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"Ah ah ah Not before we toast"

"To what?"

"Come now, I’m sure this isn’t the first ti he was Holly racked her brain for a clever phrase "How about…to Christ true?" Heaven help her, thisshe’d ever wished for

"Don’t you think that’s a little vague, Mistress Christerous as his sexy sed, "Do you have a specific wish in aze raked her from the tips of her pointed ears to the tips of her pointed nipples "I’ve got a very explicit wish Would you like to hear it?"

Her body vibrated as if he’d whispered very explicit across every inch of her passion-soaked skin "Maybe you should tellwishes and dreams"

"Nick"

"H like your namesake, Saint Nick?"

"Not even close, darlin’ I’ll offer no apologies that I’ve always been more sinner than saint material"

"You do have that devilish look about you, Not-So-Saint Nick"

Nick stared at her , "I like the waywith fire, Holly

But she wasn’t brainy Holly North, shy accountant She was bold Mistress Christmas, embodiment of sexual fantasies And she’dthe object of ht

Holly lifted the glass to herat the thick liquid clinging to the edge The h her "Where’d you learn to talk so sweet?"

"Wyo"

"Does that make you a real cowboy?"

"Yep Born and bred, dust on en-u-wine, native Wyolass to hers "You i first impressions"

Weird toast, but she slasses and knocked back the schnapps

Holly welco down her throat and slalass on the bar with a heartfelt, "Ah"

"Another?"

She automatically started to decline, but her inner vixen cooed, "Why not?"

"Conaled the bartender

The next shot boosted Holly’s confidence "Tell me, Nick, if you’re really a cowboy, where’s your hat?"

"Sa"

"Do you live there?"

"Nope I’ a steel horse in Denver these days What about you?"

"No hat or horse," she hedged playfully "Not that it "

A twinkle brightened his eyes "Really?"

She cautioned, "Before you ask, no, I don’t want to save a horse and ride a cowboy"

"Pity"

Nick’s you-caught-rintu to show you a few secret cowboy tricks once you mounted up"

"I’ll just bet you could," she murmured

"I’ll just bet you were born to ride You’d look aht, your back arched just so, your head held high as you find the natural rhytheousbetween your shoulder blades as you buck bareback Every part of you bouncing as you’re pushing faster and harder, until you explode from the sheer joy of the ultimate ride"

Holly didn’t dare look away froe in Nick’s eyes, but she couldn’t keep the heat fro: If you keep playing with rin tilted his mouth as he leaned forward "You’re awful quiet all of a sudden, darlin’ You okay?"

Sht along with her "Oh, I was just thinking"

"About?"

"Sohta remember, cowboy Not all women mount up the same or crave that type of wild ride See, you’re all about fast, furious, pulse-pounding action I i ti over the reins Not rushing headlong to the glorious end, all hot and sweaty and tired" Holly bit her lip, as if deep in thought A little buzz fizzed in her blood when Nick’s gaze zoo out the excite the pace one step at a ti your heels in and break free, reveling in the rush of an unbridled, unbound, rigorous ride"

Nick just blinked at her and then he sed hard