Free Escape the Night by Desiree Holt

Jimmy, who said he'd dig even harder. He thought maybe he could break into Dean Barton's personal files and see what he could find and Gus should call him back later. By then they might be able to put a real plan together.
    "I'm so scared," Anya said, burrowing into his arms. "I just want this all to be over."
    "Me, too, darlin'." Gus rubbed her back and shoulders. "But if Jimmy can dig up the information on Barton we need, it will be."
    "And if he can't?"
    "If it's there, Jimmy will find it. And I know it's there." He tilted her head back.
    "My snitches at least know Virgil's still in San Antonio. Someone's hiding him and probably helping him relocate and get his 'business' up and running again."
    "Your brother and sister-in-law are wonderful to let us come here." She frowned up at him. "She's the one you were in love with, right?"
    He brushed his lips against hers. "What I felt for Linda wasn't love. It was youthful lust." He gently licked the outside of her lips. "What I feel for you is love. In case you didn't know that."
    "You love me?" Tears formed at the corners of her eyes.
    "You bet. I should have told you long before this." He used his thumbs to brush away the tears. "When we get out of this, we're going to make some definite plans."
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    "Don't you mean if?"
    "No, I said when and that's what I mean. Now. Linda suggested you might want to lie down and rest and I told her I'd see that you did. So let's not make a liar out of me."
    He lifted her in his arms and carried her to the king-sized bed. Ripping the covers back with one hand, he sat her on the edge and began to undress her with infinite care.

    Anya shivered as he peeled away her clothing. "Gus, Linda and Rafe are just downstairs. We can't do this now."
    "Darlin', I promise you that even with a ranch to run, when the kids are out of the house Linda and Rafe take full advantage of it. They'd probably be disappointed in me if I didn't take this opportunity to make you feel better. Besides, they're busy with their own work right now."
    "But they'll hear..."
    He touched a finger to her lips. "Not if we're real, real quiet."
    She couldn't say no. Just like this morning Anya needed the touch of his hands and mouth, the feel of his cock inside her to chase away the demons. And he'd said he loved her! She was sure her heart would crack it was so full. She'd known he had feelings for her. In the six months they'd been living together it was hard to miss that. But love?
    She'd barely allowed herself to hope that a man like Gus would feel that for a woman like her.
    "Stop thinking so much," he teased. "If you're thinking I'm not doing my job right."
    He knelt down to pull off her jeans and panties.
    She clasped her hands behind his neck. "I was just thinking that... I mean, that you... That is..."
    "Whatever dumb thing is dancing through your mind just knock it aside. I love you, Anya. You're exactly what I want. So hold onto that thought."
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    He canted his head downward to run his tongue across the upper swell of her breasts. Her nipples hardened at once in response. He continued to trace lines across her flesh, not touching her anywhere else, his hands braced on either side of her. Anya moaned and arched herself toward him.
    "Hold your breasts for me," he rasped. "Take them in your palms. Yeah, like that. Squeeze them for me."
    Sparks jolted through her, straight to her pussy. She moaned when Gus moved his tongue to flick against each nipple in turn. The fact that he still had his clothes on while she sat there naked aroused her even more. She squirmed on the bed as the pulse in her cunt increased its tempo.
    Gus seemed to take forever laving her breasts and her nipples before trailing his tongue down past her navel. But instead of squatting lower to reach her pussy, he stood up. When she lifted her eyes to meet his she saw desire burning in them, amber flames flickering in the warm, dark brown pools.
    Very slowly he removed his