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non-stop for four hours, and I could see the strain in
them. “We can rest up a bit, eat, get unpacked, change…”
    “Is
it far from here?” I asked. The last time I visited Donovan Dynamics, it was
with Nat, to meet his team to handle the stalker who had been harassing me. I
wasn’t paying attention to the distance it was between The Donovan’s Nob Hill
mansion to Donovan Dynamics.
    “Well…”
Drew said. “It is a bit of a drive. Not exactly close.”
    “I’d
like to go there to see your mother, check up on her in person, as Nat asked us
to, but maybe later?”
    “Sure,”
Drew said, more perceptive than usual. “I know how weird it is right now with
you coming over with me, and us seeing Nat’s room, my Dad’s room and all.” Drew
raised his hand to his temples. I could see the frustration he had then, as
well as all the burden he suddenly inherited with his family. It was a lot for
a carefree guy like Drew to take in, and I felt my heart reach out to him.
    “Hey
Drew, it’s okay,” I said. “Whatever works is fine with me. If you want to go
there first or go to Donovan Dynamics or even just go to a café to relax, I’m
fine.” I touched his shoulders, and it was as if Drew was brought back into the
moment. He smiled a sweet genuinely happy smile with his beautiful blue eyes
crinkling.
    “If
it’s alright with you,” he said. “I want to spend more time just being with
you…no one else.”
    If
my heart was made of butter, it melted then and ran to my knees where I felt
the earth shake. Drew, who blew hot and cold, who was never downright sweet on
purpose, but cocky and so sure of himself; made my heart melt into a puddle of
goo. I don’t know if it was because of Nat not being here or because Drew and I
became so intimate, but I suddenly had the urge to pull him to me, tippy toe
up, and kiss the living daylights out of him.
    “Is
that what you want?” I smiled, lowering my eyes so he couldn’t see how much I
wanted it too.
    Drew
pulled me to him so I was looking up into his chiseled face. His blue eyes bore
through me, piercing me in place as though I was hooked onto him by an
invisible line. I could drown in those sea-blue eyes. If his eyes drifted off
of me, breaking that intense bond we have, I would go crashing down into an
ocean of muddled emotions and pattering hearts.
    I’ve
loved Drew before, was deadly attracted to him physically and emotionally, but
now there was something else, and it scared me. It made me suddenly
self-conscious around him.
    “You
know what I want, Summer,” Drew said huskily. “I don’t think I’ll ever get over
this wanting of you.” His eyes skimmed my face, and he cupped my chin with one
hand while his thumb played with my lower lip. Gosh, that was sensual…him
touching my lip like that and looking at me with such hunger.
    “So…”
I found my voice again, shaking my head so I could think straight. “Wha…”
    Drew
had entwined his fingers through mine as he pushed me up against the car door.
His hips pressed into mine, and I could feel his wanting, feel his heart
beating furiously against mine, and taste his lips, slowly, tantalizingly sweet
and thorough devouring mine. I moaned a deep throaty moan that got swallowed up
by his mouth, but not before Drew gave a low groan.
    “I
take it,” I broke off from between his kisses, “you want to go somewhere else
before we go in?”
    “Hmm…”
Drew muttered, licking the skin behind my ear, his tongue swirling in circles,
causing me to shudder.
    I
wanted to hop onto Drew and straddle my legs around his waist, while pushing
him close to my breasts. But then I realized, we were out there in the parking
lot, in front of the building. No doubt if anyone looking out the window took a
look outside, they would be seeing something close to PG-17 or even R going
on.  I pulled back. “Drew, we have to go. We can’t be doing this right here in
front of your family’s company building. What must everyone