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to prove himself and he’d be damned if he jeopardized his long-term prospects with her now.
    “Is Jane minding Adam tonight?”
    He started the car and eased into traffic, eager to grasp at a safe topic to deflect his wayward thoughts when it came to the beautiful woman at his side.
    “Yeah. He’s staying the night.”
    Her long, loaded glance had him wishing he could too, with her.
    “Must be nice to have some time out.”
    She chuckled, her low, husky laugh making him clench the steering wheel hard so he wouldn’t reach out and haul her over the gearshift and into his lap.
    “A rare treat, believe me.”
    “Being a full time mom must be hard work,” he said, trying to focus on any other topic but the thought of her alone tonight and how much he’d like to remedy that fact.
    “It is, but I love it. I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
    Flynn couldn’t hear any censure or judgment in her voice but plagued by insecurities of a newfound dad he wondered if she meant there was no room in their lives for a guy like him.
    “Has Adam enjoyed spending time with me?”
    “Yeah.” She paused, gnawed at her glossed bottom lip. “And he’s not the only one.”
    So much for the theory she didn’t want him around.
    “Careful. Compliments like that might go straight to my head.”
    “I’m counting on it,” she said, turning to face him as he pulled the car over in front of the theatre, a coy smile curving her lips as his heart thundered in his chest.
    Taking things slow sucked when all he could think about was making this incredible woman his now and forever.
    “You’re in a playful mood tonight.”
    Leaning forward, she placed a hand on his arm in a possessive gesture that thrilled him.
    “Don’t you remember how much fun it is to play?”
    Struggling to keep his libido under control, he closed the short distance between them to slant a slow, lingering kiss across her tempting lips.
    “I remember,” he said, instant erotic images of their one and only sexual encounter flashing through his head.
    It had been an eon ago and it had blown his mind. What would it be like now to make love to the woman who had once captured his heart?
    “Guess we should go in?”
    “Yeah,” he said, taking great delight in her flushed cheeks and sparkling eyes as he escorted her from the car and into the theatre.
    However, five minutes after they entered the foyer he wasn’t feeling as cocky. Three guys besieged her. They seemed friendly enough though as Lori introduced them and he smiled politely and shook hands, what he really felt like doing was choking each and every one of them for the way they looked at her.
    “Lori, we should go in now.”
    He held her lightly beneath the elbow, intending to steer her toward the theatre and away from her band of merry men.
    “Bye, fellas.”
    She waved at her admirers while he silently wished he’d never left town all those years ago.
    “What’d you think of the guys?” she asked, looking up at him from beneath her lashes.
    “They seemed nice enough,” he managed to say, while he kept her moving with an insistent pressure under her elbow.
    “Why aren’t you with any of them?”
    Her glossy lips curled upwards, her smug smile sending his heart hammering. “Because I’m here with you.”
    “That’s not what I meant and you know it,” he grumbled, a surge of pride she’d chosen to be his date tonight making him walk that little bit taller.
    “They’re friends from school committee.” She laid a hand on his sleeve, her light touch resurrecting memories of last week under the high school gum tree when those same delicate hands had molded to his chest with burning curiosity. “Let’s leave our regrets in the past tonight, okay?”
    “Fine, though are you ready to face the future?”
    With me? Hovered in the air, unsaid, as he willed her to want this as much as he did.
    “Ready, willing, and able,” she said, leaning toward him, her familiar vanilla scent drifting around