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Love still didn’t have to play into the equation

Hell, after what he’d just found out about her father, it was no wonder she wasn’t looking for forever Yet again, the two of them ell matched

When the dishes were cleared away and the waiter mentioned dessert, she put her hands over her stomach and said, "I wish I could" She reached for her wallet, but Zach had already handed the waiter plenty of cash

"Thanks for dinner," she said, a soft smile on her beautiful face "I had fun" She looked faintly surprised as she added, "A lot of fun"

So had he More fun than he could ever re with a woman

Whether she’d liked it or not, they’d just had their first date

And it had been a good one

As if she’d just realized that, she tensed "I’ve got to get a really early start toood care of you and Cuddles on Thursday and Friday I’ll checkork for ress"

Even though they’d just spent the past few hours together, Zach wasn’t ready for her to go yet Plus, with the way the spicy food had made her lips a little redder, a little plumper than they usually were, all he could think about was kissing her He stood and reached for her hand to help her up fro her hand in his

Before he could make his move, Heather made hers, her ht, Zach," a warainst his ear before she patted Cuddles on the head and walked aith Atlas following beside her

With any other wo hih, purposefully testing his patience as some sort of sensual dance

But fro co of trust that he could pretty easily guess she rarely, if ever, gave a man

By the time he’d picked up Cuddles and headed up the street to his car in Heather’s parking lot, she was long gone Which was just as well, because he had an important phone call he needed tohis cell phone out of his pocket, he dialed his brother Ryan, ould be pitching for the Hawks on Saturday during Bark in the Park