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This was the second time he’d given to me without me returning the favor.
As if reading my thoughts, he moved back up to his feet and reached to still my hands when they started to trace across his waistband.
His fingers squeezed, then pressed my hands to the edge of the counter.
“But…” I started to object.
His forehead pressed to mine.
“If you want to continue this,” he said, his voice shivering across my skin, “you know where to find me.”
With that, he stepped away.
“Thanks for dinner, honey,” he said.
Then I watched him walk away, too weak to get to my own feet to chase him. I mean, not that I would be that desperate. I didn’t think.
Judging by the way I still ached for him, though, anything was possible.
It was embarrassing how long it took me to feel strong enough to climb down off the counter and pull my panties and shorts back into place. And I really only found that strength because Trix was whining and scratching at the door.
I made my way on shaky legs to her, then fed her some leftover steak before taking her outside to burn off some energy.
She sniffed around each pole Saul had sunk. And my pathetic ass was jealous of my dog because I couldn’t smell him.
The cement would need to set for a few days. But Saul hadn’t made any comment about coming back to do the actual fencing.
No.
He said to come and find him if I wanted him.
The ball was in my court.
As I fell into bed sometime later, I couldn’t come up with a list of reasons to stay away.
Just one.
And, unfortunately, it was the most compelling one of all.
CHAPTER TEN
Coach
I couldn’t figure out what was keeping her away.
Everything about her when I left her in the kitchen said she was interested in more, that she wanted everything I clearly did as well.
But three days had passed.
Her fence went up.
So did her hammock in the backyard.
And no visits to the clubhouse.
I worried—albeit after the fact—that maybe Este was a woman who preferred to be pursued, who felt awkward when having to be the one to make moves.
Which meant the only way to try again would be to randomly run into her in town.
