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his ears long after she hung up.
 
 
     
     
     
     

Chapter Three
     
    Thursday rolled around a lot quicker than Laurel thought it would.
    During the week she worked on the layout of the book, narrowing down the images she wanted included and talking to the publisher about the extra photos she would be getting. She began research on her next assignment at the upcoming wedding expo. Finally, she got hold of Jason and got to hear all about his hookup with Sami, the leggy blond from the Chute Shack. Not that she asked to know the details, but Jason had a tendency to over share.
    Laurel wasn’t too surprised to hear that Quin and Sami had been an item for years, and that only recently did they decide to break up for good. She had to squash the tiny leap of joy in her heart upon hearing that bit of news. She thought he may have made a sexual innuendo over the phone, but was sure if he did, it was something he didn’t even think about. It was probably as natural to him as walking or breathing.
    What really surprised Laurel was how easy it was to talk to Quin on the phone after they got beyond the slow start. She only experienced a few minutes of panic when he basically demanded she come out for the jump and go over the pictures with him in person. She would have been fine letting him send her everything and sifting through it all after the fact. Actually, she probably would have been happier doing it that way, content to work on other projects and keep her mind off of him. Instead, she spent her days looking at too many pictures that included Quin, which led to her falling asleep with him fresh in her memory.
    Hopefully, when she showed up Friday morning, none of those nightly dreams would show on her face and she would be able to talk to him as easily in person as she had on the phone. All without blushing or nervously biting her lip.
    She was still getting used to her renewed awareness of Quin. In her mind, he was the one who got away. The guy who drifted into her thoughts, as she wondered what he was up to throughout the years.
    It was best to focus on what she knew was going to happen. Quin was going to take aerial photos, they were going to go over them to make sure nothing was missed, and then she would say thank you and goodbye. That was it. Nothing. More!
    Packing the rest of her gear, she lined the bags up by the front door next to the cooler of snacks she’d packed earlier. She was ready to go and desperately needed to head to bed, even if it was a bit early for her. Three-thirty came awfully early in the morning, and no matter how excited she was about completing the project…that was a horrible time to get up!
    Flipping the light off in her room, she eased beneath the cool covers on her bed. As soon as her head hit the pillow and she closed her eyes, images of Quin filled her mind. She was no longer surprised when it happened. She let the fantasy of him slowly making his way down her body drag her under into sweet oblivion.
     
    Overly loud music yanked Laurel from her dreams. Quin was just about to bring her to orgasm when she jolted upright. Clutching her hand to her chest, she tried to steady her breathing.
    “Fuck, right when I was about to climax!”
    She flopped back and waited for her heart to stop racing before rolling out of bed. Stumbling to the bathroom, she got ready for what was bound to be a long, hot day. A day that started too damn early for her.
    Thirty minutes later, a piece of peanut butter toast was consumed; a cup of coffee downed, a thermos of coffee brewed and the car packed. All that was left to do was lock up and head out.
    Butterflies took flight in her stomach the minute she sat behind the wheel of the SUV. The thought of seeing Quin so soon after he rolled out of bed and knowing she would be working with him all day made her light-headed and giddy. She’d never spent any real time with him when she’d been on the drop zone before. The one and only encounter they had was when he