Chapter 40

“A part of me is really enjoying this,” she said. “Being here with you… I wish we could get along more.”

He wasn’t surprised. He was feeling the same way and thinking the same thing. It was this damn cold, and the fact that they were smashed up against each other. Stuff like this messes with your brain.

But God in heaven, she felt good in his arms. And she smelled so good, like vanilla and jasmine flowers and something else, something that was only her.

“Rest,” he said. Determined to have some control over himself. This was his job and it was wrong if he touched her. It could ruin everything. It was one of the rules he set for himself. Never get attached to a client. But with Kimberly, it seemed like all he wanted to do.

He wanted to throw those damn rules out the window and smash his lips against hers.

“You keep saying that,” Kimberly said. “I’m resting already.”

He almost pressed a kiss into her dark, fragrant hair. But he caught himself just in