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right then. She would get an earful later, though.
    “Of course it’s okay with me, Eric. What girl could refuse a ride from you? You clean up really nice, Mr. Langdon.”
    “Oh stop. Mr. Langdon is my father! Doc, what do ya say? Can I take you home?” As he asked me this, I saw the questions in his eyes. It almost seemed as if he was pleading with me not to break his fragile heart and spirit. I couldn’t crush him. After all, he had been sweet to me.
    “Sure. I’ll take a ride from you. Thank you, Eric. Jenna, I will see you in the morning, bright and early. Thanks for everything today.”
    “You’re welcome! Call me if you need anything tonight!”
    As she took off out of the parking lot, I started to get nervous. Here we were back together, much sooner than I had originally anticipated. I really thought he wouldn’t come back around after when I’d said to him that morning, half-naked in my bedroom. I felt like I might throw up.
    “Can I please help you up into the truck, Doc?” I nodded in response and let him lift me. My body betrayed me by reacting so positively to his touch. He set me down quite gently in the passenger seat and ran around to his side, joining me in a matter of seconds.
    He maneuvered us out of there quickly, and neither one of us spoke. There was either nothing to say or too much to say. I wanted to put my hand on his knee or hold his hand, but I didn’t know if that was a part of his dating rulebook. He just watched the road, and I could see his knuckles whitening as he gripped the steering wheel in what looked like a show of attempted restraint.
    He pulled into my driveway and turned off the truck. He came around and helped me down, but I immediately started heading toward the house using my crutches. I needed that little bit of independence that I could stand my ground. I assumed he already thought I was an emotional mess.
    I managed to make it into the house without stumbling. When I opened the door, the smell of something cooking immediately took over my senses. I turned and gave Eric a questioning look.
    “What’s going on here?”
    “I asked Jenna if she would let me in your house to do something special for you, so she snuck out earlier and let me in. I threw together a lasagna for us to have together. I figured you weren’t up to going out yet, and I wanted to have a proper date with you before I lose my self-control and take advantage of you before you’re ready.”
    “So you can cook, too? What about the ranch? Don’t you need to be there?”
    “I worked extra hard today to get everything done so that I could plan this for you. My mom was a great cook, and she believed her sons needed to be good on the ranch and in the kitchen. She was prepping us to be husbands.”
    “Wow, Eric. Thank you. All day I wallowed in my misery because I thought you had rejected me. Now here you are being extra sweet and thoughtful. And like I could resist you when you’re all dressed up like that. You are a sight for one eye today, that’s for sure.”
    I started giggling at my own joke, and he joined me. I felt the tension in the air lift, and I tried to let go of my animosity over the scene in my bedroom. I couldn’t let my stubbornness stop me from having good time with this sweet, handsome man. No one said I had to marry him right then. It was just the two of us taking time to get to know each other.
    He helped me into the house and led me straight into the dining room where he had set the table and even lit a candle.
    “I wanted to have some wine here for us, but I know you’re on some serious painkillers. I had to go with some sparkling cider instead. Let’s get you settled.”
    He took me around to one of the chairs and had me sit down. Then he pulled a second chair up and gently set my swollen ankle on the cushion.
    “You really don’t have to spoil me like this, Eric. You’re too sweet. I really wasn’t sure what was going to come of this after this morning.”
    “Why