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this hole!”
    The other two agreed and the three of them moved off, walking out of the house.  “She’s pretty,” Knox called out when they were at the doorway.  “Don’t leave her unprotected because someone unethical, like me, might just come along and try and turn her head from your idiot mug.”
    Tucker and Creek shoved a chuckling Knox out of the house just as Saeger started moving towards the door, murder once again in his eyes. 
    When Saeger was alone, he stared out the windows of his house as he contemplated what his friends had said.  Well, Tucker and Creek were friends.  Knox… that man was on thin ice right now. 
    But maybe they were right.  Would he be able to sit back and watch when another man came in and asked Tyla out?  What would he do then? 
    Well, besides kill the man and hide the body. 
    He wasn’t sure he was completely kidding with that thought.  With that realization, he accepted that he’d have to do something about his feelings towards Tyla. 
    Yes, she’d kissed him yesterday.  And yes, he suspected that she might have feelings for him.  But he wasn’t sure.  He might have just surprised Tyla with the kiss yesterday.  He’d been pretty furious about her prank.
    Okay, so not genuinely furious.  It had actually been pretty funny.  But he’d been determined to relay his annoyance with her.  Which had resulted in him grabbing her and tossing her over his shoulder. 
    The thought of kissing her hadn’t even entered his mind when he’d grabbed her.  But o h man! 
    Hmm… if he were being perfectly honest with himself, he’d have to admit that tossing her over his shoulder had only been an excuse to touch her.  But once she was in his arms, and she’d wiggled against him… that had driven his sanity to the breaking point.  Which was why he’d carried her into the woods.  And once they were alone, he couldn’t have held back from kissing those laughing lips, silencing her with that drugging kiss. 
    Damn, his body was already hard and aching just thinking about how hot she’d been in his arms, how perfect she’d felt.  Every part of her fit against him exactly as it should. 
    And he wanted to feel that again. 
    But not so out of control this time.  He would take things slowly.  He’d kiss her tenderly, like a gentleman should.  She deserved reverence and caring.  Tyla was too good and sweet for his hard-driving lust.  He’d have to hold back, show her that he wasn’t such an animal next time.  He’d have to give her time to adjust to his passion for her. 
    That shouldn’t be too hard, he told himself.  He’d never felt like that before with a woman.  And Tyla was more delicate than the other women in his past.  He’d just have to remember that when he was holding her the next time. 
    With that plan in place, he felt as if a steel band had been released from around his chest.  Tyla would be his, he thought with relish.  All his!  He could picture her now, all that blond hair spread out on his bed, her breasts heaving, waiting for his touch…
    Calling up Kevin, the bartender on the schedule to work tonight, he told him he could have the night off.  Saeger would take his shift at the bar tonight. 
    Settling down behind his desk, he smiled now that he had a plan.  Ah, the little woman would be in his arms by nightfall.

Chapter 4
     
    Tyla stared at the huge man behind the bar as anger, fear, lust, and a whole range of other emotions almost choked her.  “What the hell are you doing here!” she practically screamed after walking in for her shift that night.
    Saeger set the box of beer down on the counter and leaned his elbow against it while he looked over at Tyla, his eyes moving up and down her delectable figure.  “Kevin needed the night off.  I’m covering for him.”
    Tyla blinked, her mind working frantically to figure out how to handle being so close to Saeger after that kiss yesterday.  And her crying fit yesterday