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  “You’re such a dork, a very cute dork, but a dork nonetheless.” Savannah scolded with affection as she freed him from her skirts.

  Adam waggled his brows and offered her his arm. “You love me.”

  “I most certainly do not, and if I should read anything in the media to the contrary, you’ll be hearing from my lawyers in the morning.”

  The slap to his ass had Adam laughing loud enough to draw attention. “Jacob, Jenna, see you at mine after the film. No excuses.”

  Jenna blushed so hard her cheeks had to be the color of her dress. Adam winked and cocked a finger gun at them both.

  Jacob cursed under his breath. “Introducing my co-stars.”

  “I’ve met them before, they just don’t remember.” Jenna smiled up into Jacob’s beautiful eyes and felt her heart flutter like a caged bird. How lucky she was. “It’s nice seeing them without their guards up.”

  He relaxed against her, one large hand warm and heavy on her hip. “Adam’s parties have a reputation for getting out of control. We can skip it if you want, he won’t notice we’re not there. And if he does, he won’t remember by the morning.”

  “No, it’ll be my first Hollywood party. Why would I miss it?”

  Jacob wrapped his other arm around her waist and tugged her back into him. “I might have a few ideas.”

  “Ohhh…well in that case, how can I refuse?” She turned in his arms and stroked a hand down his tie, the expensive fabric silky beneath her palm.

  “Sir, we’re ready for you.”

  “Thank you.” Jacob nodded for the usher to lead the way and waited for Jenna to lift her skirt clear of her shoes.

  “How ‘bout we do both, stop in at Adam’s, then head back to your place?” He hummed his agreement. As long as they got in some serious making out in the next hundred-and-fifty minutes he might survive until they got home.

  It’d been far too long since he’d tasted Jenna’s sweet moans on his tongue, and felt her small hands clutch at his biceps as he drove hard inside her.

  ♥♥♥

  Cool air from the open balcony door carried in the muted sounds of a city banished from their sanctuary. They lay amid the rumpled destruction of his bed. Their sweaty limbs entangled, bodies satiated and minds sleepy.

  “What did you think?”

  Jenna slipped her thigh between his and continued to scribe mindless patterns over his flank. “I think fucking a woman wearing two-hundred-and-fifty-thousand dollars in diamonds around her neck agrees with you.”

  Jacob slapped her ass and dug his fingertips into one peachy globe to keep her close.

  “I think your prowess knows no bounds.”

  “I may have been aroused by you riding me like a queen, but such finery can’t hold a candle to your luscious breasts.”

  “You go anywhere near my breasts with a candle and I-”

  Jacob rolled them, pressed her beneath him and kissed her until she opened her sweet mouth to him. “I wasn’t asking for feedback on my skills in bed.”

  Flashes of him taking her on all fours not-three steps inside his front door surged desire, hot and urgent, straight to his exhausted dick.

  “Or on the entranceway floor?” She slapped his ass in payback, only to trail her fingers up his spine in a little dancing sparks that teased his ardor.

  “Be straight with me.” He growled; ducked low to lave one pert nipple. “What’s worrying you?”

  Her fingers paused in their combing of his mussed hair before continuing their soothing pattern.

  “Will my teaching credits transfer, do you think?”

  He breathed deep, his chest aching with the effort. She’d expressed her concern at last and it was nothing to do with him.

  “I won’t be a mindless groupie, Jacob. I need my own life, even if it’ll be here in LA with you.”

  “I wouldn’t want it any other way.” He smiled into the sensitive spot behind her ear, heart thudding a tattoo of elation against his ribs. “We’ll make some calls.”

  She nuzzled the hollow of his throat and he swallowed, felt her lips press…just…there. He eased his weight to the side and pulled her close, eyes drifting closed as sleep whispered her seduction to him.

  “I’ll have to go back and sort everything.”

  The thought of her leaving set him on edge. They’d spent so much of their admittedly-short relationship in different time zones. Now she was in his arms it was damn hard for him to let her go. Knowing when she returned to him it’d be for good, didn’t make it easier.

  “Want company?”

  She took so long to answer he wondered if she’d fallen asleep.

  “Aren’t you needed here for some pre-production…stuff?”

  It eased something inside him to hear the quiet hope behind her practical words. “Not for a couple of months. Oswald won’t start until after the new year, and I can stay in contact via email.”

  Jenna leaned up to meet his eyes, searched for anything he held back. There was nothing there she didn’t already know. He was utterly gone for his redheaded teacher. Just as uprooting her life to be with him proved she felt the same.

  “Zorbing seems fun.”

  Jenna chuckled, but didn’t answer as her breathing slowed then evened out. Jacob pressed a fond kiss to the top of his blanket hog’s head and tugged the corner of the comforter free to cover himself. If he got to do this every night for the rest of his life, he’d be a happy man indeed.

  Also By Jay Shaw

  Dragonus Chronicles:

  The Space Colonel’s Woman

  The Hunted

  Duality Series:

  Wolfhaven

  Movie Star Romances:

  Limelight and Longing

  Acknowledgements

  To Netta, without her suggestion that we both try writing novellas, this book and its soon-to-be-written sequels would not exist.

  To Colonel Mark Holden (The Space Colonel’s Woman) for mentioning Dante Jones in a conversation with Julia Holden, and thereby giving me a whole new cast of characters to explore.

  To June, Alpha Reader Extraordinaire, for her unwavering support.

  To Jules, whose feedback and enthusiasm keep me going when I panic that all my words have evaporated into the ether.

  To Haley Allison of Spellbound Cover Design, who created this gorgeous cover.

  And as always to my children, who despite everything life throws at us, still encourage me and can’t wait to be old enough to read my books.

  About The Author

  Jay Shaw writes sci-fi, paranormal, action, and contemporary, romance stories. Her characters will, through trial and tribulation, adventure and discovery, ultimately find their one great love. A love that all of time and space will lie down and be still for.

  Jay lives in New Zealand, where she raises her two teenagers. She loves photography, reading, cooking, and movies.

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