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about ourselves and our lives if we want to get to know each other.”
    “That is such―”
    “What?” He dared me to end that sentence.
    “Bullshit,” I finished, letting the word roll out of my mouth with full force.
    “I guess we should work on a way for you to trust me first,” he said. He didn’t seem angered by my words, just concerned about changing my mind. He puzzled me. He should be running away from me right now. Most guys would.
    “Whatever,” I replied, trying to seem emotionally unattached by his words, even though they had me wishing that they could come true.
    He looked saddened by my chilly answer. Making him sad was something that I realized I didn’t like to do. It physically hurt, and not only in my heart. My stomach felt cramped; crazy butterflies ricocheted off the sides. I was definitely falling for him in just the few hours I’d been with him. That could not be good… And then I said what I had promised myself never to tell a man, just because I knew it would make him feel happier—or at least I expected it to.
    “Shane… I like you, too.”
    “I know,” he answered, grinning, obviously pleased by my words. “Your heart beats faster when we get closer, and when we kiss…”
    “What?” I dared him to finish his sentence with my arms folded and narrowed eyes. I felt irritated at him for being so cocky about my feelings for him.
    “Nothing.” He ran a hand through his hair in the very first nervous impulse I’d caught him doing. I laughed. I was probably losing my mind, but I felt like a teenager with her first crush.
    “What?” he asked, furrowing his eyebrows. I stopped laughing, shrugged my shoulders, and gazed at the floor, watching the pavement. A disturbing thought caught my attention.
    “You probably have a lot of girls in town chasing you around,” I said out loud.
    “Not all,” he replied.
    He was definitely cocky and not reassuring at all! Panic washed over me. He must have read my mind.
    “But I only have eyes for you,” he said, holding my hands before I could run away.
    “You are probably just tired of the girls here.” I immediately regretted saying that and bit my lip.
    “You are so cute, being so jealous for nothing!” he replied with a grin that made me shiver with lust and fury. Damn it, I shouldn’t be reacting like a silly girl, but I couldn’t help it.
    “I’m not jealous!” I tried to defend myself, but being flustered didn’t help my case.
    He simply chuckled, and I just glared at him haughtily, waiting for him to stop. Nothing I said seemed to affect him negatively. How could he be so cheerful and positive all the time?
    “You need to learn how to relax,” he said while gently rubbing my shoulders, making me lose all will to fight. My body got electric and shaky with his closeness and touch.
    “You are so…”
    “Handsome and sexy?”
    “Full of yourself.”
    “ Hmm … realistic, you mean? Come on, honey, relax and stop trying to pick a fight with me. You won’t get rid of me that easily.”
    I just stood quietly, not sure whether to be more surprised by his deduction or by the fact that he’d called me “honey” with a sexy and conciliatory voice that could melt ice on the top of the highest mountain.
    And I guess his kiss just melted stone to magma, because the kiss he gave me next was enough for me to act adorable and cute the entire meal we had at the local diner. I almost didn’t recognize myself as I laughed with real happiness and talked to strangers who were being friendly to the sheriff’s girl. Everyone was so nice that I felt immediately at ease.
     
 

Chapter Six
S HANE
    IT WAS ALMOST eight o’clock. I had everything ready, and I looked myself over in the mirror for the hundredth time.
    A romantic dinner wasn’t a thing that I would normally do. Not for a girl who I only used to pass time with. However, Annabel was different. Annabel was the girl I wanted to spend the rest of my life with; she was my amazing