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thank you for breakfast yesterday.”
    Sass cringed. “I don’t know what you think you’re doing here, but…” She leaned in closer, not expecting him to move toward her at the same time. The result was that her breasts pressed up against his arm, sending enough electricity through her to light a Christmas tree. Sass’s head snapped up from the jolt. “Yesterday was a mistake. We should never have done that.”
    “Done what?”
    “You know,” Sass said in a low voice.
    “You mean, you shouldn’t have kissed me?”
    “Yes. I mean, no.” She shook her head. “I didn’t kiss you. You kissed me .”
    Jordan leaned closer. “Sounds like someone has a faulty memory. You definitely kissed me first. Not that I didn’t enjoy it.”
    This could not be happening. Suddenly she was back in the cabin with Jordan towering over her…too close. His lips looking much too inviting.
    With a gasp, Sass pushed Jordan’s arms away and stalked toward her table. She had no idea what was going on. Her body’s response was completely abnormal. Could guilt make a person horny? She’d have to ask Libby about that, because this unsolicited physical response to an almost stranger was not typical for her.
    As soon as Sass sat down, she realized she wasn’t going to get the chance to discuss anything with her friend because Libby’s eyes were fixed somewhere above Sass’s head, as if something tall, broad, and blond was hot on her heels.
    “May I join you?”
    Sass cringed and took a long, slow drink. She caught Libby nodding vigorously, encouraging Jordan to pull a chair up right beside her. Sass shrugged, set her bottle down, and said, “Suit yourself.”
    A slender, freckled arm extended across the table. “I’m Libby.”
    “Jordan.”
    Libby glanced at Sass and then back at Jordan. “Do you two know each other?”
    “No—”
    “She kidnapped me. Didn’t she tell you?”
    Libby gave Sass an accusing glare, leaned her elbows on the table, and said with way too much enthusiasm, “No. She neglected to mention anything of the sort. Do tell.”
    Shaking her head, Sass said, “I didn’t kidnap him.”
    “Okay. Kidnap might be a little harsh. She offered me a lift and then left me in the middle of nowhere. I guess that makes it abandonment.”
    Libby laughed.
    “Hey. He wanted breakfast. I dropped him at the truck stop. No biggie.”
    “Yeah. With no ride. Ten miles out of town.”
    “Classic Sass.” Libby was laughing so hard her cheeks were turning pink.
    Jordan proceeded to recount the entire, embarrassing morning, including the flat tire, the indecent show Sass was putting on by the side of the road, the cabin…everything. Well, not everything, he left out the part about the kiss. Thank God. The way he told the story though, had Libby nearly rolling on the floor of the bar, laughing so hard. He was a good storyteller and if the story hadn’t been about her, she might have found it funny, too.
    “I’m going to grab another beer. Can I get something for you two?”
    “Sure. Vodka cranberry.” Libby beamed.
    Jordan looked expectantly at Sass. Her beer was done and she would have loved another but it wasn’t a good idea. She needed to keep her wits about her. “I’m driving,” she said. “Just a Coke.”
    The second Jordan had his back turned, Libby pulled her chair close and whispered, “Oh my God. Now I know why you wanted to come here. Why didn’t you just tell me?”
    “Tell you what?”
    “Don’t play games. I’m your best friend. He’s your one-night stand.”
    “I wasn’t talking about him.”
    “Right. You were talking about some other hot, random stranger you kidnapped the other day? C’mon, Sass. He’s totally one-night-stand worthy.”
    “I…” Sass’s words trailed off as a thought came to her. Wasn’t she trying to create the illusion that there’d been nothing between her and Carlos? If Libby thought she was here because of City-boy, maybe that was a good thing. “I don’t