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himself.
    “ Hello, hot momma. I’ve
been waiting to get in your panties since I saw you walk in the
door.” He spat in his bottle. Dip juice ran down his chin, and he
growled at her.
    Gross! She looked at Noah as he sat down with the woman next to her.
He hadn’t said yes, but he hadn’t taken his eyes off her
either.
    “ Forget about him,
darlin’. He had his chance. I’ll be your man for two weeks. When
that times up though, you’ll be begging me to stay. I’ll satisfy
you like no other can.” He touched her hand, and she jerked back.
“What’s wrong, sugar britches? Afraid of a real man?” He reached
across the table again, seized her wrist and squeezed.
    She tired to free her arm, but he tightened
his grip. Blood throbbed where he pressed and her fingers tingled
from the loss of oxygen.
    “ Get your hands off my
woman.” Noah jumped up, grabbed the man’s arm and twisted it behind
his back until the man screamed out.
    “ Quit, quit! I’ll leave
her alone.”
    Quiet rushed through the room, and people
stopped to stare. Things happened so fast.
    Noah let go with a light shove. “It’s a game
we play. You know, like go to the bar and act like you’re picking
up a woman when the woman is already your wife.”
    “ Hey, buddy. Calm down. I
didn’t know.” The man rubbed his arm where Noah had twisted
it.
    The coordinator and a few large guys with
Staff t-shirts hurried over. “Sir, we’re going to have to ask you
to leave.” The lady spoke in a soft voice to Noah, probably afraid
to upset the other daters and have them ask for a refund.
    “ No problem, we were going
anyway.” Noah held out his hand to her.
    She couldn’t leave him hanging there, make
him look bad in front of everyone after he’d defended her, but did
he always have such a hot temper? Maybe she should walk out with
him, tell him thanks and then politely excuse herself. But then
she’d be back to square one. Noah might be the only guy to fit her
description and it was a mere two weeks of her life.
    While everyone stared, she took his hand and
exited the convention room with Noah. Once they were in the hotel
lobby, her feet and tongue froze. She started to plan her escape,
but thought twice before she said anything to ruin her chance to
pull off her lie.
    “ I’m sorry about that
jerk. A man should never put his hands on a lady! In fact, I
wouldn’t call someone who did that a man. Are you all right?” He
took her wrist and tenderly rubbed. “Did he hurt you?”
    “ No, I’m fine. Just a bit
shook up.” Maybe he did have a slight temper, but he’d used it to
defend her. Didn’t he say men shouldn’t hurt women? His outburst
seemed understandable.
    “ I’m sorry about what I
said.” He released her wrist.
    She wrinkled her brow, confused. What had he
said to apologize for?
    “ About you being my woman.
It popped into my mind first.” He blushed a light pink, like he had
when she’d commented on his dimples.
    Comfort washed over her as
his temper died down and concern took over. “Well, I did ask you to
be my man for two weeks. So…” She looked down at her feet. The nail
polish she’d expertly applied today looked stunning. Oh, stop stalling and just ask. “What do you say? Would you like to be my
lover?”

Chapter 2
    Hell yeah, Noah wanted to be her lover.
Seeing the full length of her, he wanted her more than before.
    Her short skirt skimmed the curves of her
hips and showed off a round firm ass. Shaped and toned legs went on
for days, making her close to eye level with him. Boobs were nice
to look at and touch, but he’d always been a leg man.
    He watched her bite her
lower lip as she waited for his answer. How was he to tell her he
wanted to rent a room and drag her upstairs right now, when he
didn’t think she meant the word lover in the same fashion he did?
Pity. Because he’d love to get those well-toned thighs around his
waist.
    On the other hand, if he played his cards
right, he might change her