Page 295 of Allegiance

“Yes.”

She knew she needed to do something. Calyx didn’t want to stay on this merry-go-round. She wanted to find herself in bed with this man.

There was something about him that made her insane.

Taking his face in her hands, she got him to open his eyes to stare into hers.

“I’ll wait for you.”

He hadn’t expected that.

It was a punch to his solar plexus and nearly brought him to his knees.

“I’m a patient kind of girl,” she admitted.

Remington was desperate to feel. It had been so long that he’d pushed away his emotions and feelings. Taking that one moment, he knew he’d savor it for a very long time.

He pulled her into him, and his mouth closed over hers. The heat exploded, and they were both pulled into that eruption of need.

The heat…

It was ridiculous.

As he felt the control slipping, and that overwhelming need to get horizontal with this woman, Remmy knew it was time to back off.

As the kiss was broken, she was breathless.

And so was he.

“Remington,” she whispered.

Neither moved, and neither spoke anything more until he found the words.

“Let me take you home.”

Well, Hell’s freaking bells.

That wasn’t what she wanted to hear.

Not.

Even.

Close.

* * * H U N T E R S * * *

Chartres Street

Shared Room

Upstairs

When Jagger found her, his wife was on her knees in the bathroom again. She was tossing what she’d just eaten, and honestly, he didn’t believe for one second that it had anything to do with the pregnancy.

Not this time.

This was a different kind of nerves.