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said.
    I started thinking about what my mom had told me earlier that morning, about following your heart no matter what.
    Connor faced me completely and placed his hands on my hips, gently pulling me toward him. We gazed into each other’s eyes for a moment and then he brought his hand to my chin, cradling it with his fingers. I thought for sure that he was going to kiss me. But to my surprise, he didn’t.
    “Gosh, I would love to kiss you right now,” he said, quietly. “But it just wouldn’t seem right.”
    I wrinkled my eyebrows at him, suddenly confused.
    “What do you mean?” I asked.
    “Well, it wouldn’t seem right kissing you but having never taken you out on a date before,” he said, as he flashed his boyish smirk.
    I smiled coyly and felt myself begin to blush. Nobody had ever spoken to me so sweetly before in my life.
    “I guess we could probably make that happen,” I said.
    Connor nodded and immediately responded with, “We’re going out tonight then. I’m going to take you dancing.”
    Yes!
    I was so excited to hear it, but then I instantly thought of my mother and Richard.
    “That sounds really fun, Connor,” I said. “But what about our parents?”
    Connor shrugged as he responded.
    “Well, I guess I don’t really want to upset anything between my dad and Mary,” he said. “So tonight’s date is going to have to be our little secret...”

Chapter 9
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    S o there I was, standing in the guest room and digging through my suitcase, looking for something cute to wear for Connor and I's "secret date". I had to admit, that still felt a little weary about the whole thing. If my mom found out that I was going to be going out on a date with my stepbrother, or soon-to-be stepbrother as it were, then she would have flipped out. But my gut told me to go with him. And like my Mom said, I should always listen to my gut.
    It was strange for me to feel so attracted to someone. I mean I think that I had felt that way about my ex-husband at some point, maybe when we first met. But even so, this felt a little different. Every time I saw Connor, butterflies would release into my stomach and a tingly feeling would fill my body. I started to think that maybe it was the very first crush I had ever experienced in my life.
    It's just too bad that it has to be kept a total secret...
    I got to the bottom of my suitcase and pulled out a cute, black skirt. I decided to wear that, along with a white tank top. I didn't bring my whole wardrobe by any means, so the outfit was going to have to make do. 
    After stripping down to my panties, I quickly got dressed and then made my way over to the mirror to check myself out. The outfit looked cute, hugging my small curves just right. I turned to the side and pushed my chest out, pulling the shirt down slightly at the same time in an effort to reveal as much of my cleavage as possible. 
    I hope Connor likes the way I look...
    I stopped myself mid-thought. 
    No, Emily. No... I said to myself. You can't think like that. You're going out on a friendly date with him, that's all. You're not trying to impress him and you're not going to fool around with him...no matter what.  
    I had to do everything in my power to keep myself from doing anything physical with Connor. It was tough, though. It was like my mind was having a back and forth battle with itself. One minute, I felt like just letting go and becoming physical with him. And then the next minute, I'd think of what my mother's reaction would be if she found out. It was horrible. My mind was complicating the things that my heart was telling me.
    "Just go out with him and have some fun," I whispered to myself, as I gazed at myself in the mirror. "Exercise some self-control, Emily." 
    I sighed and then shook my head, trying to get rid of the naughty thoughts that were sneaking into my mind. I thought back on earlier that morning when Connor had almost kissed me in the barn and the memory caused a moist