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stunned.  There was a jolt that had never been there before.  He looked at her and saw that she felt it too as she snatched her hand quickly back.  “Thank you, Adam.”
    “I’m looking forward to this event and I know that it will be perfect just as we discussed.”  Adam scooped up the bag with the dessert and followed Cassie out of the kitchen.  He watched the sway of her hips in faded jeans and smiled in the darkness with pure male appreciation as she turned out the lights. 
    While Adam couldn’t deny that Cassie Jacobs was an attractive woman, he also couldn’t deny that she had crossed a line with him; one that he didn’t allow anyone to cross. Unfortunately, in this particular situation he had to bide his time in order to meet a deadline.  If there had been anyone willing to take over the event, he would have taken them on in a heartbeat.  But with the event being in a mere eleven days, his hands were tied.  Once this retreat was over, however, so was his business with Cassie.
    Permanently.
     
     

Chapter Three
     
    Adam walked out behind Cassie and waited beside her as she set the alarm and locked up.  They climbed into the car and he could see that some of the tension had left her.  Excellent.  That meant that she believed what he had said and that the dogs should be called off when they arrived back at her father’s house with dessert.
    It didn’t take long, however, to note that something was wrong.  Cassie had a white-knuckled grip on the steering wheel and she was breathing deeply as if trying to get through something.  “Are you alright?” he asked, genuinely concerned. 
    “Fine,” she said tightly, fumbling slightly as she reached for her cell phone.  Adam wanted to offer to dial for her or at least remind her to keep her eyes on the road while she dialed but in a flash she had the phone to her ear and was speaking.
    “It’s me…we’re on the way home…no, no I’m not.  Tha nks.” Tossing the phone back into her purse with some irritation, Cassie resumed her death grip on the wheel.
    “Cassandra, what’s going on?” Adam demanded.
    “It’s nothing,” she managed through clenched teeth.  “I would appreciate it if you just wouldn’t speak right now.”
    Before he could argue an y further, they were pulling into the driveway – practically on two wheels – as her entire family piled out the front door.  Within seconds, Cassie’s sisters were helping her out of the car while her brother grabbed her things.  Her father stood at the door with Bev as Cassie was essentially carried into the house and out of sight.  Adam stood by the passenger side of the door wondering just what in the hell was going on.
    With the dessert bag in one hand he slammed the car door shut with the other and stalked to the house.  Stephen and his mother were still standing there waiting for him.  He stopped in front of them and waited for some sort of explanation.
    “I’ll take that in,” was all Stephen said as he took the bag from Adam’s hand and went into the house.  Adam looked to his mother for answers.
    Bev looked at the irritated expression on her son’s face and had to stifle a smile.  “Well?” he demanded.  “What was that all about?”
    Stepping away from the door and out on to the porch, Bev let the door close and stood next to Adam.  “Cassie has a condition; it’s a woman-thing.  It just flares up occasionally and apparently it did so tonight.  She’ll be okay in a little while.  No worries.”
    “No worries?” he snapped.  “She damn well nearly passed out in the car!  Then we get back here and the whole family just about carries her inside!  That doesn’t sound like just a ‘condition’ , mother.  What’s wrong with her?”
    “Adam, trust me.  It’s all okay and Cassie will be fine in a little while.  Her family is concerned about her but that’s because they love her and don’t want her to be in any kind of pain, ever.  I think it’s