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“You’re a temptress.”

His voice was low when he spoke, husky and raspy, and she shuddered it was so delicious. “Is that so?”

“It is, and as much as I’d love to spend the day in bed with you doing delectable things to this body, I have things I need to do and can’t ignore.”

Disappointment hit Callie, immediately followed by guilt. Reid had spent every spare second with her in between searching for her stalker. “Is there any news on the stalker?” She should’ve asked before, but it was easier to block it from her mind and just enjoy being with Reid.

He stroked his fingertips over her jaw, and she arched her neck to follow the caress. “You’re so fucking beautiful.”

Callie looked at him and frowned. “And you’re changing the subject.”

His lips quirked. “I might be changing the subject, but my brain was fully engaged with admiring your flawless skin.”

Callie’s tummy squirmed in response to his words. He was always saying things that made her feel special, not like she was just a body or a face like her fans and photographers did but like he really meant every single word.

“You’re one hundred per cent a wonderful man, Kirk Reid.”

He snorted at that. “Not sure that’s true but you make me want to be.”

Callie felt emotion clog her throat, the words in her heart on the tip of her tongue. Instead, she changed the subject, terrified he wouldn’t reciprocate them. “Should I stay here or come with you today?”

“The things I have planned are at the office so you can either use the gym there or sit with Lopez and annoy him. I should be done around two. We can go for lunch in town after if you want?”

“I wouldn’t mind getting in the gym. My tummy will soon be flabby at the rate I’m eating junk food.”

A frown appeared on Reid’s face, and she lifted her hand to smooth it. “You’re fucking perfect, and I won’t have you starving yourself for some middle-aged photographer who thinks he knows what perfection is. You’re perfect exactly how you are, no matter how many burgers you eat or what you fucking weigh.”

Callie was surprised at the intensity in his voice. “It’s part of the job, baby.”

Callie watched as the anger left his face at her words, and his eyes seemed to gentle. “I like you calling me baby.”

“Hmm, shame we don’t have time for you to show me how much you like it.”

Reid grinned and kissed her neck before kissing his way down her belly. “I can always find time to show you that, sunshine.”

Then without saying another word, his lips touched her in the most intimate of places, and she lost the ability to think. His mouth still on her pussy, she screamed her release.

* * *

Her workout hadn’t been what she’d expected, but it had been so much fun. Her thirty minutes on the epilator had ended with Liam as her self-appointed trainer. He’d introduced her to the battle ropes which initially looked like torture but were lots of fun, even if they were exhausting. She’d done several reps of the double arm wave, followed by two reps on the hip toss, which involved tossing the rope in an arc from hip to hip like a rainbow.

After adding some light sparing into the mix, and a few self-defence moves, her legs and arms felt like jelly. Mentally, she felt great, her mind energised from the endorphin rush.

Liam wiped the sweat from his face and neck with a black hand towel as he watched her do the same. “Feels good, right?”

“It does, although I’m not sure I can walk to the showers. My legs feel like noodles.”

Liam laughed, and she saw the handsome man he was when relaxed and let someone in. “Thank you for helping me.”

Liam sobered at her words and looked directly at her. “Reid is like a brother to me, a fucking annoying one, but still family. By extension, that makes you family whether you want it or not.”

She could hear the tiniest bit of vulnerability in his voice as he said the words. “I’m honoured to be considered family. I’ve never met a group like this. In my industry we have friends and colleagues, but nothing like you guys have here.”

“I’d die for these men, and I know they’d die for me.”

“That’s a special thing to be part of.”

“Yeah, it is.”