Baby. Love. Marriage.

lean closer, and outrage filled her with some extra ene

ll, straight into him. His arm went over her shoulder as if to k

gs decided the opposite. Too much proximity to Justin was not a good thing. It just made her

ed past him with determined moves. The next flight of stairs taunt

r. "I'm just exhausted. Some of us don't have the luxury of a forty-hour week, you know!" She didn't know precisely what Justin d

ed him. That, and the home-cooked pizzas. She hardly knew him, so there wasn't any real, logical reason, but she told he

shown the slightest bit of interest in her during the six months they'd been living side by side. Some friendly neighborly chat when

interested, despite that silly crush. He wasn't her type, even if she had time for irrelevant things like the mandatory search for a soul

g on her heels as she plodded up a few steps. "You'

ar. So I haven't eaten anything since this morning." She frowned in thought, and didn't really care she was rambling. "No wait, I guess I haven't eaten at

He stepped up beside her and looked her over. "Yo

her up

up one more step. Scrawny? That put her in her place. Why couldn't he have said thin? Slim? Slender? All those were positive, alluring, sex

e hadn't received any of those sexy smiles. "I can make it,

y your briefcase for

had been brand-new when she started at the firm, but it wasn't surprising that it was

d up assigned to all the difficult custody cases the firm handled, but they were interfering with her sleep and her peace

really hated

then, and she slid down to sit on the top step, desperate for just a few minutes to gather her strength. She rested her head on her knees and groaned, embarrassed to be showing such w

uth to protest and stiffened in an effort to get out of his arms, but he had carried her the rest of the way before she could even

body contact jolted all air out of her, and replaced it with liqu

nny things to you

ion. He wasn't looking like he would be putting her down any time soon, either. "What are you t

nce. Right now, she was too busy being mortified over the surge of lust that had assailed her as soon as he'd taken her into his arms. The things ex