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belly clenched and her breasts grew heavy with want.
    “Wild.”
    He stopped right before her. Close enough to touch, close enough to smell his masculine scent which had combined perfectly with the crisp air from outdoors.
    She put her hands in her pockets to keep from reaching for him. “So, Kristopher Wilder?”
    “Everyone calls me Wild,” he said by way of explanation. His blue eyes singed her. “Well, there are some people who have been known to scream my name, we both know you fall into that category.”
    At Karen’s gasp Alyse flushed. This was not how she wanted her first day of work to go. Not at all.
    “Good to see you. I have to go, have a flight tomorrow and I need to unpack a few things yet.”
    “Where are you staying?”
    “In town. And no, I won’t give you the address.”
    “Why not?” He stepped closer. “We were very good together.”
    “Because I never mix business with pleasure.” She made to step around him and he gripped her arm, halting her. Alyse held his gaze, lifting a brow at his action, even while on the inside she trembled by his touch.
    “We have a lot to discuss, you and I, Alyse.”
    “I see you met our new pilot, Wild. Thanks for being on time.” Adam’s droll voice reached them.
    “Yeah,” he said with a slight drawl. “I’m looking forward to her being my pilot.”
    “Sorry, she’s taking Rhodi and Derek to Arizona tomorrow. Had you been here, perhaps you could have gone instead.”
    “Mind letting go of my arm?” she asked.
    “I mind,” he replied softly so only the two of them could hear it. “I mind a lot but I will let you go for now. Expect me later.”
    How pathetic am I for missing his touch on my arm? She didn’t respond, just finished putting on her gloves and walking away without a look back. The heat from his gaze bore into her back as she made her way to her Subaru B9 Tribeca. Expelling a sharp breath as she closed the door behind her, she shook her head.
    “This just got awkward on a whole new level. I can’t believe I fucked one of my bosses. Only to me would this happen.” She started the engine and drove away without a look back. “And here I thought I was safe having something in Belize.” Alyse stared at herself in the rearview. “Shows what I get for thinking.”
    She parked at her apartment building and climbed out. Locking it as she walked to her new place, she headed inside, berating herself the entire trip, and carrying the food she’d stopped to pick up on her way. Once inside, she leaned against the door and moaned. “What the hell have I gotten myself into this time?”
    She toed off her shoes as she placed the bags on the chair by the door so she could shrug out of her jacket. Bags back in hand, she went to the kitchen and set her items on the counter.
    “I really need to go grocery shopping, I can’t keep eating out like this.”
    Eating out wasn’t a luxury she normally afforded herself, but lately, she had been so busy with this move and settling in this new place she’d yet to go. Now, given the news she would be flying out tomorrow there wasn’t point in going anyway.
    After she changed into sweats and a tank top, she headed to eat her take out. She stabbed the pancit noodles and tried to work out in her head how this would play out. “Maybe it won’t be so bad. There’s a pilot for each brother, basically. I can hope I don’t have to fly Wild.”
    Her body responded to just the memory of him. And what he did to, and for, her. She shifted on the chair and bit back her whimper of longing.
    I’m in so much trouble. No matter how I look at it. There are no rose glasses big enough to show me I’m not wading through it, this time.
    Alyse finished eating, cleaned up, and got back to unpacking. When she reached the photo of the small dark-haired boy, she paused and touched his face.
    “Hang in there, Ricki.” She put the picture on her shaky dresser. There was an identical photo of him in her locket she also wore.