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this might mean for Em, or even if she knew. He went to his office and gathered up his things, and tried to think of a plausible reason for stopping by the flower shop to see her when he looked at May’s desk. Of course, he needed a flower for his office. And he knew just the person who could help him.
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    Em was ringing out a customer when Brock walked in. She’d managed to only think of him about a hundred times today, and now here he was. She tried her best to ignore him, but when he sat on the counter and grinned at her, she wanted to hide in the office.
    “I’ve been thinking about you today.” She didn’t know what to say to him, so she started wiping the dirt off the counter. When he touched her arm, she looked at him. “You’ll have to keep looking at me, love, if we’re going to get to know each other.”
    She took out her pad and wrote him a note. “I don’t want to get to know you. I like not knowing you at all. Go away.”
    “Nope,” he told her with that grin again that made her feel all tingly and mushy again. “I wanted to invite you to have dinner at my mom’s house. My brother Jules has been gone a month, and we’re having a party for him.” She shook her head. “Okay, then I’ll hang out at your house, and we’ll watch television.”
    “I don’t have a TV , and I don’t want you to hang out with me. Don’t you have someone else that you can bother?”
    He jumped off the counter and stood behind her as she rang up a customer. When she realized he was speaking with the man , she grew even more nervous about him being so close. When the man turned to her, she wondered if Brock had told him that she was deformed and what else he’d said. But the man only handed her cash and smiled at her. She gave him back his change and watched him leave.
    “What did you tell him? He’s mean whenever he comes into the shop across town, and won’t speak to anyone.”
    He took the note and sat down again. “I told him that you were learning a new trade today and would he mind smiling at you because you were so nervous. He said you always have a smile for him when he comes in down at the other shop, and he loved seeing you here. He goes across town to see you smile for him.” She looked at him to see if he was kidding and couldn’t tell. The man was driving her insane.
    When he stared at her for so long , she wondered if she had food on her mouth. She licked her lips to be sure. She didn’t understand men, and this one was proving to be the hardest of all. When he stood up and ran his finger down her throat, she felt his touch like he’d set a match to her. She lifted her head to look at him.
    “Do it again.” She didn’t know what he meant , but the harder he looked at her mouth, the more she felt the need to lick her lips again. When she did, he lowered his head to her, and she knew that he was going to kiss her. And for as much as she wanted him to do it, she wanted to tell him to back off. But when his mouth brushed gently over hers, she had to grab onto his arms to steady her.
    The second time his mouth touched hers , it was firmer, and he suckled her lower lip into his mouth and nibbled on it. She swayed forward, and he wrapped his arm around her and pulled her to his body as he deepened the kiss. The moment they were flush against one another, she felt her world tilt more until he was the only support she needed. As he lifted his head, she felt her entire body cry out.
    “You’re so beautiful.” He kissed her again, and she felt something like hunger come from him. “I would like nothing more than to lay you out on this counter and make love to you, but I won’t be able to stop until you’re mine.”
    She didn’t want him to let her go, but she knew that him holding her was going to be trouble. She might not have a lot of experience with sex, but she knew when a man wanted her. And his erection felt as big as her arm.
    When he let her go , she stepped back but grabbed the counter