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Kate, Morgan and Kayla? She couldn’t help them with the bigger picture, but she could solve her piece of the puzzle.
    She plucked her unopened lunch bag from the counter. Her appetite might never return after she did what she should. Still, she scooted toward the edge of the counter. “I agree.”
    “You do?” Neil aimed a broad smile in her direction. The gorgeous expanse of his brilliant white teeth mesmerized her for a moment.
    “Yes.” She sighed. “So I’m sorry to say… I quit.”
    “What?” Dave whipped toward her so fast she flinched.

     
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    “Settle down.” Mike put a restraining hand on his friend. “No one’s going anywhere yet.”
    “I won’t cramp your style.” She shook her head.
    “You’re telling me you don’t want to see the grand finale?” Mike crowded her, tucking in tight beside James, invading Joe’s territory. The rest of the crew observed and she swore she didn’t spot a single one of them blink. “Be honest, Devon. You liked what you saw. I can smell you. Hell, even upstairs I could tell.” She tried to cross her legs. No room to move. Suddenly there seemed to be hard bodies closing in from every side. Like a castaway floating in shark-infested waters, she suddenly imagined she could be dessert.
    “I’ve known these guys a long time.” Mike shifted his focus to Neil and James. He studied them for a while before continuing. “Unless I’m completely off the mark, there’s potential here for something great. Something new. Dave might have been crude, but he wasn’t wrong. Neil has it bad for you.”
    “What?” She whipped her head around to face the tall, lanky construction worker. “Of all the crew, you’ve been the least friendly. I thought I finally knew why. I’d be grumpy too if I were sexually frustrated all day.” Like she’d been for the past three weeks.
    “No, honey.” James saved his partner from explaining. “I think he was trying to keep his hands to himself. I was teasing him about it earlier. The way he watches you. I kept telling him to imagine what it’d be like if he asked you to play. If you said yes. That’s what pushed him over the edge, made him take the risk. I’d give this man anything to make him happy. And he does want you.
    Something fierce.”
    She considered James’s unasked question. Could she trade an afternoon of pleasure for potentially ruining an amazing job? Wouldn’t it all be over anyway if she couldn’t find a way to go forward?
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    Devon took a deep breath then pretended to be a hell of a lot more bold than she felt. She turned toward Neil and peered deep into his eyes. She read desire there. In response, she unleashed the matched answer from her center. It had infuriated her to find him so damn attractive. Especially when she’d thought he wished she was the normal guy he’d expected that first day. Now that she knew the truth, she couldn’t resist.
    His hair was soft between her fingers as she took hold of the unruly waves and tugged him to her for a scorching kiss. Initiative dissolved under his delayed assault. He came to life, as though his boundaries melted at the first contact of their lips. After what seemed like an eternity, she tilted her head before she suffocated. He’d stolen her breath.
    A groan reminded her of their audience. Especially this man’s lover. She cleared her throat.
    “What about you, James? Is this what you want?” Power filled her when she focused her vision only to discover the naked longing in his gaze. “To watch your boyfriend with a woman?”
    “Works for me. Especially if I can have a taste of you too.” He leaned closer to nibble a path down her arm. When he reached her hand, he took her middle finger into his mouth and sucked. The tip of his tongue flicked against her sensitive pad in a swirling figure eight that left her gasping.
    “No kidding.” Neil rumbled a laugh behind her. “He’s fucking amazing. The things he does with that mouth should be a