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    shoulder, but it halted her forward movement. “I’m sure,” he drawled,
    “that these officers wouldn’t insinuate anything when it is obvious that
    I am not the man they are looking for and the young men here are not
    doing a single thing wrong.”
    Officer Johnson got the hint and shrugged. “Well, if you see him,
    Ms. Rogets, please give us a call.” He grabbed his partner’s arm and led
    him back out the screen door and down to the patrol car.
    “What made them come here?” Scott asked once the officers
    were gone.
    “They always come here. I don’t always know them but the of-
    ficers always know me.” Alexis looked at the young men in her house.
    “Well, come on then. Breakfast is ready. Put your things away and get
    into the kitchen. I have better things to do today than baby-sit you
    bunch of ragamuffins,” she huffed even as she winked at them.
    “We love you, too, Lex,” the group said as one before they head-
    ed for their sleeping bags to put them back in the hall closet.
    She grumbled and walked off, just expecting that Scott would
    follow her. “Well, get yourself some breakfast, Commander, unless it
    isn’t your kind of food.”
    Scott looked at the sideboard that teemed with steaming food. It
    looked like enough to feed an army, or at least his SEAL team. His
    stomach growled as the intoxicating aromas filled his nose.
    “Go on, if you want any. Better get it before they get here.” Alex-
    is nodded toward the stack of plates.
    “And you?” His question fell as he reached for a plate, trying to
    hand it to her.
    “No, I already ate.”She shuffled away from him.
    His eyes moved slowly up and down her body. “Really?” he
    asked doubtfully.
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    “I snacked while I made breakfast.” The noise from the boys
    grew louder.
    “Don’t you know I know you are lying to me? Trust me; I like a
    woman who’s willing to eat in front of me. Are you back to being
    scared, Alexis?” he challenged.
    She snatched a plate and before she could say a word, he inter-
    jected, “Or did you need a good morning kiss?” His mouth was right
    next to her ear.
    He felt her shiver. “I don’t think so,” she managed to mutter.
    “I do.” His arm snaked around her waist, spinning her towards
    his body…and his mouth. Unlike their first kiss on the carrier, this one
    was gentle. A learning kiss. Scott slipped his tongue into her mouth and
    stroked it against her own. It was a slow, drugging kiss that left him
    shaking in his sneakers.
    Time stood still for the two as they were locked in an embrace.
    Scott had one arm around her and her one free arm slowly made its
    way around his lean waist.
    “Uh-hmmm,” came the interruption. “Lex, what the hell is Cas-
    per doing sucking on your face?”
    They moved slowly apart, like snails in winter. Scott drew her
    bottom lip into his mouth as they separated, keeping her close for a
    moment longer. “I love how you taste,” he whispered as he released
    her.
    “Eat your breakfast, Jay.” Her chest heaved as she moved to-
    wards the food herself.
    “And Casper here?”
    “Why do you keep calling me that?” Scott asked.
    “Have you noticed your skin color, man?” Jay snapped, taking
    his plate and making it so Scott couldn’t stand next to Lex.
    “I get it, Casper, as in the ghost, the Friendly Ghost.” He moved
    to the other side of Alexis and ignored the warning glare from her
    pintsized bodyguard.
    “Man, I don’t want your lips anywhere near Lex,” Jay threat-
    ened.
    Setting down his plate beside the seat that Alexis had taken,
    Scott sat down and pinned the young man with a purposefully bland
    stare. “My relationship with Alexis is not any of your concern.”
    “Jay, sit down,” she interjected quickly. “Commander Leighton
    and I don’t have a relationship other than a working one. What you saw
    was a mistake and it won’t be happening again,” Alexis said firmly.
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    Aliyah Burke
    Like hell it won’t be