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    “Are you ready to head back to town?”
    “Yes. I’m ready.”
    Clay nodded at Rafe. “I’ll meet you and Bo at the Ryder Hotel restaurant in an hour, okay?”
    Rafe nodded. Bo came out on to the porch right before she made it to the door.
    “Are you sure you don’t want to have dinner with us?” he asked.
    “Thanks anyway, but I need to get back.” Callie glanced at Rafe. He only smiled, but her cheeks blistered with embarrassed heat.
    Bo came down the porch steps. “You don’t have to run off.”
    She opened the passenger door. “I need to get back,” she said once more. “You three go out and have a boys’ night.”
    Rafe walked closer to Bo and waved. “I’ll see you bright and early in the morning with Delbert.”
    Callie nodded. “Thanks again.” She paused and stared at the two of them together. Equally gorgeous. As different as rain and shine in looks. And she was wet between the legs for both of them.
    She climbed into the SUV and closed the door. She continued her study of them through the windshield.
    Both of them equal parts of man candy and nice, sexy guy.
    Rafe seemed blasé about her kiss with Bo. She’d have to chew on that for a few days. Because if she went to dinner with them tonight, she wasn’t sure she could keep her wits about her. How embarrassing to be lusting after two men.
    Clay didn’t say anything until they’d exited the property of the Double R Ranch. “You can come to dinner if you’d like.”
    “Let me guess. Bo told you to say that.”
    A half smile appeared. “You do know him, don’t you?”
    “I did. It was a long time ago.”
    “Sometimes feelings don’t go away easily, or ever.” His expression beneath the dark sunglasses he wore went deadly serious. Callie wondered right then if he had a tragic past. Maybe everyone did.
    “Are you speaking from experience?” she asked quietly.
    Stone-faced and unreadable, he didn’t speak for several seconds. Then said, “Maybe.”
    He didn’t elaborate, so Callie moved on. “Okay, so what did Bo tell you to say to me?”
    “I can’t betray my man Bo like that.”
    “Fine. But I’m not having dinner with the three of you tonight.”
    Clay turned his head slightly as if double-checking his mirrors. She glanced out her window to the side mirror and saw a rusty truck a ways back.
    “Are we being followed or something?”
    “Maybe.” Clay stomped on the gas and the SUV lurched forward. Callie watched as the truck grew smaller in her mirror view.
    He kept the speed up until they hit the edge of town. He slowed down and took a creative way through a few old residential areas before turning on to Main Street where she’d left her vehicle in front of the bank.
    “Do I need to double back or take a new way home? I’ll admit my spy skills are rusty, but I’ll do my best.”
    Clay shook his head. “I was just being cautious. No one is back there.”
    He pulled up in a space right next to her truck. He put the vehicle into gear, turned sideways in his chair, and lowered his sunglasses until she could see his dark, sexy eyes. “You going to be okay?”
    “I am now. I’ll never be able to thank you enough for what you did for me, Clay.” Callie held his solid, serious gaze. “I owe you one. A big one.”
    She leaned forward, put a hand on his cheek, and kissed his mouth quickly. His lips were firm and smooth. She drew back for a second to give him the opportunity to end things or protest, but he didn’t. So she kissed him again. She didn’t try to tongue him, just wanted to show her gratitude. Wanted to kiss him. He didn’t stop her, but didn’t deepen the kiss in any way, so she pulled back. He smiled at her.
    “You’re welcome. And you don’t owe me. This one’s for free. I only made a phone call.”
    She unbuckled her seat belt and reached for the door, but then paused. His eyebrows went up as if in question. “But if there was ever anything I could do for you. I hope you’ll ask