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that? “Carter...”
    “I’m here because I can’t stay the hell away from you.”
    She forced a chuckle, backing away some more. “Carter, seriously, everything’s cool. You don’t need to make me feel better.But thank you for trying.”
    Carter continued to saunter towards her.
    “It was just an idea that I had,” she said weakly.
    He narrowed his eyes and moved closer still.
    She felt the wall on her back. Damn it! “What are you doing, Carter?” she asked, breathless.
    “Trying to have a conversation with you. What are you doing?”
    “You’re standing too close.”
    “Who else is on your list?”
    She blinked,her mind blank. “What are you talking about?”
    “The list of guys you planned to have one-night stands with.”
    She shut her eyes. “Carter, I don’t really feel like talking about this.”
    Carter lifted her head with a finger under her chin to force her to look at him, and her breathing stopped at the intense look in his eyes.
    “I want to know who else is on that list,” he said.
    “Why?”
    “So I coulddeck them.”
    Her lips tugged upwards. “You’re sweet. But I’m fine.”
    “I didn’t come here to make you feel better, Cassie,” he said insistently. “Well, I did, but not in the way you’re thinking.”
    She exhaled loudly, rolling her eyes upwards to lighten the situation even as her heart constricted. “I can take rejection, Carter. It’s not a big deal.”
    “It isn’t?”
    “No. Did you think I was teary earliertoday because of you? It was about something else,” she said with a laugh. Did that sound forced?
    Carter braced himself against the wall, his arms on either side of her. He was scowling, and she was trapped.
    Damn him. Why was he crowding her? And why did his body have to emanate that searing heat that was making her weak at the knees? Damn it!
    “Was I the first one you asked?” he rumbled.
    “Um... yeah.” Was that relief that crossed his face?
    “The only one?”
    She nodded, unable to look away from his earnest gaze.
    “Good. ’Cause you won’t have to ask anyone else.”
    A gush of air escaped her lungs, her heart galloping in her chest. Thank God she had the wall behind her for support. “What are you saying?” she asked feebly.
    Carter smiled—a tender, sweet smile that robbed her of moreoxygen.
    “If you insist on having a one-night stand right now, then I’m your man,” he said softly. “All that was keeping me from asking you out before were my work commitments and the thought that you weren’t into casual.”
    She stared at him, his words taking a few seconds to sink in. “Why was your work stopping you?” she croaked.
    “Because I have other jobs on the side and I’m working towardsdeadlines. I get too busy and my hours get too unpredictable. It’s similar to you saying you don’t have time to date seriously when you have your studies and a new job to juggle.”
    She couldn’t stop gawking. Was he serious? Should she believe him and open herself up to more hurt and humiliation later?
    Carter cupped her face. “Cassandra Stephens, do you know how long I’ve wanted you?”
    “How long?”she asked dumbly.
    “Too damned long,” he murmured, caressing her cheeks with his thumbs.
    “Why me?” she asked, her brows furrowing.
    “Why you?” he asked with a laugh. “Because you’re so hot and you make me so fucking horny,” he said, snaking his arm around her waist and pulling her flush to his body.
    She gasped. Was he... hard already?
    Carter ran a knuckle on her jaw. “Do you know why I comehere a lot when I could just as easily spend time with Tash when we go see our parents?”
    She shook her head, mesmerised by the heat in his eyes.
    “Because it’s you I want to see, that’s why. Because I enjoy flirting with you, then go home and fantasise about you when I’m lying in my bed.”
    Cassie blushed. Not just her face but her whole body.
    “Cass, I know we both have other things we want toachieve before wanting