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She glared at him as she took another bite ofhisice cream snack. “I’m Valentine Longborn. I’m alive and as well as one can be when their best friend and sister abandons them. Is that enough? Do you need to see my ID? You can …”
Nero would never know what … orhow… it happened.
One second, he was standing on the front porch, gaping at the mate he had given up on finding. The next, he was holding Valentine in his arms, the tub of ice cream smooshed and leaking between them.
But most importantly, he waskissingher.
Her mouth was sweet and cold from the dessert, but he kissed her. He delved his tongue into her mouth to tasteher. Not the sweet snack.
If Valentine took any offense to being kissed, she didn’t make it obvious. She kissed him right back.
Until she didn’t.
She shoved hard against his chest, sending the melting ice cream everywhere. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?”
He shrugged. “You stole my snack. I was trying to get a taste.”
She blinked at him before shaking her head. “You’re nuts. Do you know that? You’re what passes for a sheriff in this town? Do you usually go around kissing women?”
“It’s a great way to check if they’re alive and well. You are, in case you were wondering. Alive and well. A hell of a kisser, too.” He grinned at her in the hopes of erasing the anger on her beautiful face.
It didn’t work.
She continued to glare at him. “You’ve got some nerve.”
“You kissed me right back,” he said.
“Of course I did! You took me by surprise. What was I supposed to do?”
Nero shrugged again. “Not kiss back?”
“You need to leave.”
“What kind of man would I be if I didn’t help you clean the mess you made?” He motioned to the now spilled tub of ice cream.
“The messyoumade,” she shot back. “I did not do this. You came in here and squished my ice cream! And! And you KISSED ME!”
Nero didn’t bother waiting for an invitation. He walked right to the kitchen and grabbed a wet rag before kneeling on the porch to wipe away the puddle of ice cream. Valentine was either too shocked to stop him, or she wanted to see him on his knees. He didn’t care.
“Oh, my god. I think you might be insane. You stalk me. Kiss me. Now you clean up a mess? Have you seen a doctor lately?”
“I don’t need a doctor. I feel just fine,” he assured her with the best smile he could conjure.
“Do you? Is that how you behave with everyone?”
“Nah,” he drawled. “That’s only happened once. With you. Today. Right now.”
“Great. I feel so special.”
“You kissed me back,” he pointed out, looking up at her with a smile. “So, that’s something. We can kiss again if you like. Maybe on purpose this time.”
Valentine’s jaw dropped down in shock.
“All right then.” He shouldn’t have kissed her, and before things escalated to a full incident, he decided to do the rational thing andnotkiss her again.
He wouldn’t apologize, however.
There was no reason to apologize for a kiss like that. It had been the best of his life, and he wasn’t about to forget how good it was.
