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breath and noticed that Luke stiffened.
    “Keith, I’m not your ‘darling’ and ‘old times’ are just that. How is your wife Mary?” Although irritated at his presumptuous behavior, she tried to sound platonically friendly.
    “Oh, we can catch up over coffee in my room,” he said, leering toward her. She could smell alcohol on his breath.
    “Keith, for heaven’s sake, we’ve both moved on, you’re married.”
    “But—”
    “The lady said no.” Luke’s normally lazy deep drawl had morphed into something more menacing. He pulled himself up to his full height and stepped into Keith’s personal space.
    “It’s nothing to do with—” Keith began, but Luke cut him off.
    “Ms. O’Reilly is with me, but if you want to discuss the matter further we can step outside.” He slowly growled the last few words quietly but with intent.
    Keith looked at them both and then sniffed, “I was just being friendly.” He turned and walked away at a rapid pace.
    “Thanks.” She breathed a sigh of relief but felt compelled to continue with an explanation. “Keith recommended me to speak at the conference. He’s an ex-boyfriend. It was a brief thing years ago, before he met his wife Mary. Unfortunately sometimes he’s not an ex jerk.”
    “No problem, we all have history. I’ll walk you to your room.” He appeared relaxed and at ease again as if nothing had happened.
    When they arrived at her door Shannon thanked him for a great evening. They stood facing each other and she was acutely aware of the attraction between them and the possibilities before them. He leaned down toward her and she inhaled his masculine scent. It fired synapses, causing a flood of hormones to be released in her body and erode at her will to go to bed alone. He stopped when his lips were almost touching her slightly parted ones. She could feel his body heat, hear his irregular breathing and became even more aware of his mouthwatering aroma. God, she was so aroused, she fought the urge to simply wrap herself around him. Instead she raised her hand to slightly trace his jaw with the tip of her finger. He inhaled deeply then turned his head and kissed her open palm. It was the single sexiest yet chaste gesture that anyone had ever made to her.
    “Goodnight, Shannon,” he murmured in her ear, sending shivers down her spine. “I’ll see you tomorrow.”
    He stepped back and lowered his arms to his sides with his hands clenched, as if it were a monumental effort to refrain from touching her more. She blinked, feeling like she was surfacing from a dream.
    “Goodnight, Luke.”
    On autopilot Shannon entered the room and closed the door softly behind her. She prepared for bed thinking about the oh-so-near kiss. He had behaved like a gentleman all evening and she appreciated the maturity, confidence, and consideration that such an attitude entailed. Still, she also liked spontaneity and a bit of rogue. Shannon, you don’t want much do you? She stared at herself in the bathroom mirror. In fact you really don’t know what the hell you want at all, so stop overthinking and just go to sleep.
    She hopped into bed with a sigh. Envisaging Luke naked she brought her middle finger to her lips and wet the tip, then slid her hand under the bed covers and down between her legs. It was a poor substitute, but at least sleep soon followed.

Chapter 5

    Luke awoke at 6:00 a.m. sporting a rock-hard erection despite having brought himself off before going to sleep. Shannon O’Reilly was on his mind but unfortunately not on his body. He wrestled with the situation. He was certainly physically attracted to her and he liked the woman, really liked her, but how to proceed? She didn’t live in Texas, hell she didn’t even live in the USA, so how would that work? He probably wouldn’t see her again after the conference.
    He idly wondered if she and James would have chemistry and how would she feel about fucking two men. James was the more reckless, energetic, fun,