5 The result was far more incredible than he’d imagined. Her narrow shoulders made his “Firefighters Bring the Heat” ride low and expose a lot of neck and collar. Even though it was his longest one, it rode barely past her hips. A pair of gym shorts revealed long, powerful legs. He did his best to hide his astonishment with a cough and knew he’d completely failed. He enjoyed strong competent women…if he didn’t, he was on the wrong crew. Candace had drawn more than the standard share of women to her team—one or two women was still the exception on a twenty-person IHC, and they had five. But not a one was like the dark-haired soldier standing in the middle of his small living room. “You want to do it, I don’t mind.” “Want to?” He gasped it out on a half laugh. How could a man not want to