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Ninety. Her exit was coming up, and he wasn’t slowing down.
    He merged again without checking the rear view mirror. “Sure.”
    “Drop dead, you freak. Arghh!” She covered her eyes with both hands as she saw her approaching fiery death. “I thought you wanted— ”
    “What?” He cut off a semi.
    “Fuck you!”
    A killer smile appeared on Jaden’s face. “Absolutely.”
    They got off the freeway and spent the last five minutes of the drive in utter silence. “Street parking only,” she said when the GPS gave the last turn. He found a spot within a block of her building and parallel-parked exactly like the maneuver got diagramed. Smooth as silk. Hell couldn’t parallel park worth a damn, and people who could made her feel inadequate. He should at least not be so damn hunky.
    “Look,” he said after he turned off the ignition. “West is a fucking asshole. You shouldn’t let him get to you.”
    She let her head fall against the back of her seat. “Why are you being so nice when I’m being such a bitch? This just stinks. My life’s been in the tank ever since I met Tuan.”
    His big brown eyes lingered on her face, and she felt the pull, right down to her toes. He looked sympathetic. And totally gorgeous “I don’t give a shit about Tuan Ng.”
    “Aren’t you curious?” Oh, God, was he going to turn out to be a nice guy? “Everyone else is.”
    “Just one thing.”
    Hell stared at the roof of Jaden’s car. She didn’t hear any of the usual prurient scorn in his voice. “What?”
    “He ever come see you at your place?”
    So much for thinking they might actually be friends. She turned just her head. But for the glowing dashboard lights, the interior was dark. A shiver of intimacy danced along her spine. Agent Lightfeather was exactly the kind of guy she went for, all dark and dangerous. She’d had the same reaction to Tuan, and for much the same reasons. Lightfeather would be very bad for her. “Why? You want to know how many times we did it and in which rooms?”
    His expression didn’t change. “If he did come to your place, he knows the layout, and my job gets a lot harder. I’d like to know before we go in.”
    “Yeah, he knows the layout.” She turned on the seat to face him. Light from the street lamp struck the side of his face and made his eyes glitter like a cat’s. “There’s no way he knows about this.” She laughed softly. “Unless his mole was at the briefing.”
    He tossed his keys on his palm and made a fist around them. He had long fingers. “Anything else I need to know?”
    Man, he was gorgeous. And nice. It made her feel sad. “Yeah.”
    Jaden went into covert agent mode. “I’m listening.”
    “I wasn’t expecting company. Consider yourself warned. My place is a mess.”
    He laughed, and her pulse skipped. He had a nice smile, and she couldn’t remember the last time she’d been anywhere near a guy with a nice smile. She missed that. Being around a guy with a nice smile. “That’s okay,” he said. Man, his smile was pure magic. She could feel the heat all the way across the interior of the car. “I’m a slob, too.”
    “Kindred spirits, my man.” She stuck out a hand. “Friends?”
    He took her hand in his. “Friends.”
    Jaden let go right away, so it wasn’t the physical contact that made the car feel like it had just shrunk. Wow. Jaden Lightfeather really got to her. His smile absolutely did her in, and he was sitting there smiling at her and after all those months trying to get over the disaster of Tuan Ng, her libido wasn’t on vacation anymore. As dangerous men went, he was a nice guy. He leaned forward. She didn’t lean back because if she leaned back, he wouldn’t kiss her, if that’s what he had on his mind. But maybe she leaned toward him. Whichever way it went, the distance between them disappeared.
    At first, he didn’t do anything except hold her, and being held felt way better than she expected. But then he moved his head and his