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Curt shot her a wink “Next time”

“Yes,” she agreed “Definitely next time”

“I left some towels on the chair Jims said this was your room before—”

“It was,” she quickly told hi the latter since she’d been fantasizing about another man

“I’lyshe didn’t quite understand “I’ll wait outside”

“Curt?”

“Yeah?”

“I’m still crazy about you”

“Of course you are,” he said, grinning “But those fingers weren’t working for me just now and we both know it”

Maybe a lesser ht out the source of Heather’s fantasies Then again, Curt wasn’t the lesser man He held a place in Heather’s heart It was just different between them now And Gabe had always been there

He didn’t think Gabe had ever acted on his feelings, but he’d known about hi before they’d ht seehter in her eyes whenever she mentioned him

Gabe faced hi okay in there?”

Curt chuckled “You ht say that”

“Don’t rub it in” He turned back to the fence, propped his boot on a rusty strong wire and draped his arine”

“No, I don’t think you can,” Curt said, standing at his side adalloped across the open field