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Then it was time to go out to his truck and get on the road. She was walking completely normally today, thankfully, but he still kept a hand on her ass as she got into his truck. Mina shot him an amused look when he shut the door behind her, but he wasn’t taking any chances.

Though he’d had the thought that if she injured herself, maybe she’d have to stay longer… then he’d felt guilty for thinking that because it would mean that she’d injured herself. So he wasn’t taking any chances.

They were both quiet on the way to the airport. They tried to talk, to joke, but it kept lapsing into silences and he knew theywere both thinking about the same thing—what was it going to be like from here? He didn’t know. Falling for a woman in a matter of days had not been his plan. If anyone had told him it was possible, he would have scoffed at them and said love at first sight was for movies.

Though, to be fair, it hadn’t been love at first sight. Lust, certainly. Attraction. Desire. But over the past few days he’d started to feel a hell of a lot more than that and he didn’t know what to do about it except try to hold on to it. Even if she did live halfway across the country.

Mina let out a long breath as they neared the airport.

“Wait, that was the exit for departures,” she said, pointing at the road that had gone off to the side.

“I know, I’m going to park and walk you in.”

“You don’t have to do that. You won’t be able to go past the first room anyway, it’s not like you can take me to the gate.”

“I know, but I’m going to take you to get your bag checked at least. You hurt your ankle yesterday, you don’t want to make it worse.” That was his excuse and he was sticking to it.

Was it a little ridiculous to want that extra five minutes with her? Maybe. But it was what he wanted, so it was what he was getting.

Settling back into her seat, Mina looked out the window again, but not before he saw her smile. He gave her hand a little squeeze.

After he parked, he dashed around his truck to make sure he was the one to open the door for her and help her out. No more falling out of his truck and hurting herself. The amusement on her face didn’t deter him either. And he wouldn’t let her take either of her bags to the terminal.

Once she was all checked in and he’d been relieved of her checked bag, there were no more excuses. It was time for her to go.

“I know this sounds dumb, because it’s not like we’ve known each other for that long, but I’m going to miss you,” she said wistfully, looking up at him.

“It’s not dumb. I’m going to miss you too.” He shook his head. “I just hope things don’t get weird when I’m back at work tomorrow.”

That cracked her up, which was much better than the sadness that had been settling into her expression.

“Are all those udders going to make you think of me?” she teased.

“Probably not, but you never know.” He grinned down at her. The truth was, he was pretty sure everything was going to make him think of her.

Bending down, he kissed her good and hard. She wrapped her arms around his neck and he lifted her up so she was fully flush against him. Someone hooted at them, and Patrick ignored them. Like he cared what some asshole thought.

But eventually he had to put her down and let her go.

She took hold of her carryon and dragged it behind her to the door into the main part of the airport. Turning, she smiled sadly and waved. Patrick waved back.

And then she was through the door and gone.

CHAPTER 15

Mina

“Spoiler alert: long-distance relationships suck,” Mina announced. It had been a month since she’d left Rawhide Ranch. A whole freaking month. Four times the amount of time that she and Patrick had actually spent together.

She missed him so much.

“Aw, I’m sorry, honey,” Vicky said sympathetically. “I thought the regular calls were helping.”

“Yes and no.” Mina sighed, rubbing her hands over her face. “I mean, it’s wonderful getting to see him every night. But it also sucks because I can’ttouchhim. I think my vagina is getting over educated.”

Her friends snorted. All of them had been horrified and fascinated when she’d explained about the sex toy form that she had to fill out when she purchased a toy in Alabama. They’d also been highly amused when she told them that she chose to consider hers educational, out of all the options on the form. Upon her return from the Ranch, she’d shared the fact she’dcircumvented Alabama’s puritanical laws by bringing in a few toys along with her new outfits all the way from Montana.

Layne hadn’t been the least bit surprised and Penelope had clapped then had asked to see the outfits Sadie and Master Derek had provided,

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