Page 37 of Cheyenne

“Are you going to give me one of those lines about how kissing me is a deal breaker?” he asked. “Because I’m pretty sure I can’t handle it. Even a guy like me, with my male ego, has limits.”

She giggled again, and then she softly touched his face and said, “I don’t have any more jokes. That was the best kiss I’ve ever had.” Then she pressed her lips to his.

A little while later, she pulled back. “You should probably take me back to my place,” she told him. Her heart hammered in her chest, and she felt twitterpated and so many other things. She’d never felt like this about anyone. Not that it was the right time to admit that.

He let her go and ran a hand through his hair, seeming to get his wits about him. “Good idea. Great idea. Just one more.” He pulled her back in and softly kissed her again.

When he pulled back, Cheyenne took his hand and they walked out of the library. “You’re still going to drop me off. I think you’ll get another one then, right?”

He laughed and turned out the lights. “Unless it’s a deal breaker that I don’t, I will.”

She giggled, and they walked down the stairs and back toward the kitchen.

“We probably should stop with the deal-breaker thing, because it confuses me,” Micah said as he snatched a piece of pizza and folded it up in a napkin. “Did you want another one?”

Gratefully, she took it. “I do.”

When they got backto the condo, he ran around the truck and tried to open the door for her.

She opened it before he got there. “It’s okay.”

Micah shook his head and reached down to her. “It’s not okay. Treating women right is kind of a big deal around here. Especially with Trey and my uncles.”

She was happy to hear him say that, because manners were a huge thing with her brothers too. Not that it mattered. She didn’t want to ask what the heck the two of them were doing. They’d decided they could just be friends and look for this gold, and now things were getting complicated.

Micah laced his fingers through hers, and she told herself she wasn’t going to ask what this was. She was just going to enjoy it, because dang, she was enjoying it. She really liked Micah, and she didn’t want to over-analyze it. If she had to guess, he was probably trying to figure out the same questions.

They got to the door of her condo, and she grinned at him. “Even though we have to return the amulet, I have something else scheduled tomorrow if you want to go with me.” She knew she was blushing.

He frowned. “What is it?”

“It’s just something that my friend and I thought would be fun to do, because we don’t come here a lot.”

A huge grin filled his face. “I don’t know why you’re being weird about it. Is it snake hunting or something?”

She laughed. “Do they even have that?”

“I do know one guy who runs a snake business over by the Shoals. He’s pretty redneck, but it’s a crazy outfit.”

“I do not hunt snakes on purpose.” She shook her head and pointed at him. “I have shot a snake before on the ranch, but I can guarantee if I get close to a snake, I’m not going to be hunting it. I’m going to be killing it or running away from it.”

Micah laughed so hard that tears came to his eyes.

Cheyenne didn’t know what was so funny.

“I like a woman who wants to shoot a snake.” He gave her a flirtatious smile, then reached out and swiped a lock of hair out of her face.

The gesture felt intimate, and she found herself closing her eyes because he was leaning in to kiss her. Once again, her world turned upside down, and she felt like she was falling into this man, falling in love with him.

Wait. No. Maybe it was just a little spring break fling. Well, a fling in the sense that all she would do was kiss him. She was saving herself. That was important to her.

He broke off the kiss with a huge grin on his face. “So what are we doing tomorrow that you don’t want to tell me?”

That warm gooeyness filled her again. “I’m making it sound more dramatic than it is. It’s just a dinner cruise. Even when we booked it, we felt like it was sort of silly. But it sounded fun, and they said there was line dancing and a buffet. It takes us all around the sights. I don’t know how it will be different from the snorkel cruise, but …”

He cut her off and leaned in to gently kiss her cheek. “I would love to go on a dinner cruise.” He kissed her other cheek. “I’m not great at line dancing, but I’ll try.” Then he focused on her lips.

Her heart raced, and she realized something both exhilarating and terrifying.

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