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thought of it sooner.”
    “Thanks, Amanda. You’re a real sweetheart.”
    She stifled a cringe. She didn’t want him to think of her as that one nice , forgettable girl. The one who guys always seemed to think of as their friend . Their buddy . She didn’t want to be called a real sweetheart. Not after Jacob had flirted with her ever so briefly moments before and made her believe her fondest wish could come true.
    Amanda turned into Jacob ’s drive and coasted to a halt behind his car.
    “Um, Jacob?” she said. “Isn’t that your car ?”
    He didn’t answer her, just tore open the door and leapt out of her car . He was hugging the shiny black hood of the roadster before she could release her seat belt. She climbed out and went to stand beside him.
    “I thought you said it was stolen.”
    “I thought it had been.”
    “Then how did it get here?”
    “No idea.”
    Amanda noted the piece of pink paper stuck under one wiper. She pulled it free and read the note aloud . “ Shade, I know you won’t mind that I borrowed your car to beat you home. I’ll be in the hot tub waiting to rock your world, stud. It’s signed Veronica. And she dotted the i with a heart. How precious.” Amanda pretended not to be affected by the note, but she’d really been looking forward to spending the evening with him. Unfortunately, some other woman had beat en her to it. And unlike Amanda, Veronica probably had the self-confidence, beautiful face and hot body to actually attract someone like Jacob .
    “ Fuckin ’ Veronica,” Jacob bellowed. “I wondered where I’d left my spare set of keys.”
    Probably in her skirt the last time she’d been in his hot tub. “I guess I’ll go on home,” Amanda said. “I’m glad you got your car back. It was good to see—”
    Jacob moved to stand in Amanda’s path. She wasn’t sure how he managed to so easily trap her between one gorgeous hunk of metal and one gorgeous hunk of metal vocalist, but it got her attention. With h er back pressed against the side of the car, she tried to regain her senses. No good. Her heart thundered out of control as she slowly lifted her gaze to look him in the eye.
    “You’re staying,” he said. “I invited you. She’s leaving. No one invited her.”
    “Maybe I don’t want—”
    Jacob touched her cheek , and her breath stalled in her throat. “You’re staying.”
    She couldn’t look away from his intense blue eyes. “I’m staying,” she said obediently.
    He smiled crookedly, plucked his sunglasses out of the neckband of his T-shirt and put them on. She stared at the cross around his neck.
    “Do you want to wait out here while I call her a cab or would you rather wait in the house?” he asked. “She’s sure to cause a scene.”
    “Um.”
    “You could go to the family room and pick out a movie to watch or scrounge in the kitchen for food. It won’t take me long to get rid of her.”
    “Well, okay. Do you have the movie Steel Magnolias ?” She kept her poker face firmly in place as she blinked up at him. “It’s been ages since I’ve seen it, y’all.”
    He laughed. “I thought we agreed no chick flicks.”
    Amanda huffed as if she was very put out by his demands, when in truth she just wanted to put out. She couldn’t blame Veronica for inviting herself to a night in a hot tub with this man, but Amanda was oh so glad that Jacob was making the woman leave.
    “I suppose we did .”
    He tucked his forefinger under her chin and stroked the skin just beneath her lips with his thumb. “I’d kiss you,” he said, “but I don’t want Veronica to think I’m sporting a hard-on for her.”
    What?
    Had he actually just said that? He couldn’t possibly have meant it. Too flabbergasted to form a comeback, Amanda gaped at him.
    He laughed. “What a priceless expression.”
    He squeezed her shoulder , and her legs began to tremble uncontrollably.
    “I’ll see you inside.”
    “Uh huh,” she might have said around her mouthful of