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    He touched the side of her face and brought her back to face him. “I love you. Always remember that.”
    She looked down at the stuffed horse she was holding and he let his hand fall away from her face.
    “I’m going to fix dinner now.” He stood and the bedsprings creaked again. “How do tacos sound?”
    Even though he knew tacos were her favorite meal, she shrugged.
    “I’ll let you know when dinner’s ready,” he said before walking out of her bedroom and closing the door behind him.

Chapter 4
    Thunder rolled across the valley and rattled the barn and Cat scooted closer to Blake on the alfalfa hay bale they were both sitting on. Rain pattered against the wood as the storm went on but the barn was well built and no water leaked through any cracks.
    It was Cat’s eighteenth birthday and they’d spent the day together, going to a movie followed by eating at the local pizza place where all of the seniors hung out. What a perfect way to end the day, alone with Blake, feeling like they were shut away from the world.
    She leaned her head against him and he put his arm around her shoulders and held her close.
    “You’re not afraid of thunderstorms,” he said in a teasing voice.
    She tilted her face to look up at him. “No, but it’s a good excuse to snuggle next to you.”
    He gave her a sexy little grin. “You don’t need an excuse to cuddle with me.” He lowered his head slowly and brought his mouth to hers.
    Blake could kiss like no other guy she’d ever been with. Not that there had been a lot of guys, but he seemed like he had a world’s worth of experience, despite the fact that he was the same age as she was, now that she was eighteen, too.
    His kiss was slow and gentle but deepened with the kind of passion she’d been feeling for a long time with him. Unfulfilled passion.
    He raised his head and his voice was husky when he spoke. “I want to give your birthday present to you now.”
    She felt a little shiver run through her at the way he was looking at her. “You’ve shown me a fantastic birthday,” she said. “You don’t need to give me anything.”
    He stood, grasped her hand, and pulled her to her feet. “Come on. I want somewhere private to give it to you where we won’t be disturbed if one of my brothers decides to come out here.”
    She smiled and he continued to hold her hand as he led her to the ladder that went up to the hayloft. He let her go first and she could sense him watching her butt as she climbed up. She wiggled it a little just to give him a bit of a show. He was definitely an ass man.
    “Did I ever tell you what great ass-ets you have?” he said from below.
    She glanced over her shoulder and smiled. “Many times.”
    He gave a low laugh. “It doesn’t hurt to say it again.”
    When she reached the top, she flung herself onto a pile of hay, laughing as the yellow straw fell onto her face. It poked through her blouse and chafed her belly where her blouse had hiked up. Her short jean skirt had also moved up to the top of her thighs, and she tugged it down. Just a little.
    She looked up when she heard Blake’s bootsteps and then he was looking down at her and smiling. She scooted up and he eased down beside her and he brushed straw from her hair before they both leaned back against the hay.
    Thunder boomed, the sound loud to her ears. The barn lights flickered.
    “The power might go out,” she murmured against his lips.
    “Now, that would be a shame.” He kissed her then drew back before he shoved his hand into his pocket and pulled out a thin gold foil box with a gold bow wrapped around it.
    Her eyes widened and she looked up at him. “You’d better not have spent too much money on me, Blake McBride.”
    He grinned. “Just open it, little Cat.”
    She bit her lower lip as she took the box from him. She felt the swirled pattern on the foil against her fingertips as she held it and then she pulled at the gold bow wrapped around the box. The bow fell into her