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life to be able to make an informed decision.  He definitely wasn’t going to give up this opportunity with her.  And he’d make sure to use every possible advantage he had.  Eventually, she’d end up exactly where he wanted her.  In his bed right next to him and letting tonight’s kind of kiss end in a more satisfactory manner. 
     
    Chloe heard the soothing sounds but ignored them.  She didn’t want to wake up.  Her body was still aching with the need for more sleep so she wiggled into the warmth, sighing with pleasure and let her mind drift back to the dream she’d been having moments earlier. 
     
    It was a lovely dream.  She was racing across the Texas snow, her strong horse plowing through the cold and snow while Sam chased her on his horse.  And since his stallion was more than anything she’d ever be able to outrun, he eventually caught her, pulled her off her saddle into his strong embrace and kissed her senseless. 
     
    Something niggled in her mind, but she was so warm, so content, she wouldn’t let herself wake up. 
     
    Sam sighed heavily, accepting that Chloe was too tired to actually wake up right at the moment.  He grinned at the idea of having her in his arms again, even if she was sleeping. 
     
    Sam groaned as he lifted her into his arms.  It wasn’t her weight.  She barely weighed more than a bale of hay.  But the way she snuggled into his arms, as if she were content to just be there forever, made his body start aching again with the need to possess her, put his claim on her and feel her voluptuous curves against his body. 
     
    Her soft sighs against his chest were almost his undoing but he controlled his desire for her by placing her in the leather seat of his truck.  Getting her back to the house took less than fifteen minutes since he’d built an air strip on the edge of his ranch for easier access.  The other option was an hour’s drive to Dallas and he preferred not making that trip whenever he needed to get somewhere. 
     
    His staff had called ahead to alert Jessy, his housekeeper, that he’d be arriving and with Chloe.  Despite his reply that Jessy should get to bed, she’d already made up one of the guest room s for Chloe.  He shouldered the door open, t hen laid her down on the bed.  T he sheets and down comforter had already been pulled back. 
     
    For several moments, Sam considered being a gentleman and just pulling her shoes off, then covering her up with the comforter.  But he knew deep in his heart that she would be more comfortable if she didn’t have those slacks on so he deftly unbuttoned the waist line and slid them off. 
     
    If he stared at her long, smooth legs a bit longer than necessary, he was a man who appreciated a woman and Chloe was everything a man could want.  She wasn’t too thin, nor at all fat.  She was just perfect with a little butt covered in white cotton that should be a turn off but just made him more painfully erect and throbbing.  There was just something off-handed sexy about a woman wearing cotton underwear.  Not that he would mind a little lace or satin, he thought as he pulled the covers up, gritting his teeth in the process. 
     
    He thought about pulling her sweater off but thought the slacks would be enough.  He was a gentleman, after all, even if he’d fallen slightly with those legs. 
     

Chapter 2
     
    The sun was shining on Chloe’s face , warming her body and making her feel better than she had in a long time.  She stretched, feeling unusually comfortable and warm for some reason. Normally her apartment was freezing in the winter because she had to turn down the heat in order to afford the electric bill, but also because the windows in her building were at least fifty years old and were little better than a screen in keeping the cold air out.  Rolling over, she pulled the abnormally soft pillow closer while her sluggish mind worked out the mysterious details , wondering what was different about