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press. He was a Romeo, a well-known Romeo. Up until the last girlfriend, he’d played the field with relish, and a large field it had been. In that sport, he would have been on the All-Star team if there had been one. He’d said it had been a long two years. Maybe he was warming up to play again. Did she want that? Sex was supposed to signify something. Something important, not just a chance to score.
    Or he might be hitting on her because he was attracted to her. She preferred that story. Though being bush league wouldn’t be all bad. “Are you ready for some of the trifle?”
    Jason grinned and followed her into the kitchen.
     
     

Chapter 3
     
    “Well, it’s probably getting late for you.” Jason stood and stretched.
    He was so lean and gorgeous and stretched out right in front of her face. Any second he would turn around, catch her staring and what? Wink? Roll his eyes? Frown because she was acting like a hopeless fangirl when he really wanted to be on vacation? Time. What time was it anyway? Eight thirty? Late? She would have let him stay all night, if he wanted to.
    What was she thinking? Even if she desperately wanted him to be flirting with her, he dated supermodels and starlets. What interest would he have in a campground owner from West Virginia? “I suppose so.” She faked a yawn for color and to hide the disappointment she didn’t want to be feeling.
    “I thank you for the wonderful dinner and the fantastic dessert.” He bowed, causing an unwanted giggle to rise in her throat. He’d attacked the dessert like a man who’d never tasted sugar but had heard stories, demolishing half of it.
    “You’re very welcome. I need to go to town tomorrow, if you want to come along and pick up some groceries.” Down the holler tomorrow? Since when? But what the heck? How often would she get the chance to take a rock star grocery shopping?
    “That would be great.” He stopped inside her living room door. “And didn’t you say you had some bedding I could borrow?”
    Bed. How might he be encouraged to change direction and lead the way to her bed, which he had no doubt glimpsed through the fireplace since it opened on both rooms.
    “Oh, yeah. It’s out in the office.” She reached past him and opened the door. Cool air swept around them. It should have helped to cool her off, but only caused greater personal atmospheric disturbances. Wrapped in a black garbage bag, the bedding awaited on the counter. “Right here. I gave you a pillow, sheets and two comforters. It gets pretty cold at night and the furnace can’t keep up.”
    “I’ll make sure I keep good and warm.” He smiled as he gathered up the bag.
    She managed to smile back. This was an active pass. It had to be. At least he would be sleeping on her sheets tonight. She might never wash them again.
    He shifted the bag in his arms. “So I’ll see you tomorrow then? What time did you want to go?”
    “Time?” she croaked. “Oh, time is pretty flexible on the mountain. No rush, if you want to sleep in. Around lunch, I guess.”
    “Good. Then I’ll be able to buy you lunch in return for tonight. Provided there’s a restaurant in town.”
    “There’s Ida’s.” The thought of Jason in Ida’s made her want to break into a cold sweat. Half the town was in and out of Ida’s on any given day, most of them having nothing better to do than call each other to discuss what they’d seen with the half who hadn’t turned out. This was a spectacle in the making.
    “Great.” He reached for her hand. For an instant she thought he might pull her close and kiss her, but he lifted the back of her hand to his lips and kissed it instead, his lips soft and hot. Her knees wanted give out right there in the doorway and the chill in the office turned into a steamy summer night. “I’ll see you tomorrow then.” He gave her hand a little squeeze before releasing it and walking out the front door.
    Trying to back through her living room door, she tripped over