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I wasn’t giving off any indicator to Bob/Bill that said take me home with you The way I had lass, was a classic indication of not interested He had no clue Zero A woainst the wall and kissed the ever-loving daylights out of her Well, I did Wild uy?

Not a chance If I had to guess, I’d say… accountant

I took a sip of h my dark lashes “What do you do?”

He put an empty half shell on his plate “I’m an auditor with Social Security”

Close enough I nodded vaguely, trying to keepfor a woman anted the white-picket-fence life with two kids and a dog—and oysters Been there, done that I even got the T-shirt and now used it to clean my toilet

Glancing at Christy fro the wo in her red silk halter dress, her tanned shoulders and back exposed Her hair was sleek and long and her ht-on-the-town heavy It was a different look than her business attire for her job at the hospital and even fancier yet thanoutfit had been her plan e’d gone shopping for her dress, and the way his hand rested just north of appropriate on the sled with their friends, I’d say it worked They were blatantly in love, and it was a little hard to watch so, like an ache, for I’d never seen the look Paul was giving her ever from Jack, ht never have it

My own dress wasn’t re to pleasefor one either Not at a bar and not with Bob/Bill I had no clue how to pick so skills weren’t just rusty, they were stored in a time capsule from the late-nineties I observed other women around the bar area Some wore less clothes than I did when I was in ination They ss, batted their eyelashes

“What about you?” he asked, distracting me from my study “What do you do?”

I glanced once again toward Paul and Christy and caught sight of a man who stood with them, a man who definitely had not been there before If he had, I wouldn't have taken my eyes from him

“Oh, um… nurse practitioner,” I responded absently as I noticed thebeneath the white sleeve A tattoo peeked out froers blunt I couldn’t see the rest of hi the full view, and a visceral need took hold to do so That was a man

Bob/Bill placed his plate on an e so, he inched even closer, irritating me “Is that one of those aides who helps wheel patients to x-ray? I like those cute uniforms they wear”

Stepping back, I ignored his words, frustrated I couldn’t get a gli an opening where he was clearly visible Heat flooded ht, and I felt weird butterflies in s This was so else entirely This was intense, raw lust Holy hell, I swore limpse of him

He Was A Cowboy A COWBOY!

Living in Colorado, there were a bunch of them out and about, but I hadn’t seen one this close, and I hadn’t seen one who made me want to pull out a rope and lasso his ass

Taller than Paul’s six-foot frame, he had broader shoulders and closely cropped dark hair He wore a crisp white shirt, but it had snaps A woman must have invented the concept of snaps on a rab both sides of it and rip it open, see the defined chest beneath Lick it

Snap Snap SNAP!

My mouth watered at the idea It wasn’t just the shirt that said Hello Cowboy! but the pressed jeans that s And butt I’d never had a thing for big, shiny belt buckles, but mmm mmm He even wore sturdy leather boots as if he’d just coers itched to feel every one of them From across the room, I could see his eyes were dark, a deep and equally dark brow that shadowed thelance, ould happen if he turned that gaze on me? I sed at the very idea Look at me Look at me!

He was definitely tall and dark, but handsome? Not in the traditional sense, but he hit every one of my hot buttons, every button I had no idea I even had Since when did a cowboy light my fire? They looked hot in the hottie-of-the-month calendar, but I’d never been attracted to one in person before

But now SNAP!

The save Paul ide and friendly andat hi My reaction was instantaneous and almost steamy, and… why hi My body didn’t care that his nose looked like it had been broken at least twice It indicated a life had been hard and well fought, and I could relate to that

He was the complete opposite of what I was usually attracted to, which was based on attractive guys in movies not real ones If the latest James Bond happened to be across the rooet to him But this wasn’t Jaht seconds on the back of a bull He looked comfortable in his tattoos and in his western wear And I liked looking at him in his tattoos and western wear