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see anything less than a very desirable woman, is
just plain stupid.”
    Her eyes smoked over and she lifted her eyes to look into
his. “You’re a very sweet man, Travis,” she said huskily.
“Too damn gorgeous for your own good, but sweet.”
    His mouth twitched and a tiny smile came across his lips,
bringing out his dimples. “I’ve been called a lot of things
by women… but sweet is rarely one of them. But I’m
mighty relieved you find me gorgeous. It makes me feel
much better about how drawn to you I feel. Would I get
slapped if I gave in to the need to kiss you right now?”
    When her tongue snuck out to lick her lower lip, he
groaned and bent down and claimed her mouth in a kiss hot
enough to set the whole house on fire. If her phone hadn’t
rung at that very moment, Travis was sure that things
would have spiraled into something a lot more intense than
he’d considered when he’d first lowered his face to hers.
In his years of sexual experience, he had been with his fair
share of women, but none of them had ever sparked such an
intense desire in him so quickly. In a blink of an eye, this
woman had taken him from interested to needy, and he was
dizzy from the speed of it. The men in this town were
definitely out of their minds. That woman was hotter than a
blue flame.
    She sighed and slumped against the wall after answering
the phone, sliding down to the floor. “Eric, lay off alright?
I’m home. I didn’t work all night, and I’m taking care of
myself. I’m not out on the town with some bad boy. Quit
worrying about me so much; I’m fine. And before you
freak out because you can’t find him, Jeff stopped by the
shop to tell me that he was heading out of town for a few
days to go look at an animal he’s interested in buying.
Now, go to your wife and kids and let me get back to my
dinner.”
    There was a short pause before she spoke again and Travis
wondered what the man on the other end of the line was
saying until she spoke again. “It’s fine, big brother… I
forgive you. Just do me a favor and let me be. I need you to
allow me to prove that I don’t need you and Jeff constantly
leaning over my shoulder, taking care of every little thing
for me.”
    Travis sat in the chair and watched her expressive face as
she listened to whatever he was saying on the other end,
thinking she was even more beautiful when she was
frustrated than she was when she was relaxed.
“Yes… my front door is locked. Honestly, Eric, what do
you think is going to happen to me? There’s so little crime
here in our town, the sheriff spends more time sleeping on
the job than he does enforcing the law.”
    “For cripes sake… I’ll give you my word. I’m in for the
night, the door is locked and no one else is going to come
in here. Now, will you PLEASE let me go eat? I had a
really long day today and I’m starving.”
    Sighing she stood up and hung it back on the hook,
grumbling under her breath as she made her way back to
the counter and carried the bowls over to the table; her
hands shaking the whole way. He watched as she settled
one of the bowls in front of him and then he reached for the
dressing when she put it down in the middle of the table.
    Recognizing her need to gather her nerves before talking,
Travis silently began to eat his salad. When she was ready
to deal with him again, he was sure she’d let him know. He
could be patient for a while. He knew better than most how
hard it was when a family member tried telling a person
how they should be running their lives.
    His lie to his mother was weighing heavily on his mind and
he had pretty much lost his appetite, but he didn’t want to
seem ungrateful or disrespectful of his generous host.
Especially not after kissing her; so he ate until his bowl was
empty.
    She stood up and carried her half eaten salad over to the
fridge, slamming it down onto the top shelf. Travis flinched
and stood up, walking across the kitchen floor in three long
strides, standing just