“That’s good.” He cleared his throat. “McGovern, I wanted to thank you for what you did. I have no doubt you saved my life by setting that fire.”

“Taya,” she mumbled.

“Pardon?”

She just wanted to hear him say her name. “Call me Taya.”

“Oh, sure… Taya.”

Warmth spread through her body.

“Anyway, what you did was…”

Stupid, ill-conceived, against protocol…

“Incredibly brave.”

Oh.

“I’m sorry I haven’t been to check in with you sooner. I had to be debriefed and after nearly nine months undercover, it was a pretty intense debriefing.”

She nodded.

“And I wasn’t sure if…” He set the glass on the coffee table in front of him with a gentle clunk and turned to face her.

“I mean, I didn’t know…”

What was he trying to say?

“Taya, I haven’t been able to get you out of my head. And not just since the assignment.”

Her heart skipped a beat. She watched his Adam’s apple move up and down as he swallowed, trying to find the words.

“I remember the first time I saw you, sitting in the incident room, nose buried in a case file.” He smiled at the memory. “There was just something about you…”

“You never even spoke to me.”

He ducked his head. “I was undercover and you were new to the taskforce, and a federal cop. I could hardly start flirting with the new girl.”

“You wanted to flirt with me?”

Was it possible he was attracted to her as well – for real? Her head swam with questions.

His eyes fixed on a point to the right of her face. “Look, I’m sorry if this is making you uncomfortable. I realise we were undercover and playing a role.”

She took a sip of water and placed the glass next to his on the coffee table. Gallen started to speak again, but she wasn’t listening. Instead, she reached across and took his face in her hands, relishing the smoothness of his chiseled jaw. His eyes widened in surprise. She pulled him closer, brushing her lips against his.

“I’m not uncomfortable,” she said.

He snaked one arm around her waist, the other rested on her thigh.

“You might be uncomfortable if you knew what I wanted to do to you now.”

She smiled. “I doubt that very much.” His lips pressed on hers and her mouth opened, wanting more. She needed more.

“Taya McGovern, I’m claiming you as my woman.”

“Jake Gallen, you’d better.”

THE END

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