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enough to write them a note thanking them for the incredible evening. The temptation of taking one last look at the two men who’d forever changed her attitude about sex couldn’t be contained. She tiptoed across the carpet and took one last look at the two handsome, perfect cowboys. Tessa backed out of the room, left her short note beneath Dell’s phone, and hurriedly exited the room as quietly as possible. The idea of any permanent relationship needed further consideration. She was too tired to contemplate any big changes to her life right now. The truth was, she wasn’t even very far away and already missed them. She strolled down the very expensive hallways of one of the best hotels in town and experienced a pang of virulent unease. She hated to sneak off in the middle of the night without even saying good-bye. Wasn’t that what slutty bad girls did? Regret was a powerful emotion. Strong enough to make her pause in her step then stop all together. Tessa pushed out a long sigh and looked back at their door over one shoulder. She almost turned around but decided she should take time to consider her options and continued on. Right now, she was tired. Later on, after some sleep, she’d be able to think straight and decide if she wanted to further her relationship even if only for just this week. Downstairs, she exited the lobby and walked the couple blocks to where she’d left her car. Unfortunately, her car wasn’t there anymore. In its place was a police cruiser. Damn her father. He had way too many connections. She’d been through this scenario once before. She continued down the street hoping to see a taxi. When none materialized, she paused beneath a street light ready to call her father right now and confront him. This had to stop. She didn’t need this crap. And she wasn’t about to marry Arthur and become a Stepford wife just to satisfy her father’s sense of the “way things should be.” The world didn’t spin on its axis solely for him. She scrolled through her address book to find his number. Before she hit speed dial for her call to connect, she spotted a lone taxicab and walked halfway into the street to hail it. Tessa headed home with dazzling memories of her time with Dell and Zachary and a burning need to get her father out of her love life permanently. It wouldn’t be easy. He dominated, or tried to dominate, every aspect of her existence. Missing dinner and the prospective bridegroom her father had selected was a serious offense. There would be consequences for her actions. Whatever repercussions she had to endure would be well worth tonight’s misbehavior. Arriving at her home, she saw that her car had been towed there, as she expected. It wasn’t the first time her father had done this. Unless she moved away, it wouldn’t be the last.
Chapter Five
Zachary snapped awake a few hours later and was surprised he’d fallen so deeply asleep. Eyes open wide, the first epiphany that came made him realize he wasn’t in his own room. He’d told Tessa he and Dell didn’t share a room. He should have amended that to only when he hadn’t been sexually spent beyond all reason by a sexy siren. His second realization was that Tessa was gone. Her seductive scent lingered, but even before he looked, Zachary knew she was no longer in the room. She’d been curled next to him when he dropped off, and now her warmth was gone. He didn’t know how he hadn’t stirred the second she left his side. He took another deep breath to memorize her evocative scent. He glanced across the king bed to see Dell sprawled facedown on the far side of the bed and turned away. Wide awake now, Zachary rolled from the bed as quietly as possible and stood. He focused in on the bed-stand clock next to Dell’s head and read the numbers in disbelief. Four in the morning. He’d been zonked out for two solid hours. Unbelievable. The curtains were still parted, and he flashed back to a