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behind her. He set his bowl into the
sink and then wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling
her against his body and bending to press a kiss to the side
of her neck.
“I’m sorry your brother upset you,” he murmured softly
between kisses to the arch of her neck.
    Laurie groaned and reluctantly pushed him away. “I need to
get some sleep, or I’ll be no good in the shop tomorrow. If
you’re in such a hurry to get out of here, I need to be on my
A game. Sorry, I don’t have a guest bed, but you can sleep
on the couch… it’s a pull out. There are sheets and blankets
in the hall closet. The bathroom is the second door on the
right. Goodnight, Travis.”
    Having said that, she ran down the hall away from him and
all Travis could seem to do was watch and wish he had the
right to follow her. He’d never been so drawn to a woman
in his life. Knowing that she was so independent only made
matters worse for him.
    Just thi
nking about how much further he’d wanted things to
go between them made his body even harder. He sighed in
resignation and headed down the hall to get what he needed
to make up the sofa bed. What Laurie had said had been
true. They both needed sleep because morning came early,
and they both needed to be at their best the following day.
In order for that to happen, they both needed sleep, and a
lot of it.

Chapter 4
    The next morning when Laurie came down the hall, she
was half asleep. She hadn’t slept much the night before.
Every time she’d closed her eyes, all she’d been able to do
was see the sexy hunk who was sleeping in her living room,
leaning over her with desire written all over his face. She
looked in the mirror and cringed at what she saw. Her eyes
were bloodshot and she had dark circles under them.
    Knowing there wasn’t much she could do about it since she
wasn’t the sort to keep make up around the house; she
started the shower and climbed under the pulsing spray. It
felt reviving, sluicing over her heated skin and she tipped
her chin down with her back turned to the showerhead to
allow it to massage her tired muscles.
    Travis heard the water in the shower and his groin
tightened again. He grumbled, groaned and gave up on
falling asleep. He’d lain there all night, trying to stop
thinking about how hot she’d made him… how good she’d
felt in his arms… how much he’d longed to pick her up and
carry her to her bed and take those kisses to their natural
conclusion.
    He swung his legs over the edge of the mattress and stood
up. His legs carried him across the room and down the hall,
seemingly without him even realizing what he was doing
until he was standing just outside the bathroom door with
his hand on the doorknob.
    “What are you doing, Robbins?” he asked himself, shaking
his head in disbelief at himself. “Kissing her is bad
enough… you can’t just let yourself into her shower and
take her up against the tile wall… she doesn’t even know
you… and you don’t know her.”
    His hand fell from the doorknob and he leaned his forehead
against the bathroom door with his eyes closed in regret.
“Just walk away, Robbins,” he demanded, but he couldn’t
seem to make himself do it.
    The water turned off and he heard the soft sounds of her
stepping out onto the linoleum. A deep groan came from
the back of his throat as he pictured her standing just on the
other side of the door in all of her naked glory. The next
thing he knew, the door he had been leaning on was yanked
open and he was faced with a wet irate woman standing in
front of him with just a towel wrapped around her body.
    He knew it was wrong, but he couldn’t seem to drag his
eyes away from her long exposed legs. When he finally
managed that fate, they landed on the slopes of the tops of
her breasts where the towel was tucked and his groin
tightened even more than it had been before.
    “Just what do you think you’re doing?” she demanded
angrily. She really was adorable when she was mad. It was
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