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Over three years of crushing on him, a year since the last ti , I trembled as he nipped at my lower lip the sae of his tongue over the seao It blew it out of the water as a deep, nearly primitive rumble rose up from his chest

He drank me in

There was a brief second where I worried about his father finding us like this, and, well, that would just be aard The threat vanished as his hands slid down ht? Total nonissue

My heart swelled until I thought it couldn’t take any htened He liftedthe kiss Instinct took over I wrapped s around his waist as I looped h the soft edges of his hair

He started walking, and I had no idea where he was heading, but I was in awe of his led with mine, how his hands curved to the cheeks ofrush of sensations shot through me as he went down on his knees and ing me in The thin, itchy straws poked at my arms, but his lips seared mine and he stole my breath as he lowered his body ontous as one of Jase’s hands drifted tolike the night he was drunk We both kneas fully aware of what he was doing We both were here

The pressure--­the positioning of where he was the hardest and I was the softest--­left little rooht I could feel hiainst hgroan was like thunder in ainstdamn, Tess, I"

Hisdeeper and slower about the kiss Alainst the curve of my waist as it slipped under ers intertwined in his hair The rough skin of his pal and wanting so veryseemed to exist outside of his kisses, of the way he tasted and how he felt, I would go all the way

On a farm

Near a barn

In the hay

His lips leftchuckle sent darts of desire zinging through my veins and then his lips scorched a path tohim all the access he wanted

And he took

He kissed the sensitive spot undermy neck His lips soothed the burn of the fine stubble around his mouth My entire body ached for hi that went beyond this

As if in a tunnel, I heard the loud ruination--­I prayed that it was But as the seconds passed, the sound grew louder

Jase sprang off me, onto his feet, and backed up The rush of air felt cool in spite of the th of hi his ared up below the hps before I looked down at myself

My shirt was bunched up under my bra

The car passed the bend in the road, and a flash of red appeared beyond the tall yellow and green cornstalks

Processing skills had yet to catch up with the events So when Jase came forward and towed ht and tried to correct htme as I panted for breath like I’d just done a series of tricks on the stage

"Shit, Tess," he said, dragging his fingers along the hehtened my shirt while I stood there like an imbecile "That"

The car had stopped beside Jase’s Jeep and the passenger door creaked open and a tiny form stumbled out A woman shouted

"Jase!" shrieked a small voice His little brother spun toward the pen "Jase!"

I was frozen in place, knowing that I was covered in hay and my skin ay too flushed, like a heatstroke was now a true possibility My wild gaze swung toward Jase

"I’m sorry That shouldn’t have happened," Jase said, and then he turned and walked away

Chapter Eight

Jack threw hiuy up, Jase spun hi nearby would’ve lost an eye if they’d been close Jack shrieked happily, eyes screwed shut and ether Jasehe’d et firsthand experience with hilike I’d walked into a hornet’s nest and started kicking it I didn’t knohy it hurt so badly The idea of having babies was so far off fro in the near future, but it didn’t led down and the round, he sprinted toward s, he peered up atin a way that melted my heart The kid was adorable

"Did you learn to ride the horsies?" he asked, surprising me with his memory

I forced a smile "I fed them, but I didn’t learn to ride them" And, apparently, I never would at the rate Jase and I were going

"Why you not teached her?" Jack demanded as he craned his neck toward his brother

"Teach," Jase corrected absently Walking up, he wrapped his fingers around Jack’s upper arms "You’re like a little as "What’s an ah-­ain "Sos You should let go"

For a second, it didn’t look like he would, but then he relinquished his surprisingly strong hold Jase glanced up as he spun his brother away froazes collided and then he hastily looked away

Oh, joy The trip back to the dor his otten it on in the hay Which I sort of just did

Mrs Winstead sh as I followed the two brothers over to the Jeep, but surprise was etched into her features She was a pretty woman with fine lines around her mouth and eyes Dressed in jeans and a worn shirt, she looked like she knew her way around the far a deep breath, I held outhioing to be any introductions Not like with his father Not after what happened, and I felt aard, totally out of place, as if I didn’t belong here And I didn’t A burn crawled upan ache in lanced over sharply at the hoarse quality toon his mom "I’m Cam’s sister"