in that
big, comfortable bed.
    She’d have a heart-attack if he
even tried it right now, that didn’t take much guessing.  It was basically a fact.
    Right now she was jittery, he
could feel it in the tremble of her hand as she turned with him and he eased
her down on the bed.  Holding the covers, he waited as she swung her legs up
and laid down, then he flipped them over her.
    Okay, he should have just moved
away right then and there, but he couldn’t.  God help him, he just couldn’t. 
Instead, he gazed down at her, his arms braced either side of her as he leaned
forward.
    Reclining back against the fat
pillow, she returned his gaze with wide eyes.  Wide, alarmed eyes.  And she bit
that plump bottom lip.
    Holy hell, when had plump lips
been so damned sexy?
    Drawing in a deep breath, Matt
plastered a reassuring smile on his face.  “Ghost’s cats will be fine under my
care, Lori.  I promise to see you if there are any problems.  Okay?”
    “Okay.”  She looked past him to
the end of the bed and he followed her gaze to see Minx strolling up the length
of the bed to stiffly lower herself against Lori’s side.
    Immediately Lori wrapped one arm
around her, her gaze softening.
    The warmth that welled through
Matt at that second was almost overwhelming.  He shouldn’t have done it, knew
he should have backed away without touching her, but damned if he could. 
Instead, he leaned down suddenly, closing the gap between them to brush a kiss
onto Lori’s forehead before he straightened to stand at her side.
    Startled, she looked up at him,
looking so damned sweet and innocent in the bed.  So sweet and innocent and
unknowingly provocative.
    “I’ll call in later,” he said. 
“See how you’re doing.”
    Then he left, making his escape before
she could spot the boner threatening to tent his jeans, calling back as he did
so, “I’ll lock the back door after me.”
    By the time he jumped the back
fence and entered his own house, he knew one thing for certain.  He needed a
cold shower.  And Lori Mackay was hot.
    Okay, two things.
    And he was going to have her.
    Make that three things.
    She was his.
    Hell, might as well make that
four.  In for a penny, in for a pound.
    ~*~
    Lying in the bed, Lori listened to
Matt’s footsteps fade away and the sound of the kitchen door closing.  For several
seconds she stared up at the ceiling before laying one arm across her eyes and
groaning.
    Oh cripes, she’d nearly done it,
nearly disgraced herself!  One look from his eyes, one delicious episode of
leaning against Matt’s body, feeling the strength and heat, and she had been
ready to - no!
    Biting her lip, she rolled onto
her side and cradled Minx close in her arms.  Minx snuggled in, purring, her
wise old eyes looking up at Lori before she put her head down and went to
sleep.
    Lori wished it was so easy.  Her
ankle ached and she swore she could still feel his fingers on her skin, those
long fingers tracing across her as he wrapped her ankle deftly, his every
movement deliberate and sure.
    He’d been so caring, so strong,
supporting her even when she protested.  No man had ever done that with her,
been dominant…She gave a delicious shiver.  Okay, he had been just doing his
job, tending his neighbour’s injuries.  In fact, she and Ali were more than
just his neighbours, more like friends in a way, but for her part it was a
cautious friendship.  She just didn’t feel relaxed around him, her nerves on
tenterhooks, so very aware of his every movement, his every look.
    For just a minute there, when he’d
looked down at her as he’d steadied her against his body, she’d thought she’d
seen something in his eyes, but it had to be a mistake.