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woman had a monster-sized libido.
    Jackpot, brother.
    Within seconds, she stepped back, tore her shirt over her head and tossed it. The bra went next and he found himself staring at the perfect proportions of her small, amazingly torturous breasts.
    Whatever you do, don’t break her. That’s what he worried about? Breaking her? How about risking your job, Mr. Sexual Harasser?
    Her pants went next and she hopped around on one foot kicking out of them, making him grin while he tore his shirt over his head. Horndog that he was, the sexual harasser wasn’t just going for it, he was damned near willing to beg.
    She paddled her hands. “We should make it fast, right?”
    “Afraid the knuckle-dragger will walk in on us?”
    “Oh, my God! That would be hilarious in the most disgusting way imaginable. His eyes would bleed.”
    “Maybe we’ll take our time.”
    The snorting sound she made should not have been attractive, in any way, but—hell’s sake—everything about her made him smile. This tiny woman with the giant heart and funny quirks made him want nothing more than to be with her night and day. He could spend every available minute enjoying her. That’s how easy being around her could be.
    “Gavin, quit staring and strip. Tick-tock. I really don’t want my boss seeing me naked.” She threw her hands out, her face scrunched. “Ew! That would be bad. I’d be my own reality show. Smart girl gone ultra-stupid.”
    And now he flat-out laughed. “Are you always this talkative when you’re about to get laid?”
    “If my boss is about to walk in? I’d imagine so. Get those pants off.”
    Gavin did as he was told and kicked out of his pants.
    “Yay,” she said, making him laugh again when she wiggled her fingers at him. “Come to Mama, sweetheart.”
    “Seriously, you have to stop with that. It’s creeping me out how turned on I am by it.”
    And then she jumped him. Literally. Jumped into his arms, wrapping her legs around his waist and kissing him in a full-out assault that had nothing to do with patience and everything to do with lust.
    Any chance he had of backing out dissolved into a puddle of his own need—hell, he was a guy—and he carried her to the cot while shoving her underwear over her butt. Damn he liked how she felt against him. All that warm, soft skin. He tossed the crappy cot mattress to the floor and set her down while she wiggled out of her underwear and he dug a condom from his wallet.
    “Yay!” she said again, hooking her hand around his neck and dragging him on top of her. “We can go slow next time.”
    Next time. “Yay!” he mimicked.

Chapter Four
    When Gavin pushed into her, a giant, engulfing tornado looped around her, sucking her into its vortex. After all the lectures she’d inflicted upon herself. Here they were, going at it like farm animals. In a barn. How appropriate.
    She wouldn’t fool herself into thinking they were making love. Maybe this crazy heat between them would only be sex in the purest, hottest, neediest form, but that was okay.
    Sometimes, like right now, it was just fine.
    At least she thought so. And then he slowly slid out of her and she opened her eyes, smiling up at him smiling down at her. “Are you teasing me?”
    “I hope so.”
    She clamped her hands on his butt. “I’m small but I’m mighty.”
    Then he kissed her, all soft and warm and slow and her brain melted. A quick flash of what used to be a smart girl who had done the one thing she swore she would not do.
    But, oh, oh, oh, she hadn’t counted on wanting Gavin Sheppard and dreaming of him the way she had since that amazing first kiss.
    And she began to tremble from the force of all that emotion bombarding her, making her want more and more and more.
    She wanted this always. With him.
    Stop thinking.
    Yes. She had to. All this coming undone, thinking about the ways her career could end and yet, at the moment, it would all be worth it. It felt that good. Never before had it felt that