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She hit the door with a thud, but once they got outside, she jumped into his arms. Fire speared through his still-sore chest, but he laughed. Loved that this woman let him in, and that she trusted him. “It went great. Fine. As good as it could.” She kissed him…the kind of kiss usually reserved for their nightly meetings in bed. “But now I’m going to be practical. I have no control, so I’m going to forget about it.” With one last quick kiss, she jumped out of his arms.
His eyebrows lifted high his forehead. “I’m glad you can forget about it because I sure as hell can’t.” This was the last round. The final callback. Abbey had even had to sign all the contracts in case they chose her. It was as far as she’d ever gone for a job and a part.
She gave him a wicked dirty smile. “We’ll see if I can’t do something to take your mind off it later.” One eyebrow arched up and his dick caught wind of the implication. Knowing him as well as she did, Abbey glanced down at his crotch and shook her head. “That bad boy needs to stay under wraps until tonight.” She laughed at his pout.
It wasn’t that funny.
Abbey punched the speed dial on her phone. “I’m out. Did you need anything before I come back?” It must have been Julie. “It went great.” She grinned and listened. “Really? Are you sure?” Then she checked her watch. “Okay. See you tomorrow… Yeah, he’s here.” She listened again. “Really? Okay, I’ll tell him.” She pocketed her phone and turned to him. “I have the rest of the day off.”
“Wow. Good for you. I guess some people are special.” He took her hand as they strolled back to his SUV.
“You also have the rest of the day off.”
That stopped him in his tracks and he turned to her. “What?”
“You heard me. We’re free birds. What should we do? Go to a movie, go out to dinner, go—”
He yanked her forward and crushed his lips over hers. She sputtered and laughed before falling into his kiss like a wicked woman should. “We’re going back to your place and we’re fucking like bunnies all night long.”
“The romance never ends with you,” she said, settling another kiss on his lips.
“I try.”
Two hours later, they were sweaty and happy on Abbey’s wrecked bed. Her cell phone rang.
“Let voice mail get it,” Blake said, barely able to move after the last orgasm.
Abbey laughed into her pillow before dragging the phone off the night table. “I can’t. It might be—” She bolted up like a rocket. “My agent. Shit, it’s my agent. Hello,” she said.
Blake sat up, too, his ribs still brutally sore, but the pain was worth every minute he got to be with Abbey. Watching her face as she listened was killing him.
“They did?” she asked, untangling her legs from the sheet. “Oh.” This time she wasn’t as happy. “Really?” she said and Blake waved her to finish. “Okay. Yes. I’ll talk to you tomorrow.” She listened. “Yeah. I plan on it. Thanks. Bye.” She ended the call and set her phone back on the table.
“Well, what happened?” He was afraid to ask. Did you get it?
Abbey covered her face in her hands. Her shoulders shook visibly.
Shit. Tears.
He put a hand on her shoulder, but had no idea what to say. “Aw, Ab.”
But when she wiped her tear streaked cheeks and looked up at him, she had the biggest, brightest smile on her face. “I got it! Oh my God, I got it!” She hugged him before leaping off the bed and dancing around the room, a vision of the most beautiful body he’d ever seen. Her happiness burst out of her in waves of sunshine.
Blake stood up and watched her, the love of his life, the woman he’d die for. When she came into his arms, he held her tight.
“I knew you were going to get it,” he told her. “It was only a matter of time before people recognized what you have to offer.”
Abbey pulled away and looked into his eyes. “You recognized it.”
He nodded and grinned. “Yeah. I’m smart that way.” He eased some hair behind her ear. “Look, this is a rough town. You know I’m here for you no matter what. Every step of the way.”
“I know.” She nodded. “And I’m not letting you go.”
“Nope.” He gave her an Eskimo kiss and his dick perked up as her lips brushed across his. “You are definitely stuck with me.”
“Good thing since it just so happens that I’m stuck on you too.”
Blake squeezed her tight, his love and pride for this woman more profound as each day passed. “I’m going to make you the happiest woman in the world,” he promised, grazing his lips over her ear.
“You already have.” With that, she took him down to the bed and took him on a ride he wouldn’t soon forget.
The End
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About the Author
After graduating high school in Texas, Dee moved to Los Angeles to purs
ue acting. For twenty years, she acted in television and worked behind the scenes as an acting/dialogue coach for sitcoms. Writing happened accidentally after a vivid dream and the urging of her husband to “Just write it down.” Three weeks, fourteen hours a day, and four hundred and fifty (long hand) pages later, she had her first novel. Dee loves writing books filled with action, mystery and love. (Not necessarily in that order.) Her experience in show business led to her narrating many of the books in the Adrenaline Highs series for Audible.com. She is the wife of a wonderful man and mother to a fabulous daughter. She’s a dog lover all the way, with a fondness towards Boxers and Pit Bulls. She is a member of several organizations, including Romance Writers of America and SAG-AFTRA.
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Imminent Danger
Copyright © 2014 by Dee J. Adams
ISBN: 978-0-9892452-2-7
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Epilogue
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