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other woman who could bring him almost to his
knees with just one kiss—a kiss he had taught her
how to perfect. And then there were the times he
would be inside her…
Just thinking about it made his entire body ache
for something he couldn’t have but desperately
wanted. When he reached the kitchen he pulled
open the refrigerator and decided he needed a cold
glass of water. He’d been dreaming again about
Taylor, about them making love. The dream had
seemed so real he had awakened in a heated sweat.
“Hey, are you okay?”
Dominic glanced over his shoulder at Ryder.
“Yeah, I’m fine. Why aren’t you in bed?”
“I just got in from the gym.”
Dominic glanced at the clock on the kitchen wall.
“This late?”
“Yes. This late.”
He watched the huge hulk of a man slide into a
chair at the kitchen table. Not for the first time he
wondered about Ryder, the man who had been his
bodyguard, his confidant and friend for close to
twenty years now. Ryder never mentioned a family,
although Dominic knew there was some special
woman back in France and he left to return there
every chance he got. At least Dominic figured it was
a woman since whenever Ryder came back he had a
better disposition. More than once over the years
he’d tried inquiring about Ryder’s other life and if it