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can’t take my
chocolate.”
    Abby laughed. “I can see where your
priorities are.” Then, she realized what he’d said. “And I didn’t break your
heart. No way.”
    Cade let it go. No use having salt rubbed
into his wound. “Why won’t you at least go out on a date, Abby? Trevor told me
you haven’t gone out with a guy in years. A girl like you needs to be married.
You’re pretty enough.” He reached over and snagged a long dark curl of her
silky hair, twisting it around his finger. “Beautiful hair, big dark eyes.
You’re almost a double for that girl Rachel on the television program Suits.
You know the one?”  
    “I don’t watch much TV.” Abby felt
uncomfortable, her heart was pounding in her chest. How was she ever going to
survive him being here? “But I don’t want to marry. I’m too busy to date.”
There, that was a good answer. “My practice is growing, my hours are
unpredictable and I prefer the company of animals to people. Besides, I hear
marriage is overrated. Once the honeymoon’s over, it’s all downhill from
there.”
    “All depends on the chemistry, Abby. For a
lucky few, the honeymoon never ends.” Or at least that’s what he’d envisioned with
her. Cade took another bite of dessert. “You’re cynical. Are you hiding
something from me?”
    He stared at her so long that Abby began
to fidget in her seat.
    “Hiding something?” Hell. Was he psychic?
”I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
    “What do you do for sex?”
    Whoosh! The air left her lungs. “Pardon?”
She can’t believe he asked her that question!
    “What do you do for sex?” He repeated,
looking at her breasts again. “You’re sexy, Abby. A little prickly, but a man
would have a helluva good time taming you. Do you think I ought to give it
another whirl?” Cade was on a mission, make her angry – then she’d jump him and
he would ravish her while she was in her arms. Yea, sounded like a plan.
    By now, Abby was quivering from a
combination of anger and arousal. Cade was dynamically attractive, sensual as
sin and putting off some type of pheromone that was driving her slap-dab crazy.
He was flirting with her, by-God! Was he serious? Usually they just sniped at
each other. They’d never exchanged these veiled sexual innuendoes before – and
some not so veiled. Oh, well, it didn’t matter. Even if he was, she could
never, ever let anything come from it. “I think you’d be taking your own life
in your hands if you try.”
    “Oh, really?” He stood up. “I’m not really
afraid of you, Abby. Tell me, what do you do when you’re aroused?” He laid down
his napkin. “Do you touch yourself?” He took a step or two toward her end of
the table.
    Abby stood up, panic washing through her
bloodstream. “Don’t you come anywhere near me, Cade Tallbull.”
    “Do you run your hands over that sweet
little body?”
    He was coming closer, stalking her. Abby
retreated. “Excuse me, I need to do the dishes. Why don’t you watch television,
or better yet...” She brightened. “Why don’t you go take a dip in the stock
pond? I put some testicle eating fish in there especially for you.”
    Cade shook his head. “Nah, I saw ice on
the pond when I drove up. And believe me, you want me to keep the boys safe.”
He rubbed his package. “You might find a use for them someday soon.” Cade took
another step closer to her. “But we could shower together.” This was fun. “Stop
fighting it, Abby. Stop fighting me. You know you still want me. Admit it.”
    Abby wasn’t admitting a damn thing. She
glanced over her shoulder, measuring how far it was to her bedroom door. She
needed a path to a fast get-away. “The dishes can wait till tomorrow. I’m
tired.”
    Cade wasn’t giving up. “When you touch
yourself, do you ever think of me? When you rub your little clit and pinch your
nipples, do you ever call out my name? Cade, oh, Cade, I want you, Cade.” He
mimicked her voice.
    He was about three feet