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not like she wants to increase muscle.” Dusty rolled his eyes at the thought. “Only blokes do that.”
    Joe ignored everyone but Maz. “I am actually looking out for you. I want to make sure you don’t overdo it at the gym.”
    “I’m very sure I’m never again going to do what I did in the gym today.”
    Dusty snorted. “Did you pull a muscle? Gyms aren’t for girls.”
    Would it stop the bar dead if she announced she fucked Joe and she liked it?
    “You’ll do it all again.” Joe looked overconfident on that point. “Unless you’re chicken.”
    “As if,” Maz retaliated, suddenly aware how alive she felt sparring with Joe. “Not everyone in this town thinks you’re all that fantastic you know, Joseph.”
    The man in question leaned forward on the bar. “Did I say I was, Marilyn?”
    “Uh-oh, use of full names,” Merlene murmured in amusement.
    Maz stepped back and placed her hands on her hips. No, he hadn’t damn it and suddenly she was taking this all too seriously as if he was the only thing on her mind. Maz had a horrible feeling that made her look pathetic and needy, like Joe was her main concern. He was of course but he didn’t need to know that her body still tingled with the thrust of his cock.
    “Come on, training with me will be fun.”
    “It will be painful and tiring.” And lead to more sex which in itself wasn’t bad, but Maz knew looking at Joe she wanted more. It was highly unlikely, despite his words, that someone as adventurous as Joe would stay in Amberwarra Falls. Do I risk my heart over him again?
    “I’ll look after you.” Joe grinned at her. “After all who knows your body better than me?”
    “Oh bugger off.” Damn, he was sexy. It was hard to fight that.
    Merlene grasped her arm and shook Maz. “It’s quiet now, do you want to take this round back? You know, small town, crowded bar and alcohol having a way of loosening tongues.”
    That was a good point. Whatever was being played out between them now was no one’s business but their own. “Fine.” Maz walked turned and walked to through the doorway that led to the stockroom. She knew Joe was following her. She could feel it. “We have to get something straight.” She faced him and swallowed hard. Damn, it was hard to concentrate when he looked at her with those soft, sexy eyes.
    “You smell great.” His body was pressing against hers before Maz had a chance to move. “Perfume and sex. Excellent.”
    “Joe.” Her hands pushed against his chest. Maz could feel his heartbeat and the firm curve of his pecs and she knew she had to pull herself together before she did something stupid like lift up his shirt and lick his shoulders. “We have to set some rules here.”
    Rule number one, licking is bad for good resolutions.
    “Absolutely.” Joe’s hands cupped her bum and pulled her against his groin.
    Nice. Head slap. Rule number two, cock is bad for my equilibrium .
    “I mean it.” Her words did not come out as forcefully as she would have liked due to the steady massage on her butt.
    “I know you do.” Joe didn’t look the slightest bit concerned.
    “Joseph—”
    “Marilyn—”
    “We can’t do this.” Actually they could. It was infinitely doable. If she was going to do it that was. And I’m not.
    Joe’s mouth hovered barely an inch from hers. “Yeah, we can.”
    Maz licked her lips dying for a taste. “We’re not dumb twenty-year-olds.” What she really wanted to say was, “I cannot get hooked up in you again only for you to disappoint me.”
    “I’m not leaving Maz.”
    The solemn look in his eyes made her want to believe Joe but how rational was that? Besides Maz was not the type of woman to have sex without reason and did she want to make Joe the cause? “We can’t stay in here all day.” Maz tried to pull from his arms.
    “I meant I’m not leaving town.”
    “So you say.”
    “Is that what this is about? You’re scared?”
    Hell yes . She had loved and lost him once. Maz