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Taryn scowled at him.

Dom grinned – he hadn’t expected it to be this easy. “Wednesdays?”

“That works. Whoever I bring in for the weekends can have a straight run from Thursday to Monday that way.”

“Are you okay with that?”

She smiled. “Yeah.”

When Sadie and Jo reached them, he wrapped his arm around her shoulders. “Are you ready to go?”

She checked her watch. “Oh wow! I didn’t realize it was so late. Yep, I’d better get going.”

Damon grinned at him as they watched her and Jo hug and promise to call each other.

Taryn came out from behind the bar, and they both hugged her, too. He enjoyed seeing Sadie finding her feet and making friends.

He held her hand as they walked back to his SUV. It was only when they reached it that he remembered she’d driven here herself.

She laughed. “I’m not sure that a make out session here in the parking lot is the best idea.”

He kissed her forehead. “I guess not. I’m going to follow you home, though – make sure you get there safe.”

“You don’t need to do that.”

“Maybe you don’t need me to, but I do.”

She shook her head with a smile. “Okay then, I’ll see you there.”

He followed her up the hill and back to Hidden Valley. When she pulled into the driveway at her dad’s place, he got out of his SUV. He held his arms out to her, and she came to him.

He held her close to his chest and kissed the top of her head. “I’ll pick you up from the garage when you finish tomorrow, okay?”

She rested her head on his shoulder. “Okay. I wish …”

He held her tighter. “I do, too.”

She looked up into his eyes. “You know what I was about to say?”

He chuckled and allowed himself to hold her against his erection – just like he’d been telling himself that he shouldn’t. “What do you think?”

“Ah. Okay. You knew.”

He nodded. “I’m working on it. You should go in before I pick you up, put you on the back seat and drive away with you.”

She laughed out loud. “I wondered what word you were going to say after drive!”

He laughed with her. “I might not have said it but …”

She rose onto her tiptoes and kissed him. “I’m glad you were thinking it, too.”

He claimed her mouth in a slow, deep kiss that was the only way he could tell her what he was thinking – how he was feeling.

When they finally came up for air, he patted her ass. “Go on in – please.”

She kissed him one last time. “I’ll see you tomorrow.”

Chapter Nineteen

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