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young to disguise.
    His face hardened. His hand tightened on the doorknob. He uttered a soft curse and whirled, slamming the door shut with a booted foot as he headed straight for her.
    She watched him with eyes so filled with confusion they seemed black, her face lifting as he came closer.
    She didn’t even protest when he reached for her, crushing her soft breasts against his chest as he bent to find her mouth in one smooth, expert motion.
    She felt his hard lips burrow into hers with a sense of awe, her eyes closing so that she could savor their warmth and sensuality. She stiffened involuntarily as he tried to deepen the kiss, his tongue probing at her lips.
    “Let me...” he ground out, grasping the hair at the nape of her neck to tug gently, surprising a gasp from her lips. As they parted, his tongue shot past them into the soft, dark warmth of her mouth, exploring, tasting, teasing, fencing with her own tongue in an intimacy she’d never liked with other men. But King made of it a pleasure beyond bearing, a caress so sensuous that her hands reached up to grasp his hard face between them and urge him even closer.
    She moaned achingly at the penetration, the suggestive intimacy as his tongue thrust gently into her soft mouth.
    He reached down, half lifting her body against his so that she could feel every warm, hard line of it in total contact with her own.
    “King,” she whispered shakily.
    He drew back for breath, dragging air into his lungs. His eyes fairly blazed as they searched hers. “Witch,” he ground out. “Little dark-eyed witch, stop casting spells on me, will you?”
    Even as he spoke, he freed her, turned on his heel and strode out the door. He slammed it violently behind him, while Teddi touched her swollen mouth with nervous fingers and trembled deliciously with delayed reaction. Years of waiting, hoping, to feel that hard, arrogant mouth on her own, and it had finally happened. King had kissed her. The crazy thing was that the reality had been so much more wonderful than the dream....

Chapter Four
    Teddi walked around in a daze for the rest of the day, absently listening to Jenna rave about Blakely while her mind lingered on the hard, possessive crush of King’s mouth.
    “Do you realize what you just agreed to do?” Jenna asked as they helped Mary put supper on the table.
    “Ummmm?” Teddi offered with an empty smile.
    Jenna grinned. “You agreed to have cowhide biscuits with grass sauce and ride a saddled chicken.”
    The flush appeared instantly in Teddi’s cheeks and she averted her eyes to the platter of biscuits she was putting on the table. “Sorry about that,” she murmured. “I guess my mind wasn’t on what you were saying.”
    “It’s been conspicuous by its absence all afternoon,” came the dry reply. “Uh, that wouldn’t have anything to do with King being home?”
    The platter lurched precariously as it met the tabletop. “Why ever would you think that?” Teddi asked, innocent eyes dark and wide.
    “Joey walked out of the office carrying his duffel bag an hour ago.”
    Teddi blinked.
    Jenna hid a giggle behind a slender hand. “Every time King goes broody, he takes a strip off Joey. Then Joey packs his duffel bag and gives notice. The last time he did that,” she continued, “was at Easter. I told you the men started getting nervous the minute you set foot on the place.”
    Teddi just stared, her heart beating a tattoo as she suddenly heard the front door open and close with a bang.
    Mary’s clear voice could be heard in the hall. “Oh, there you are, dear, the girls are putting the food on the table now.”
    “The computer broke down,” came the harsh reply, accompanied by the sound of angry footsteps, “and we can’t get a repairman here before morning. But I need those herd records now! ”
    “What are you going to do?” Mary was asking.
    “Fix it,” he growled. There were sounds of paper rustling, drawers opening and closing. “If I can find the