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There’s a slam of a door from somewhere down the hallway that jerks us apart. She pulls out of my arms and is panting, trying to catch her breath. She’s looking at me, and I see the shock on her face. I’m just as affected by it, and I reach down to adjust my hard manhood. Her eyes watch my every move, and when she licks her lips, I feel it as if she’s touching me instead.

She moves away from me, her eyes panicked. “I need to go, Baker. I have to go.”

I go after her, but she holds both her hands up, palms out, to stop me. “Don’t you dare. If you come over here, we’re going to kiss again, and we can’t.”

I mimic her and walk toward her slowly. “We are going to kiss again, Cass. There’s no way after I’ve tasted you that I won’t do it again.”

I see her tremble from my words. “Baker—”

I groan and start patting my chest, right over my heart. “Fuck, I don’t know what it is, but when you say it, it hits me right here, baby.”

She whimpers. Fuckin’ whimpers, and for just a second, I think she’s going to give in, but she shakesher head, backing away from me. “I’m leaving, Baker. This is crazy, and it’s all happening too fast. I need to go.”

I physically deflate, but I force a smile to my face. I’m not giving up, but I can give her time. “Okay. I’ll walk you out.”

She picks up her bag and purse, and before she can sling it over her shoulder, I tuck it over mine. “I’m ready when you are.”

She snickers. “Uh, I don’t know if it matches, Baker.”

I put a hand at the small of her back. “Har, har. Funny.”

We walk through the school. There are a few teachers we pass, and they say hello, and it’s obvious they’re curious about me walking with Cassie.

When we get outside, Cassie is looking up and down the parking lot. “Colby’s not here.”

I try to reassure her. “Maybe his mom picked him up. I’ll go check on him before my shift.”

When we get next to her car, she holds her hand out for her stuff. When she grabs it, I don’t let it go. “I want to kiss you again, Cass.”

She wants to. That much is obvious, but she’s still fighting it. “I can’t, Baker. I need to think about this and figure it out.”

“I’m not giving up, Cass. You need to know that.”

Instead of answering me, she tugs on her bag. I release it and open her door for her. She tosses the bag over to the passenger's seat and then sits down. She looks at me, and I realize I could get lost in the green with gold flecks of her eyes. “Thank you for helping me with Mrs. Daniels. And well, everything.”

I lean over. “I’ll see you soon, baby.”

I shut the door and watch as she drives away. The whole time, I’m trying to figure out when I’m going to see her again and what I’m going to do to win her over.

CHAPTER 7

CASSIE

I needto forget about my stepbrother.

I’ve told myself that very thing for the past two days, but here I am, daydreaming yet again. He’s coming to dinner tonight.

My stepdad dropped that little bombshell on me last night, and I’ve been anticipating it ever since.

“What can I do to help, Mom?”

She gives me that look, and I grit my teeth. “I mean Brandi.” I don’t know what her thing is, but she has it in her head that she looks more like my sister than my mom and that it will confuse people if I call her Mom. The truth is, it confuses people when I call her Brandi. Everyone knows she’s my mom.

She swats her hand at me. “You know I don’t like help in the kitchen. Why don’t you set the table.”

I grab a stack of plates, and she reminds me, “Set an extra place setting.”

I try not to blush. “Okay, yeah, Ryan said that Baker is coming.”

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