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slipped open.
    With a quick jerk, he straightened next to her and pulled his hand away. “Show me what you have for the farm market.”
    Krista jerked back to focus on the screen. “Oh, it’s not done. I don’t want you to see it like it is; you’ll get the wrong impression.” She turned in her chair and he was closer than she thought. Her gaze came into direct contact with his waist. From the bulge behind his zipper, it was pretty clear that she wasn’t the only one sensing a weird physical attraction between them. The question was, what was going to happen next? Her tongue slipped out to wet her lips as she tipped her head to glance up at him.
    Shane furrowed his brow and stared back down. For a long few seconds, he didn’t say anything, his gaze searching her face, staring at her mouth and lower before flicking back to her eyes.
    “I want to see it. If I’m going to help you convince my mother of this plan, I need to know what you’re planning.” His voice was huskier than normal, and she thought she even heard it crack.
    If it was any other man, he would have definitely kissed her. And Shane sure looked as if he wanted to. But she was the last woman on earth he’d ever kiss. Heck, he was the last man she wanted to kiss her.
    Isn’t he?
    She whipped her head and attention back to the screen. She had to type the password twice as her rattled nerves affected her typing.
    “I’m telling you, it’s in the roughest of stages. I haven’t had a lot of time to spend on it the past few weeks.”
    Next to her chair, Shane squatted down, and out of the corner of her eye, she could see him watching the screen. Pointing to the monitor for distraction, she explained, “This is how I picture the building. I mean, the building we have now is fine, but I’d love to add onto it over here and add a little café right there. Obviously, that would mean a bigger kitchen.”
    The excitement of her dream took over, and she smiled as she reviewed with him what she’d created again. She wanted this to work so bad, but there were so many hurdles still to overcome.
    Shane hadn’t said anything, and she realized she’d been babbling on. She twisted her head around to see his expression. “What do you think?”
    “It’s good.”
    “Yeah?”
    He shrugged. “I don’t know anything about websites or business plans, but that sure looks impressive to me.”
    His face was even with hers, so she searched his eyes, wondering if he was holding anything back. But his smile was steady on hers.
    “What if I can’t convince her to let me do this?”
    “My mother will do anything you want her to do, you know that.”
    She sighed. “I don’t want her to do this with me, because I know she doesn’t want to. But I don’t know how to convince her to let me do it without her.”
    “Agreed. I don’t see how you’ll work that out.”
    “That’s why this is so hard.” The thought of Mary feeling forced into doing something she didn’t want to do just to make her happy made her heart ache. But how did she make the other woman understand and not feel pushed aside? She raked a hand through her hair. “Maybe I should just give up the whole idea and focus on only the website business.”
    “I’ve never known you to give up on anything. Isn’t it my father who calls you the pit bull? You never let go once you sink your teeth into something.”
    She smirked. “Oh yeah, I love being called a pit bull —they’re so attractive.”
    He smiled that little half smile again, and her gaze zeroed in on his mouth. He had full lips, and she’d heard enough around town to know that if he ever kissed her, it would be a hell of a kiss.
    “Are you fishing for a compliment? You know my father would never say you looked like a dog.”
    She laughed lightly. “Your dad wouldn’t say something unkind if he was forced at gun point.”
    “Makes you wonder how I got to be so ornery, doesn’t it? Two positive, upbeat people like Mary and Gary