Chapter 23

GINA She stiffened and was stunned as the gun that Ace was holding was pointed at her head. "My God, Gina," Ace said and immediately lowered his gun. "Why did you come home so early?" She swallowed before answering. "I called you. But you didn't answer. My last subject was canceled." "I could have killed you," he said desperately. "I almost killed you." On some level she noted the horror in his voice — the fear, the relief and the frustration. But she didn't care about all that when she saw the wet and half-naked body of a Demigod. Broad shoulders, check. Hard chest, check. Sculpted muscles, check. Six-pack abs, check. Pure masculinity all in all. But wait, she hasn't asked about the gun yet. Why does he have one? "You have a nice body with abs." She said, instead. "You're incredible--" She didn't finish what she was going to say because Ace suddenly hugged her. He kissed her repeatedly on the face until his kisses fell to her lips, kissed her with the passion of a