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The very tenderness of it evoked a trely of their own volition, wantingmore

When he kissed her again, hard and deep, a moan rose in her throat Her ar out of control They should stop They had to stop But the hunger of all those years apart was as powerful as a landslide He was fully aroused, his erection straining the zipper of his jeans

His arainst hi up her ribs to cup one sh her lace bra Her fingers raked his hair as she uttered little aniered a rush ofto each other, body and soul Noas the same So help her, if she burned in hell for it, she didn’t want to stop—and neither did he

But there were other forces at work

A belching snort from the mare broke them apart Lupita shuddered and lifted her tail as the h to quell any thought of desire

“Oh, good grief!” Natalie pulled away froirl,” sheto be fine now, aren’t you, Lupita?”

The moment had turned aard Beau darted out of the stall and returned with a shovel to scoop the mess and haul it outside By the tiear and was headed for the door Her stoically frozen expression was enough to tell him that whatever had passed between them was over

He stepped into her path “Thank you,” he said “You saved that ht”

“You’ll get my bill in the mail” She sounded shaken

“Will you be all right?”

“Of course” She stood in the light of the single bulb Her eyes were shadoith fatigue, as if she’d spent too hts “Beau, what happened back there”

“I know,” he said “Don’t worry, it’s already forgotten” That was a lie and they both knew it

“We can’t go back to where we once were,” she said “We’ve come too far over the years We’re different people now”

He gazed down into her dark eyes—so ht be capable of an affair, but Natalie wasn’t ot out of control” He ached to wrap her in his arms and hold her close one last tis “I’ll walk you to your vehicle”

She shook her head “Please don’t I’ll be fine”