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  Nico felt his body jolt, an almost-involuntary reaction that nearly made him dive in for more. After all, good kisses should be deep and involve some tongue. It was like stripping off a layer of clothes or going to the next level. But those were places that Nico stopped himself from going. Before their tongues could get involved, he stepped back from her, and she let go of him, her grip melting off his shirt.

  He felt the loss right away when her mouth was no longer on his. The loss and the realization that Eden was a real, live, breathing woman. An attractive one with breasts, legs and everything.

  Oh man.

  He didn’t want to realize that. He wanted his friend. And he wanted that friendship almost as much as he wanted to French-kiss her.

  “Now, we can also be uncomfortable because of that kiss I just gave you,” she said, as if that proved whatever point she’d been trying to make. It proved nothing. Well, nothing that should be proven anyway.

  Nico stared at her. “Eden, you’re playing with a thousand gallons of fire,” he warned her—after he’d caught his breath.

  “I know, and I’m going to be honest about that. In fact, I’m going to insist we be honest with each other so that we don’t ruin our friendship.”

  That was very confusing, and Nico wondered if this was some kind of trick. Except Eden wasn’t a trick-playing kind of person. “What the heck do you mean by that?”

  Her gaze stayed level with his. “It means if you want to kiss me, you should. If you don’t want to kiss me again, then don’t.”

  He was still confused. About what she was saying anyway. Nico was reasonably sure that the wanting-to-kiss-her part was highly charged right now.

  “I just don’t want you to avoid me because you’re struggling with this possible curveball that’s been tossed into our friendship,” Eden went on. “That kiss makes us even,” she added with a firm nod.

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  ISBN-13: 9781488034145

  Texas at Dusk

  Copyright © 2019 by Delores Fossen

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