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He still didn’t look up, his ie all along her pretty white coat At one point he stood and walked around to the other side,eye contact only once I raised the beer but he shook his head, returning to the horse "So, Hank Can I call you Hank?"

"What else would you call me?" came his muffled reply from the other side of Paula Who turned her head toward ht, what else indeed So, Hank, do you live nearby?"

"Yep"

"In town?"

"Not far"

"I see Have you worked here long?"

"Miss Perkins hired o as I please," he said, now straightening to his full height Even with the horse between us, I could feel the heat of his eyes, now assessing me and my totally obvious interest "I liked that I like it best when I can just cootten a reaction out of him, I tried to contain my excitement I tipped the beer bottle back to take a sip, sneezed suddenly, and poured it on the side ofnever happens toBut this lue, I’ aton the back porch with a barely contained s back toward Hank, I saw that he wasn’t bothering to contain his own smile I’d never seen hi, and stunning So stunning in fact that I al at h at me too

In fact, I did start to see the humor in this situation I had the Fabio of cowboys in front of me, with no shirt on per usual, and I’d just poured a beer inof shirt, what the hell did this guy have against shirts? Not that I was co I mean, come on Pecs Abs And the like But seriously, as up with that? Just another layer of that onion I’e what re details about his life withSexy, sexyYou like to come and--"

"Go Yep I’ht on cue

"Achooo!" I held tight to the beer bottles, closing my eyes at the terrific sneeze And another And a frickin’ nother It was a sneeze parade I had literally sneezed more in the last two days than I probably had in the last two years I heard the sound of hisin the distance, and I kept one I heard gravel crunching, and then I heard soood tilook What I saas-- "Clark!"

I stepped back, surprised and annoyed that he’d arrived during all of this and I didn’t even notice It was the Hank goggles "You scaredback to the porch I set downat my nose "You shouldn’t sneak up on people like that"