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.He hadn t wanted any woman to crawl under his skin.No woman would everwield that sort of power over him.Still, when it had happened with Candice, Blade had recognized itfor what it was and embraced the feeling like a long lost brother.Then Candice had sent him home like a ratty mutt who wouldn t go away.Still, he was not givingher up.Blade always got what he wanted.Eventually.And he wanted Candice.Forever.In his bed.Inhis life.He wanted babies with her, a white picket fence if it made her happy.Who cared, he justwanted her.And he was an impatient man.Blade didn t much care to be left waiting, wallowing in hisown misery, while she tried to figureTasting Candyout if she was capable enough to stand on her own two feet.Hell, he could have told her she wasmore than capable.Any idiot could see that Candice was a strong and intelligent woman.It wouldn thave been easy to go through that trial relating the tale of what had happened all the while having toface not only a jury and a judge, but the bastard who d raped her as well.Still, she made him wait.Women! He d never figure them out.Just then, Blade heard a huge commotion coming from outside.Whistles? What the hell? Theywere on a worksite; his men knew better, damn it.Blade got up from his desk and slammed open the door of the trailer that served as his onsiteoffice.He was more than ready to bust a few heads.It was just the thing he needed to get his mind offCandice.The sight that greeted him was not a welcome one.All his men were surrounding a petite woman.All he could see of her was a yellow sundress and a wild mane of brown hair.Now why did that hairseem so familiar? Then the yellow apparition turned around and Blade nearly exploded with equalamounts of rage and arousal.Candice, looking sweet and sassy, surrounded by a motley crew of dirty workers, wasn tpanicking? What was that about? He was glad for her, but at the same time, he wanted to rip the facesoff all the men staring at her as if she were their last meal.He strode forward and yanked two men backward, giving Candice room to walk through them andtoward him, where she goddamn well belonged. Randy, Jake, get the hell out of her way, will ya?The smile she graced him with made him feel ten feet tall, as if he could leap over tall buildingsand race a few trains.Jesus H, she was gorgeous.Her dress flirted around her thighs, and sexy amusement lit her eyes.He wanted to whisk her away, keep her all to himself.Other men didn t have the right to breathe thesame air as her. Blade. Candice. He felt needy, and that was never a good emotion for a man. Could we gosomewhere to talk? Privately?Anne RaineyOh, hell, he liked the sound of that too much.Blade grabbed her hand and hauled her awaywhile his men called out lewd suggestions.He watched Candice, judging her reaction to the men whohad cornered her.She was blushing bright red, but she wasn t panicked.Was she finally ready toaccept him?Shit, he hated this.He couldn t help feeling he was about to experience something truly spectacular only to have itslip away from him again.He didn t want a repeat of yesterday morning, with her sending him awayand him wishing he could have just one more minute with her.Just one more minute.He never begged.Blade wasn t the begging type.So long as he kept telling himself that, he d bejust fine.He could handle this.And she thought she was weak? Hell, she had him mentally on hisknees already.Fuck!Once inside the tiny trailer, Blade slammed the door shut and closed them in.With Candice there,inside his dusty, dingy mobile office, it made him uncomfortable, as if she was too good to be in suchan ugly place.He was actually embarrassed to see papers scattered all over his desk, and old, stalecoffee sitting in cups, and& shit, was that mold?Okay, so he wasn t a neat freak.It wasn t as if he d invited her here.Come to that, what was she doing here anyway? When heturned to her to ask that very question, the words stuck in his throat.Christ, it was like looking at puresunshine it hurt to look straight at it, but you couldn t seem to help yourself.It was so beautiful thatyou were willing to risk permanent blindness to get a quick peek.Still, she must have had a goodreason for coming to an all-male zone like a construction site.Blade reached out and took hold of Candice s chin, letting his thumb trace her glossy lower lip.The action forced her to stop fussing with her oversized purse and look at him. Why are you here,Candy girl?Candice smiled.There was something different in her expression today, sort of alluring andmysterious.Fascinated and curious to know what she was up to, Blade putTasting Candymore force in his next statement. You must have had a good reason to brave that dirty malegauntlet outside, so out with it, babe.Candice s gaze shifted to the door for a split second and then came back to land on him. Doesthat door have a lock?What was the minx up to?  Yes, but what does that have to do with  He never got to finish whathe was saying.Candice slipped away from him and locked the door to his trailer, then turned around,a slow, come-and-get-it smile on her face.Oh, he definitely wanted to go and get it, but he wasn t going anywhere near her until sheexplained why she d come to him, looking so sweet and flirty. I m working, sweetheart, what do you want? He didn t mean to sound gruff, as if he didn t wanther there, but this new side of her was taking him off guard.He was already hard and throbbing andnothing had even happened yet.Candice walked away from the door and went straight to his desk.She set her mammoth pursedown on top of it with a clunk and rooted around inside.When her hand came out, she was holding aportable compact disc player.She wanted to serenade him?God, he was majorly confused.And if she moved her ass like that one more time, he d be on herquicker than a dog on a bone.She went around his desk and grabbed the chair he d been sitting in,then moved it to the middle of the floor. Sit down, Blade.Okay, he d play along.It was clear that Candice was on some sort of mission and the quicker shegot on with it, the quicker Blade would get some answers.He crossed the room and sat, arms folded over his chest, feet braced apart as if ready for war.But Candice only smiled and pushed a button on her player, allowing music to fill the darkly litroom.It wasn t until she came to stand directly in front of him that he started to get the picture.Locking the door, playing the music it wasn t a serenade she was interested in.Candice wasabout to seduce him.A predatory smile slipped over his face and he satAnne Raineyback, prepared to let her.If she wanted to play the lead in an after-dark movie, he d be glad to beher audience of one [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]