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"You don’t likea few feet in front ofhis eyes dark as onyx

I lifted a shoulder "I justyou would assu about you Which I haven’t" I wondered if that ever present curl to Garth’s ood a liar as you are pretending you’re not attracted to me"

My mouth almost dropped He wasn’t just a cocky bastard He was the cockiest bastard to have ever sauntered the earth

"Are you always this full of yourself or just today?"

Garth’s sher "Always"

Of course he was "And where does this full-of-one-self attitude cohter

"Experience"

Garth infuriated h me at the sauy, who thought they were next in line to rule the world, that appealed to me, but the desire ran deep So deep I doubted I could root it out even if I wanted to Which, while Garth held me with his stare and sh experience with that kind of guy to know one didn’t keep their attention by falling into their traps on the first day They craved the chase, the anticipation of the kill Guys like Garth were the ultimate predator

"You know, I don’t live all that far fro to do," he said, resting his hands on his belt buckle

I huffed "Youfor someone to do?"

"That depends on your answer to that"

I really regretted rounds, especially with the way Garth’s thumb made those slow circles over that belt buckle of his I wasn’t sure if he did it to drawa hand as close to it as was acceptable in public, but it definitely had so to do with the junk

"My answer is no," I said "Any day Every day It will be no"

Garth’s twisted smile didn’t falter "It’s always no until it’s yes And I’ve neverat your first no that’s going to stay a no" Oh, and by the way, that ego of yours is sucking the air right out of the room

He slid his hat off and lowered it at his side His hair was as dark as his eyes, maybe a shade darker, but still not as dark as his smile I’d never met a person who so exactly fit their last name His eyes flashed, and at that rabbed me in his arms and kissed me deep and hard, I would have kissed him back And he knew it

"We’ll see," he said with a wink

I gave inary slap to the face and waited to reply until I was sure I wouldn’t coer than I thought

"I’ to leave you to your cow shit," I curled h roo else with that head of yours in here" I was halfway down the barn when Garth spoke up

"Going after Jesse?"

I bristled and stopped inas far away fros will allow"

"Glad to hear it I know the outcouy like Jesse Walker And it isn’t a pretty one"

I closed irlfriend he’d lied toscale Nothing I’d done or would do could ever be worthy of the likes of Jesse, even on his worst day, which, after today,for the entrance when Garth spoke up again "What are you doing Saturday night?"

I paused I knew better than to answer, but I couldn’t stop "

"Ever been to a rodeo?"

I almost snapped back Does it look like I have? when I remembered I wasn’t inabout

When I didn’t reply, I heard him move closer "You want to come watch me at one?" There wasn’t one note of doubt in his question