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“Ride it!”

Her body quivered, shook, bucked Everyelseout for the finish

“Roll your hips”

As if she had any other choice Hips rolling, thighs burning, she nearly collapsed as she came to the end

Thank God The mechanical bull finally stopped

The crowd roared and whistled

“That, ladies and gentleh the crowd “She stayed on for eleven seconds Soirl a beer”

On shaky legs, Abby Morrison stomped over the red padded vinyl and hopped down onto the scarred, peanut-covered wood floor Never in all her twenty-eight years had she ever done so so…silly, so fun

She thought walking over the foa had been difficult, but now that she was on solid, stable ground, she was still having problems

Haritas and the two shots of mystery liquid the bartender had chosen was the problem Oh well, after the day she’d had, she deserved a little fun She needed to detach froret her decision in the

Abby accepted the high fives as she wound her way through the thick crowd She was just getting back to the bar, and the stool she’d war the bull, when a large, familiar hand clamped down on her shoulder

Did he have to ruin everything today?

Her gaze trailed from the tan hand to the rolled cuff of a crisp, white shirt and on up to a set of coal-like, angry eyes Eyes that were much more affectionate in her dreams and fantasies

“Cade” She smiled sweetly and looked hi here?”

“Saving you”

He motioned for the bartender to hand over her keys and purse

And that hat irked her about Cade Stone The man didn’t even have to speak for people to jump at his command