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everyone else’s business, and if
you wanted to keep a secret, you had to put on an award-winning performance to
hide the truth.
    They rounded the corner into a cheerful-looking classroom
already buzzing with excitement.
    Charlene was bent over a desk, talking to a little girl, and
a shot of lust had Cole buzzing with excitement too. Seeing her like that
reminded him of the last time he’d had her bent over, begging him to fill her…
    As though she sensed his eyes on her, she turned around. Smiling
when she looked at him seemed to take supreme effort, but as soon as her eyes
fell to his daughter, her enthusiasm was genuine. “Well, hello there,” she said
to Cassidy as she walked toward them. “And who might you be?”
    Cole rolled his eyes. As if she didn’t know. He had to hand
it to her. A casual observer would never guess they had once engaged in hot, no-holds-barred
sex under the clear night sky. He hated that she seemed able to hold it
together while he was losing his mind over her.  
    “My name’s Cassidy Braxton,” she said quietly, looking down
at the denim running shoes with bright pink laces.
    Charlene crouched down so she and Cassidy were at eye level
and something in Cole snapped. Seeing her on her knees in front of him had his
mind wandering to places it had no business going. Especially not in front of
his daughter.
    “That’s such a pretty name,” Charlene said, smiling. She offered
her hand. “And I’m Miss McCoy. I’m really excited to be here; how about you?”
    Cassidy bit her lip. “I guess so.”
    “We’re gonna have a great year, I just know it.” Charlene
stood up and pointed to one of the desks in the middle row. “That one is yours.
Why don’t you get settled? We’re going to get started in just a few minutes.”
    Cole was aware of several mothers hovering with their
children at the front of the classroom, obviously waiting to greet the new
teacher. He offered his hand with a wicked glint in his eye, daring her to shun
him in front of their audience. “It’s a pleasure to see you again, Miss McCoy.”
    She hesitated a fraction of a second before she slipped her
hand into his and looked up into his eyes. She squared her shoulders, obviously
trying to send him the message that she wasn’t intimidated by him in the least.
If not for the hitch in her breath when he caressed her wrist, he may have
actually believed her.
    “You as well.” She withdrew her hand from his, running her
palm down the length of her black skirt. “I’m sure Cassidy will be fine now.
Don’t let us keep you.”
    Cole began to think having Miss Charlene McCoy as his
daughter’s teacher was the best thing that had happened to him in at least a
year.
     
     
    Charlene struggled to catch her breath as she tried not to
watch Cole leave the room. Everything about him was big, menacing, and
over-bearing. At well over six feet tall, he seemed to effortlessly dominate
every room he was in and everyone in it. She shivered when she thought about
how she’d let him dominate her that night. Bent over her car, in plain sight,
where anyone driving by could see them. Okay, so Cole’s ranch was at the end of
a dead end street on several thousand acres, but that wasn’t the point. She
risked her reputation and her dignity for a quickie with a man who proved
himself unworthy of the risk. She wouldn’t make that mistake again.
    He was one of the main reasons she’d thought about refusing
the school’s offer and moving to the city. Just the thought of facing him again
was humiliating, but this was her hometown, and she’d be damned if she
let him run her off as though she was the one who wronged him. Sleeping with
him was obviously a mistake, but she was only human; she was entitled to make a
few. The important thing was to forgive herself, forget about it, and move on.
So far, she struggled with all three, and she feared seeing him every weekday
for the next ten months might make it impossible.  
    “He’s