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They make me tingle all over.
The butterflies swarming my stomach weren’t there a second ago.
Why, Shepherd? Why do you row with such a grudge?
What made you so angry?
“Is there a reason you’re staring?” he asks sharply.
My face snaps away with a blush.
Oops. I didn’t realize I was.
“No reason. I just... I wish I could borrow a little of your stamina,” I say, my voice worn.
“Miss Destiny, if you saw my true stamina, I’m sure you wouldn’t be breathing,” he says darkly.
What the what?
He can’t mean—
I don’t ask.
I don’t dare.
My mind splits into innuendo-tainted chaos.
A terrible vision flashes of Shepherd’s hard body over mine, his jaw set and his eyes blue flames, growling my name as he works me over with the same brute energy he uses on the water.
His eyes narrow and his throat bobs as he swallows slowly.
Oh, God, am I really still looking?
He’s my boss, he’s myboss—but instead of waiting for some snappy comeback, he just nods.
“It’s rougher up ahead. Be ready,” he warns.
No kidding.
The water gets choppier still, fizzing and rushing around us hard enough to spin my bow off center.
And just when I thought the worst was over.
We’re passing through the narrows, without much room for mistakes around the rocks jutting out into the water.
The challenge makes me grin.
So does the chance to impress this man who’s rapidly driving me insane.
“I was born ready, dude,” I call back.
His eyes ignite as we set off together, paddling side by side at close range.
We’re almost close enough to touch as we plow forward.
I know he’s probably taking it slower for my sake, protecting me from taking on more than I can handle if he has to intervene. But the fact that I’m here with him, in the middle of nowhere, matching him stroke for stroke, feels oddly special.
Almost intimate.
