On the drive over, he’d tried to distract them both by discussing Tricia’s case and Kate’s plans for dealing with the press over the next few days. Several outlets were contacting Kate to comment on the case, but she wasn’t going to give an official statement until CJ was able to question Tricia. But even speculating on the identity of a violent criminal who preyed on young women didn’t do much to take the edge off Tommy’s raging desire. He’d never felt anything like this with any other woman. This intensity that went beyond need, beyond lust. Only with Kate. Always with Kate. He’d done everything in his power to keep it locked down, under control, convinced if he let it loose again it would be as disastrous as it had been the first time around. But as she reached for his hand and let him help her from the truck, an eager glimmer in her eye, he couldn’t do anything but give in, give over to it. Being with Kate was as inevitable as the tides, and now that he’d stopped fighting, he realized nothing in his life ever felt as right as when he was with her.
