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increased the excitement. He felt along the edge of her panties to determine the cut—high and cheeky, his favorite. Or maybe it wasn’t. Maybe anything on her was his favorite.
    “Did you miss me?” she asked qu ietly, enjoying his exploration.
    “Fuck, y eah. I mean … yeah,” he corrected himself . “So much that I was about to resort to drastic measures to track you down. What happened? How come you left?” He pulled away to look into her eyes, see if she was okay. He had images of that asshole ex of hers and the trouble he might have given her. S ince she was hesitant to answer, he silently cursed himself for questioning her. “Never mind, I’m sorry. Not my business. I’m just glad you came back. I was worried.”
    That made her smile. “Worried? Or horny,” she determined.
    He laughed but made himself slow his hormones down. She was right. This was probably too much. He stepped back and just took her hands in his. “Both, I guess. I’ll cool it.”
    She raised an eyebrow. “Well I didn’t come here to get the cold shoulder.”
    She pulled him closer, biting that damn lower lip again. It made his insides turn over, but in a good way. What in the world was happening to him? She had this spell over him and he completely lost his wits. That had never happened to him before. He’d always been in control of any situation, calmly, rationally… She conquered all of his brain cells with one smile.
    He was wearing a slim t-shirt and baggy shorts and Dani stood very, very close to him with just their hands touching. She glanced over the definition in his chest, looked over his biceps and forearms. The size of his hands made her moist as she flirted with her body, barely brushing his chest with hers.
    He smiled. “Do your friends want to play?” he asked, making no effort to look away from her breasts as they taunted him.
    She didn’t miss a beat. “Do yours?”
    He lifted an eyebrow. “Is that even a question?”
    She kept eye contact when she replied. “You’ve got a giant cucumber in your pants.”
    “Do you want it in yours?”
    She finally cracked a smile and then laughed. He smiled too, loving the fact that she was so playful. But the passion was still being bridled for the time being. Dani let go of his hands and gently placed them against his face. Again she traced the tiny scar on his cheek with her finger, and then touched the one under his mouth. She spotted another scar on his forehead, just below his hairline. She couldn’t imagine this gentle man getting into so much trouble.
    Dani wrapped her slender arms around his waist and laid her face against him. She was wearing flats tod ay; her face fit nicely below his collarbone . He smelled amazing, like a fresh shower and a touch of something else masculine. She softly kissed his neck and then his lips but didn’t feel the need to seduce him this time .
    T hey silently agreed to head to the bedroom .

Chapter Three
     
     
    “I always had a crush on Mr. Roper,” Dani said with a smile, tossing another piece of popcorn in her mouth.
    “The old guy?” Van chuckled.
    “Mmhmm. I thought he was a pretty cute old guy .”
    “Hm m , you like older men?”
    She looked at the television and pretended to consider it . “Well, maybe not that old.” She curled up against Van again and said, “You’re plenty old for me.”
    “Well that’s good to know. Is twenty-five your limit?”
    “Mmm, maybe. Jeez, is that how old you are? That’s a quarter of a century.”
    “And you’re two years away from it, honey.”
    Dani frowned. “Ugh, you’re right. Man, thanks for ruining my night…”
    Van rolled his eyes playfully, and when Dani threw a piece of popcorn at him , he stuck his hand in the bowl and flicked some at her face.
    “Ah!” she exclaimed.
    She scooped some off of the bed and threw it at him, but by then he had jumped up and used the pillow as a shield. Dani reached for the bowl and threw a handful at him anyway, and then she