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"There's only one hotel here and they are closed all month, I remember now that they went interstate"

"Well… ill I do?"

"You'll stay with me"

"What?"

"You'll stay in my cabin"

"No" I shake ood idea, no offence, but I don’t know you and I don’t feel co that"

"Okay" He turns the corner

My eyes flick between him and the road "What do you mean … okay?"

"Okay, I'll just drop you back off at your car"

"You want asp

"No You want to stay in your car"

"I didn’t say that," I snap

He turns his attention to me; his eyes are hard and cold "I'o back to your car Make your decision because I' home"

"Well… where will I stay at your house?" I stammer

"In my bed"

My horrified eyes hold his

He rolls his eyes "I'll be on the couch, don’t flatter yourself"

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"Oh," my eyebrows rise in surprise Don’t flatter yourself What the hell?

"I wouldn’t," I snap "I sirily This guy is an asshole A bona fide asshole And he's full of himself, too

"I'll take the couch," I spit

"You are an imposition, so that suits me fine," he mutters

"You're a real knight in shining armour, you know that?"

His face crinkles into a smirk and then a broad smile

"You find this a?" I squeak

He smiles as he watches the road

"For your information… Jack," I snap "I'll have you know that I would not flatteryou wanted to sleep withyou"

He raises an eyebrow as if surprised "Is that why you’re wearing stripper clothes?" He pauses as if searching for the right words "To… flatter me?"

"What?" I gasp "Stripper clothes…you ?"

He glances down at h heels all covered in mud and raises his eyebrow once more

I inwardly cringe Oh Hell, what must I look like? "I don’t knohat strippers wear in Alaska, but I can tell you that they must be very different from the strippers in New York And actually…this work suit is Armani," I announce

"Are-who -ee?"

I roll my eyes and fold my arms in a huff Please shut up, you cave man

"There is no way in hell that you would wear that to work," he replies casually as he drives His voice is deep and husky

"And why not?"

"Hoould you get any work done?"