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to her aid made her heart thump faster.
    This will work , she thought. He
wants me. We’re compatible. We’ll like each other. This will
work.
    “Nothing’s wrong,” she said.
    “You said ‘fuck it’. Why?”
    “How long have you been outside this door?”
It couldn’t have been long or she would have noticed. The fact that
he’d managed to be there for any time at all without her knowing
was disconcerting.
    “Only long enough to hear you and you sounded
upset. What’s wrong?”
    “Nothing. I promise. I was just talking to
myself about…work.” She lied blatantly, knowing he’d recognize it,
that he’d be able to smell it.
    His eyes narrowed, but he dropped the
subject. At least for the moment. She couldn’t explain to him what
she’d been fretting about yet. That would have to come later, after
things either worked out or they didn’t.
    They would, she told herself as she grabbed
her purse and locked the motel door. This would work.
    Nick gestured to the truck parked directly in
front of her room. She crossed the sidewalk, passing in between the
wooden planting boxes that separated the parking lot from the
motel’s first floor. The three-story motel sported rows of doors
opening directly to the outside. There was no need to go through a
lobby, which worked well for her. If she decided to let her tiger
out for a walk in the woods behind the motel, she wouldn’t have to
call attention to herself when leaving her room.
    They climbed into his four wheel drive, and
she buckled up as he started the engine. “Where are we going?”
    His scent filled the inside of the truck,
overwhelming her, making her regret the “no sex” rule she’d put
into place. He looked fabulous—dark jeans that fit him well, a
button up white shirt under his heavy leather coat. His gorgeous
eyes were greener in the limited light from the dashboard and his
heavy-lidded look made her think of beds and tangled sheets. Her
pulse kicked.
    “There’s a restaurant in Vail I’ve been
wanting to try,” he said. “It’s a little bit of a drive. You good
with that?”
    “The drive is fine. And feeding me is always
a good thing.” She settled back into her seat. “I obviously like my
food.”
    He cast her a slight frown. “Why
obviously?”
    With a gesture down the length of her body,
she said, “You don’t get curves like these without liking food.”
She laughed, but the sound dried up when she caught his expression
as he looked over her curves.
    He met her gaze for a split second before
facing the road again, but that brief look was enough to spark
Tiana’s lust. Her skin tingled and tightened, her breathing sped
up. Oh, but she could just crawl onto his lap right now and eat him
up—speaking of hungers.
    All her earlier worries got beaten to the
back of her mind under the scent of desire painting the air around
them. They had something. Something powerful. They could build on
that.
    This would work.
     
    The restaurant was small and packed when they
arrived, but the maître d’ led them directly to a waiting table.
The woman smiled a little come-on smile at Nick as she handed him a
menu, then winked at Tiana as if they were sharing an inside joke.
Tiana shook her head.
    “How the hell are you still single?” she
asked as she opened her menu. “I’m not saying I’m not grateful that
you are. But really, even in that small town there have to be
dozens of women trying to get in your pants.” She knew for a fact
there’d been more than a few, based on the stories she’d heard the
night before.
    He raised his brows at her comment. “I’m not
sure how to respond to that.”
    “Don’t worry, I’m not judging you or
anything. I’m just…baffled.”
    “I’m too busy,” he grunted and held up his
menu.
    Interesting answer. He was sex on a stick,
but he was avoiding relationships. The women from the diner had
confirmed he’d been single the entire five years he’d lived in
Eirene—despite some pretty creative