Page 73 of Back in the Saddle

That didn’t have a nether region reaction.

That reaction I felt in my heart.

“Good to know,” I breathed.

His face was so close, our foreheads were almost touching.

Which meant his mouth was so close, we were almost kissing.

And I was surrounded by the smell of cedarwood (back to the nether region reaction).

But he didn’t kiss me.

“Are you…gonna…kiss me?” I pushed out.

“Oh no,” he murmured. “You put me through two months of not clueing in, now you wait for the good stuff.”

What?

It had been two days.

“Two months?”

“Jess, I’ve been waiting for an in from you since you made me your dragon fruit refresher. Which, I’ll confirm, is better than Starbucks.”

I was pleased with the compliment.

But…

Was he serious?

I slapped his arm. “Why didn’t you make it more clear?”

“You’re my friend’s girlfriend’s girlfriend. Staring at your ass and showing up at your place of business for lunch nearly every fuckin’ day made my point. I couldn’t come on stronger than that. You had to clue in and make your move.”

“The other guys do too, though, not the staring at my ass part. I didn’t even notice you staring at my ass.”

“That’s good, because I didn’t want you to see that part. And they don’t.”

“They do.”

“Cap does. I do. The other guys don’t.”

I thought about that.

And…

Shit!

They didn’t.

Sure, they’d come.

But Eric and Cap came the most.

Because Cap wanted to see Raye.

And…

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