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Noah Tessler grinned when the tow truck stopped beside his car, then gazed in delight as Michelin Albee climbed out! The beautiful mechanic filled him with yearning, but he hid the truth: he'd come to meet the woman his late brother had loved and to help the boy she'd raised on her own. Mich longed to be cherished, not swept off her feet, but would she have to trade her memories for a new chance at love?
No one else could turn arm wrestling into a game for lovers like Mary Kay McComas, who's created a story as deliciously romantic as a bouquet of wildflowers in a teacup! She'd bewitched him with a smile and beckoned him to risk his heart, but was he bold enough to fight for the woman of his dreams?
"Now, we already know you like sex, so let's move along to old movies. Do you have a favorite?" Noah asked.
"Ah, wait a second. We don't know that I like sex," Mich retorted.
"Sure we do," he said, brushing a finger along the soft skin of her arm. "Casablanca, right?"
"No, that's not my favorite." She snatched her arm away. "And how do we know that I like sex?"
He chuckled. "You're not exactly a subtle woman, Michelin."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means," he said, "that every time I get this close to you, your eyes get a little darker, almost black, very mysterious. Your breath comes a little faster." He ran his finger down the column of her neck to the pulse skipping along at the bottom of of it. "Your heart beats a little faster and your skin gets warmer."
"Stop that! I'm driving. And you're dead wrong. I feel fine." A quick eye to the speedometer , and she took her foot off the gas to slow everything down.
"You do indeed," he said, sliding his finger back up her neck, under her chin, and across her lower lip. "So soft. Warm. Very fine. Downright irresistable."
"You'd better stop that," she muttered, but to her ears it sounded like more, more, more. Then she pulled the car over and punched the brake to the floor....
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