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  When she met his gaze again, she looked deep into his eyes, hoping he read how much she needed him to believe her. “I’d like to think I would have found a way, because I don’t want secrets between us.”

  Jake squeezed her hand and let it go. “We’ve both been less than truthful. Baby, it looks like we’re going to need each other more than ever. I have to be able to trust you. Completely.”

  Sin nodded then glanced away, blinking. “So, how are you with us? I know you never liked me being a cop. Can you handle this? Do you even want to?”

  “Baby, look at me,” he whispered, leaning over the table. “You’re gonna make me crazy whether you’re sitting in a squad car or jumping into Hell. But that’s my problem. I’ll learn to deal.”

  Sin bent closer too, a teary smile tugging at her lips. “Sure you think I’m worth the effort?”

  “You’re gonna make me say it, aren’t you?” he said, a mock scowl drawing his brows together.

  “Right here in the Krispy Kreme. Seems kinda fitting, don’t you think?”

  His hands wrapped tightly around his cup, as though he needed something other than her to clutch.

  She wouldn’t have minded a little public display of affection but thought that, just maybe, if he was going to say what she hoped he’d say, she might crumple if he did touch her. Instead of reaching out, she warmed her hands around the Styrofoam cup.

  Jake’s lips thinned, and he took a deep breath. “Sin, number one…I love you. Number two, I’m a cop—not because I love the pay or because I look great in a uniform,” he said with a little smile, “but because I want to make a difference. I’m in. Just don’t leave me flying blind, again.”

  Sin blinked away the moisture pooling in her eyes. Then she bolted up from her seat to lean over the table and plant a quick kiss on his lips.

  A whistle next to them broke them instantly apart. The girl standing beside the table grinned. “I was just about to ask if you needed a little warming up,” she said, holding up a coffee pot.

  Jake cleared his throat and pushed his cup toward her. “Sure. Thanks.”

  Sin blushed while the girl refilled hers. Then she gave Jake a sly glance after the girl walked away laughing. “Jake, we have to get control of our spontaneous kissing.”

  “Just as soon as you stop staring at my lips.”

  “So, do you still want me for a partner?”

  “Since the only way I can cover your ass is to be two steps behind it, you’re stuck.”

  “Two feet behind me? That’s a little far away. I mean you’re big and all…”

  Jake’s gaze narrowed. “Jesus, Sin, shut up. I already have a hard-on and five more hours to go.”

  “Poor baby,” she whispered, feeling happier, freer than she could ever remember. “Would it help if I reminded you I promised you a blow job?”

  Jake’s face tightened into a pained grimace. “Not a damn bit.” He let out a deep breath. “Soooo…Petrakis—is he human?”

  She let him change the subject, because she was starting to sweat. “You are sharp. I’m not sure what he’d call himself, but I’m pretty sure we would call him fallen angel.”

  Jake’s eyebrows shot up. “What? He’s got wings?”

  “A gorgeous dark pair to match the rest of the rest of him. You jealous?”

  “Not a bit. I know who’s gonna be in your bed in…” He glanced at his watch. “…in four hours and forty-five minutes.”

  She sat back, shaking her head. “You must have been freaked when I popped out in the park.”

  He shrugged and looked away. “Maybe for a minute. But someone told me it would be okay if I just waited a minute or two.”

  Chapter 8

  The rest of their shift had been blessedly quiet. They’d had plenty of time to talk. Sin filled him in on the secret room at the back of the coin shop and about meeting the team. Jake told her about Danny leading him to the portal. She wondered if Danny was going to stick around, and if he meant to continue to help them in some way. In any event, she filed it away as something else to mention to Detective Petrakis the next time they met.

  Sin insisted on meeting at Jake’s place after work. With dawn breaking through the trees, she pulled up in front of his small house, parking next to the curb since the driveway could only accommodate Jake’s big truck. Set in an older subdivision at the edge of the trendy Alamo Heights district, the house had charm, even if the yard needed a little color. With a brown stone façade, tin roof and rust-colored trim, the house looked exactly as it had the last time she’d been here. Beyond well-trimmed shrubs, a scrupulously mowed lawn, and a wealth of old shade trees, she thought roses might be nice, and perhaps some golden lantana and purple Mexican sage.

  The door opened, and light spilled out behind Jake, who stood shirtless in opening, his arms spread, hands gripping the edge of the door and the frame.

  All that bronze-skinned masculinity waiting to welcome her, to enfold her in warmth… A delicious shiver worked its way up her spine and drew her nipples taut.

  Sin got out of her car and walked slowly toward him, wondering if he’d appreciate the effort she’d taken with her appearance. She’d showered, slipped on a little thigh-high black skirt and a T-shirt that zipped all the way down the front.

  “Thought you’d changed your mind you took so long getting here,” he said, his voice a gravelly caress that had her panties dampening instantly.

  “We had a conversation to finish,” she said, halting on his doorstep and giving his yummy chest a slow once-over.

  Jake’s nostrils flared. Had he caught a whiff of the perfume she’d dabbed behind her ears and between her breasts? “And there I thought we’d just about talked ourselves out,” he growled again.

  She arched one eyebrow and gave him a sultry look from beneath her mascara’d eyelashes. “You said you loved me.”

  “Oh, and now you think you have to tell me you love me, too? Baby, I already figured that one out.”

  “Smart man.”

  “You keep saying that like you’re surprised.”

  “I am, considering I’m not wearing a scrap of underwear beneath this skirt, and you’re blocking the door.”

  Holding his gaze, Sin smoothed her hands down the front of her thighs, then glided them up, bringing the hem of her short skirt with them.

  Jake let go of the door and latched onto her arm, hauling her across the threshold. He slammed the door shut, then pressed her body against it, sliding a foot between hers and nudging them apart.

  Sin grinned, reaching for his shoulders. “Gonna frisk me, now?”

  “Have to see if you’ve come packing.”

  She slowly slid her hand over the bulge at the front of his blue jeans. “No, but looks like you have.”

  He quickly tugged her skirt up inside out, ran his hands over her backside, cupped her bottom, and lifted her.

  Sin wound her legs around his waist. “Now, how am I supposed to get to that zipper,” she gasped, as he squeezed her ass hard.

  He released one cheek and fumbled for a minute between their bodies, until his zipper scraped, and he wrestled his jeans downward.

  His cock slipped between her legs, full and thick.

  She pressed down on his shoulders, lifting herself as he sank his hips and came up, sliding right inside her. “Jake,” she groaned as he began to grind, down then up, working his way inside her until he’d buried himself.

  Jake shuddered and hugged her close, nuzzling her neck. “I had plans.”

  She chuckled. “You should know better by now.”

  “It’s all your fault.” He lifted his head and locked his gaze with hers. “Would you really have shown me your pussy right there on the front porch?”

  “Wanna see me do it?”

  “Uhm no…I’d have to let you go. My dick’s happy now.”

  Sin laughed. “My pussy will be happy as soon as you start stroking it.”

  “Sorry,” he said, giving her a slow, sexy stroke. “Got lost
in there for a moment. Feels so damn good.”

  Sin slid her lips along his cheek, lapping until he turned his head and kissed her. Their lips glided together, tongues thrusting deep. Sin closed her eyes and moaned when he sucked on hers. He broke the kiss, his head tilting back as he jaws tightened and his gaze grew darker, sexier, charged with a predatory gleam.

  The muscles along his shoulders and back bunched as he crowded her closer to the door, sliding her up the oak with each strong upward drive. He adjusted his stance, widened his legs, and powered into her, slamming her into the door, a muffled thud accompanying each firm stroke. She could feel the steel of his chest as he crushed her, but needed her sensitive nipples gliding against the crisp hairs on his chest, so she shoved him back and gripped the tab at the top of her zipper and opened her shirt, spreading the edges wide so he could slide his skin against hers.

  Her nipples contracted, dragging across his chest as his thrusts grew harder, sharper, cramming deep to scrape her inner walls and finding that special spot that made her breath hiss between her clenched teeth. Honey flowed from inside her, sticky cream seeping around him, easing his strokes, heating with the friction he built.

  With their gazes even, their hot breaths intermingling, Sin wrapped her arms tight around his shoulders. “I’m close,” she whispered.

  “Come for me. Let me see.”

  Sin’s eyes closed, and her head fell back against the door. She surrendered, letting his body move hers as she grew taut and boneless at the same time. Then the curl of her release tightened deep inside her. Her cunt clamped hard around his cock, and her channel spasmed, rippling all along his shaft. “Jake!”

  “That’s it. Go with it, baby,” he said kissing her mouth quickly, while he kept right on stoking the fire, circling his hips, screwing her against the door, pumping her up and down his cock until her entire body quivered and her moans crested one on top of the other.

  “I’m here, baby. I’m here,” he crooned.

  When the tiny clasping convulsions finally relaxed around his cock, Jake eased out, setting her on her feet for only a moment, before leaning down and scooping her into his arms.

  She snuggled her face against his shoulder as he strode toward the bedroom. He bent and lay her across the mattress, and then slowly stripped away the skirt and shirt, saving the sexy, pointed pumps for last.

  “I forgot I had those on,” she said, lazily, stretching her arms over her head.

  “I didn’t. They were digging into my ass.”

  Her mouth stretched slightly, too damn spent to give him a full smile. “Did you like it?”

  He planted his fists on his hips and glanced down at his cock. “What do you think?”

  Since he was still incredibly aroused, she lifted her shoulders. “Guess I won’t lose any sleep over leaving you bruised.” She opened her mouth over a deep yawn.

  “Oh no, you don’t,” he growled. “You teased me all night long. It’s time to pay up.”

  Knowing exactly what he was talking about, she couldn’t help teasing just a little bit more. “But I’m so tired.”

  “Want me to wake you up?”

  She eyed him suspiciously. “What do you have in mind?”

  “Where’s that dildo?”

  Her breath caught, and arousal licked at her womb, again. She closed her thighs and cupped her breasts, kneading them while his eyelids dropped to half-mast. “Want me on my knees?” she whispered.

  “If you don’t mind,” he said, his voice tight. “I want to watch your mouth swallow me whole. I like looking down at you like you're some kind of slave girl, ready to do my bidding.”

  She arched a brow. “Does it make you feel all manly with me kneeling between your feet?”

  “Makes me horny, Sin. I can watch without anything else gettin’ in the way.”

  She slipped her fingers between her legs, sliding them in the wetness seeping from inside her. “Tell me what you like about it.”

  His gaze dropped to her hand. “I like the way your lips stretch all around me. The way your cheeks look hollow when you suck and fill when you take a breath.”

  “You just like the way it looks?”

  “I love the way it sounds, too—all that slurping and little gagging sounds you make when I bang the back of your throat.”

  “Now who’s getting nasty?”

  “You rested enough?”

  She didn’t miss the hopeful note in his voice. “All right, partner. Assume the position.”

  His teeth flashed white for a moment. Then he braced apart his thick thighs, one brawny fist wrapping around his cock as she sat up and slid off the bed.

  Sin couldn’t help the smile that stretched her mouth. Boys and their toys. She grabbed a pillow from the bed and dragged her feet toward him, pretending reluctance as she approached.

  Jake widened his stance and fisted his hands on his hips. His cock, reddened and slick from her juices, jutted outward, pulsing with his heartbeats.

  “Such a sad sight,” she murmured, dropping the pillow and kneeling. She took her time to arrange her knees, leaned away and fluffed the pillow unnecessarily while he waited.

  When smooth satiny flesh skimmed her cheek, she figured she’d stretched his patience to its limit. Without lifting her hands to grasp him yet, she smoothed her cheek along his length, closing her eyes as she inhaled the scent of sex and his musk.

  His cock slapped her cheek, and she opened her eyes to find him glaring downward, his fingers still wrapped around himself. “Quit stalling.”

  She gave him a disgruntled look then turned her attention to his cock. Jake liked watching her blow him because he wanted an unimpeded view to stimulate him. Sin liked giving him her undivided attention because she truly loved this part of him.

  Jake’s cock was beautiful. Thick and as strong as all the rest of him. She cupped his balls with one hand, lifted his cock, and tucked her head beneath it to lick his sac, stroking it with her tongue over and over, laving his balls until they were glistening wet and his thighs so tense, the muscles quivered.

  She opened her mouth and sucked one hard stone inside, swirling her tongue over it while ignoring the pluck of his fingers in her hair urging her higher. This was one act where she didn’t let him take the lead.

  Tugging the ball with her lips, she reached up to wrap her fingers around his shaft and started a slow, dry stroke that skimmed over his hot, satiny skin.

  “Sin…God…” Jake pumped his cock through her fingers, slow shallow thrusts that had him groaning.

  Her lips curved around him as she thought he might be a little worried about stroking too hard considering where her teeth were. She sucked his ball one last time, and then opened wider to take both of them into her mouth.

  His hands cupped her head, not pushing or pulling, just caressing her scalp as he stood braced, completely at her whim and mercy.

  “If I come with you still mouthing my balls, there will be hell to pay.”

  Since she had a thirst for his salty come, she eased off his balls and sat back on her heels. Then holding his gaze, she began to lick him up and down, gliding her tongue slowly along the underside, all the way to the tip, and then circling the crown. When she opened her mouth wide, he nudged the tip between her lips, clasped the back of her head, and forced her down his length.

  His cock filled her mouth, sliding along her tongue until it butted against the back of her throat. She murmured, knowing what the vibrations would do to him, and then swallowed around him, caressing him with her throat.

  Jake’s breaths rasped hard as he withdrew slowly and glided back inside. When he started to pull away again, she suctioned hard, halting him. His thighs rippled under her palms, and she smoothed them toward his groin, gliding them up his shaft as she pulled off, then retreating as she sank again.

  She came off him, shook back her hair, and twisted her hands around his length. She began stroking him off, bending close to follow her hands with her mouth, not letting an inch of hi
m cool in the air. She surrounded him in moist heat, sliding her hands and lips up and down his shaft, laving him with her tongue inside her mouth, until his fingers cupped her head and tugged her hair hard. He wasn’t thinking now, didn’t know his caresses stung her scalp, because he was pistoning his hips, fucking her mouth like he fucked her pussy, with strong, sure strokes.

  Sin widened her jaws and let him turn loose, reveling in the way he jerked into her, opening her throat when she began to make those little gagging sounds he seemed to love.

  When the first, hot spurts of come coated her tongue and throat, she moaned around him and swallowed, taking him over the edge.

  Jake shuddered, giving her two last tense thrusts, and then eased his hands from her hair.

  Sin sucked him deep then came off and sat back, gazing up at him.

  Jake’s expression was raw, shaken, his cheeks tinged with red, and his eyes so dark and so filled with darkening emotion, Sin blinked hard.

  “I love you,” he said, cupping her cheeks.

  Sin licked her trembling lips. “I love you, too.”

  He bent, thrust his hands beneath her arms, and lifted her to the edge of the bed, pushing her back and gently draping her thighs over his shoulders.

  Wordlessly, she watched as he opened her with his fingers and licked the cream seeping from inside her, before thrusting his fingers deep and suckling her clit until she came apart.

  “O’Rourke, Lieutenant Kalisek wants you,” Beno Martinez called out as she headed to roll call.

  Sin gave Jake a charged glance. “Damn, think they changed their minds about an inquiry?”

  Jake gave her a tight smile. “I’ll wait outside. Whatever it is, it’ll be okay.”

  The lieutenant’s door was opened. She stepped inside, feeling differently than she had just days ago. The last time, she’d been wary, defensive…afraid. This time, Jake had her back. And she knew she was good cop. She belonged here.

  “Close that door and have a seat,” Kalisek said, looking up from the reports strewn across his desk.

  As she sat on the edge of the leather chair, she held his steady gaze.