woefully at her uneaten chocolate sundae.
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“That’s a waste.” Gage echoed her feelings, his bowl licked clean.
“Sorry. But I honestly don’t know where you put it all.” She couldn’t help staring at
his lean torso, still in awe of his perfect body. He was all tendon and muscle, whereas she
still had an extra five pounds spread between her ample thighs. And she didn’t want to
think about her butt.
“I could say the same about you,” he murmured, his gaze riveted to her face,
wandering from her eyes to her lips.
Her nerves tingled and she felt her nipples bead into stiff points of arousal. Damn.
And she’d been doing so well. She’d spent a good twenty minutes with him without
thinking about sex…much.
“Hailey, about the other day,” he began, and she immediately pictured him in
nothing more than boxer-briefs.
Her heart thumped wildly. Hailey had never wanted anyone so much, and it scared
her to feel so intensely about a man she barely knew. She quickly stood and placed some
distance between them. “Look Gage, this was fun. But I need to head back.”
“Hailey, what’s wrong?” he asked quietly. He traced her face with his eyes, and his
gaze roamed further down, resting over her taut breasts with what looked like
satisfaction. Then he glanced at her face again and frowned in thought.
His quiet did little to ease her tension, and in fact irritated her that he felt so damned
calm around her.
“Look. We had our dinner and our dessert. It’s been fun, but I have to go.”Before I
jump you, acting like one of the desperate sleazebags I work with.He leaned closer and
she took another whiff of his cologne. Angered at her faltering control, she snapped.
“This is really your fault anyway.”
“Oh?” he asked coolly, his eyes flashing.Good. Not so calm now, are you?“How
so?”
“If you didn’t want to be watched, you really should have closed your curtains,” she
