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and while it wasn’t quite the same, she did succeed in throwing the ball a short distance as he reached forward and snagged it from the air. “See! I knew you could do it!” he said with pride.
    Her face glowed with triumph. “Mommy! Did you see that?”
    “Yep, I sure did. Great job!”
    Chase stood and gave Maddie a sly look. “How about you? You throw like a girl too?”
    She backed up a bit. “Oh no! You’re not getting me to do that. I definitely throw like a girl, and proud of it.”
    He walked steadily toward her. “Come on. If I can teach Bree, I can teach you.”
    “Yeah, Mommy! Come on!”
    Maddie gave him a steely cold stare, but he ignored it. Smiling, he gently pulled her to where Bree was standing and plopped the ball in her hand. “Your turn. Let’s see what you’ve got.”
    She took a deep breath and waited for him to walk a few feet away from them, but he didn’t go much farther than where he’d stopped with Bree. She wished she could heave it past him to prove him wrong, but she knew deep down it wasn’t going to happen. At least he hadn’t knelt down. If he’d done that, she would have definitely aimed directly for his head. As it was, she hoped she had it in her to launch it far enough so he would have to run after it or hard enough to hit him where it would hurt. He was enjoying her embarrassment too much.
    Trying to replay in her mind what she’d seen him demonstrate, Maddie took a step with her left foot and did a little jump as she threw the ball in his direction. It went far enough for Chase to catch even though he had to bend down to get it, but he also fell to the ground on his butt, laughing. “What the hell was that?”
    Her cheeks immediately flamed. “What? I got it to you, didn’t I?”
    “Yeah, but what was with the hop?”
    “It worked, didn’t it?” She scowled at Bree, who was giggling right along with him.
    He stood up and brushed off his shorts before trotting back over to where she was standing. He put the ball back in her hand and she promptly dropped it on the ground, disappointed that it didn’t fall on any of the toes sticking out of his flip-flops. “I don’t think so. I’m not doing that again if you’re going to laugh at me.”
    He fought to bring himself under control, but his lips continued to twitch. “Okay, I’m sorry. I’m sorry,” he repeated when she turned away from him with her arms crossed. “I’ve just never seen that before and, well, you looked ridiculous.”
    Maddie glared up at him. “Apology not accepted.”
    “Oh, come on. Lighten up. It’s all in good fun,” he said as he bent over to pick up the ball. He put it back in her hand and stepped behind her with a smirk on his face. “I’ll show you how to do it right.”
    She gave an impatient sigh and rolled her eyes, but let him move her through the motions, his body molded against hers.
    “Lift your left foot there, that’s right, and bring your arm back to here. You feel that?” Chase asked as he held her right arm up, his warm hand moving slowly from her elbow to her wrist. He angled his body and she could feel the feel length of him pressed against her, leaving almost nothing to the imagination. “And then you’re going to bring it through and follow through to here.”
    Maddie nodded. Could she feel that? She could feel nothing but that! The breadth and solidness of his chest against her back as he leaned over her made her want to turn and worship its strength. Her butt was snug against his front and she didn’t even want to think about what she could bump into if she moved even the slightest inch. His breath was warm on her neck and his lips were right by her ear making her mouth water. Her skin started to tighten and tingle as the air seemed to clog in her throat, and she could feel her cheeks burning. Her reactions, all of them, were shocking. Had it been that long that any touch from a male was going to set her off? Did it not matter that he was many—way