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“We can go swimming later.”
“I would love to, but I didn’t bring a swimsuit.”
“Please. Like you need one,” he said, then laughed when she punched his arm. “Irish, I have been over every inch of your body. It’s nothing I haven’t seen, touched, or tasted.”
“If I’m going to skinny dip, so are you.”
“I always skinny dip. No one can see me in the pool.” He shrugged. “I wouldn’t care if they did. I have nothing to hide.”
“No, you don’t. I’d like to do that.”
“Then we will.”
Siobhan grinned. She was enjoying her time with him, but she couldn’t keep the thought out of her head that he would hurt her. Maybe not intentionally, but she feared losing him when she just found him.
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Liam drove her home on Wednesday and was surprised at how disappointed he was. She had to work tomorrow night and wanted to be home the night before. He stopped the truck beside the steps and looked at her.
“I’ll hate sleeping alone tonight.”
“I will too. Will you come to Dewey’s tomorrow night?”
“I should be able to. I’ll let you know if I can’t make it.”
“All right. I hope I see you then.” She stared into his eyes.
“Let me walk you up.” He opened his door, and she did the same.
He removed her case from the back, took her hand, led her up the stairs, and waited as she unlocked the door.
“Are you coming in?”
“No. I need to go. I still have to clean the barn.”
“You’re not supposed to do anything.”
“Siobhan, stalls must be cleaned every day for the horses. It’s a necessity, and it’s not like I’m working on the ranch. It’s my barn. It will just be a few hours, then I’ll rest until I have to do it again tomorrow.”
“Okay. Just don’t overdo it.” She placed her hands on his shoulders.
“I won’t.” He kissed her lips.
“All right. I hope I see you at Dewey’s.”
“Not as much as I do, sweetheart.” He quickly kissed her lips again, then walked down the steps, got into his truck, and without looking back, drove home.
Thursday evening, he entered Dewey’s seeing wall-to-wall people again. The place never failed to pack them in. If it kept up, Scarlett would need to expand.
Liam pushed through the crowd and took a seat at the bar. He saw Siobhan talking to a young cowboy. She hadn’t seen him yet, so he watched her and grinned. She seemed to love the job.
“Hi, Liam,” Laura said.
“Hey, Laura. Can I get a beer? Whatever’s on tap is fine.”
“Sure thing.”
Laura walked to the cooler but stopped beside Siobhan and said something to her. He watched as Siobhan looked his way, smiled, then walked to him.
