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catching his breath. “What the hell did you do to me?”
    “You needed to relax. I helped you.” She shrugged, but there was nothing casual about the smoldering look she sent him.
    Jared reached out and pulled her until she was sitting across his lap. “Mmm. Yeah, you did. Just remember that what’s good for the goose, is good for the gander.”
    “And that means what?” She batted her eyelashes at him.
    “It means you better watch that sweet ass of yours, darlin’, because I sure will be.” He slid his hand beneath her skirt and cupped her ass with one hand.
    “I’ll try and remember that.” She pulled away. “But now, I have to go.”
    He drew her back to him and nuzzled her breasts through her blouse. “No, you don’t.”
    She laughed. “Yes, I do. First of all, this suit probably cost as much as one of your horses and it shouldn’t be doing any more rolling in the hay. Second, I have to catch my flight back to LA.”
    He sighed and released her, sliding her gently back onto her feet on the hay strewn floor.
    “First of all, there is no way that suit cost anything near one of my horses, but I’ll forgive that insult being you’re a city girl and all. Second, go catch your flight, because the sooner you get to LA and do what you gotta do, the sooner you’ll be back here with me.” Jared kissed her softly.
    “God, this is such a bad idea.” Mandy shook her head in the dim light.
    “Do I have to prove to you again that it’s not?” Standing, he took both of her hands in his, and then stepped forward until he was pressed against her.
    “No. You don’t and I don’t have time now. This is a problem I have to deal with on my own.” She stepped back.
    He frowned. He hadn’t thought of her being with him as a problem, but she seemed to see it as one.
    “A problem shared by two is only half as big, darlin’. Remember that.” He lowered his head and kissed her long and hard as she let his tongue tangle with hers. Then he pulled away. “That was something to remember me by.”
    “Don’t worry. I won’t be forgetting you anytime soon, Jared Gordon.” She turned and left, but not without a backward glance that told him she regretted going as much as he hated seeing her go.
    Then he realized he was standing alone in the hay room with his jeans wide open and his dick hanging out. Blowing out a long, slow breath as he relived the past few minutes, Jared righted himself and tried not to miss her already.
    Footsteps interrupted his reminiscences.
    “Well, well, well. You two have a little romp in the hay room?” Bobby grinned wide.
    Good thing Bobby hadn’t been a few minutes earlier. Although, being deputy sheriff, Bobby had probably caught every young person in this town doing it at least once.
    Jared rolled his eyes and slowly shook his head. “No.”
    “Don’t bother trying to deny it. I saw your city girl getting into her car. There was hay in her hair. She looked like she wanted to crawl into a hole in the ground when I pointed it out to her. Never thought I’d see that one blush, but she was blushing all right.”
    “I’m not denying it.” Jared screwed up his mouth unhappily. Poor Mandy. She was having enough trouble as it was with this situation, although why, he didn’t know. To top it off, here his supposed friend was teasing her. “Don’t give her a hard time anymore, Bobby. I like her. A lot.”
    “What else is new?” Bobby laughed.
    “I mean it.” Sure Jared had his share of women, but things felt different with Mandy. He needed Bobby to see that.
    “This isn’t just two adults scratching an itch the way it was with Sue Ann?”
    “No way. This is nothing like Sue Ann and me.” Jared shook his head violently. He blew out a frustrated breath. “Damn, I’ve got it bad. I miss Mandy already and she’s barely out of the drive. What the hell am I gonna do when the show is over and she goes back to California for good?”
    “Show?” Bobby appeared about as surprised as