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grin. “Well damn, boy. I haven’t seen you in, what, ten years?” she said, giving a show for the two guys. Jason looked at her and smiled, his gaze sliding to Shane briefly. She totally ignored Shane. Jason put his plate down on the nearest table in time to embrace Dani, who threw her arms around his neck and gave him a quick peck on the cheek. “It’s always great to see old friends.” She held on just a second longer than needed, making sure to press her breasts against his firm chest.
    “Um, hi, Danielle. Welcome home,” he said, looking over her shoulder at Shane.
    “Thanks!” She just as suddenly let him go, turning on her heels to face Shane. “Hello, Officer Matthews,” she said, her chin lifted.
    “I’m off duty, Danielle. You can call me Shane.” He put his plate down and took a long swig of his beer.
    Dani’s gaze narrowed. “Okay, if that’s the case. How about I call you, cocky asshole?” She heard Jason chuckle behind her.
    “Bitter much?” Shane asked.
    “You gave me a damn ticket.” She stomped her foot feeling like a girl again, trying to get rid of the annoying little boy. “You suck, Shane!” she hissed at him.
    He took her hand and pulled her near him, whispering in her ear. “I suck tits and clits, baby.”
    Those were the exact parts of her body that responded to the warmth of his voice at her ear. He wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her in closer. He let his lips linger against the side of her face. “I’ve missed you,” he said in her ear. Dani’s eyes closed as every nerve ending in her body became aware of the contours of his chest against her. His muscled arms wrapped tightly around her, causing her breath to catch. The bulge she admired earlier pressed against her belly. She opened her eyes and took a step back to look at him, trying her hardest not to show how his closeness affected her body.
    “Someone’s been working out.” She rubbed his arm.
    She continued softly, “It looks good on you, Shane.”
    “Dani, honey,” her mother called out, coming over to them. Startled, the two jumped apart.
    Danielle didn’t know what she was thinking, staring at him like that. “Yeah, Mama?”
    “Are you going to eat? You haven’t had a plate.”
    “Yes, ma’am. I’m gonna get a plate right now,” she answered walking away, not giving Shane another glance.
    “What was that I just saw?”
    “What, huh?” Dani picked up a piece of fried chicken and avoided her mother’s gaze.
    “Danielle Rose.”
    “Ma’am,” she mumbled. Her mother could see right through her.
    “You and your little friend over there,” she said nodding to Brandi, “better not hurt my boys.”
    Danielle looked hurt. “Why would I do that?”
    “’Cause what you, I, and every other red-blooded woman here sees, are two sexy men.”
    “Mother!”
    “I have eyes and I’m a woman,” her mother said. “What that poor boy sees is the woman he has loved his whole life.”
    “Well, that poor boy isn’t so innocent, Mama. You should have heard what he just said to me.”
    “Nope, I don’t want to hear it.”
    “But, Mama!”
    “I said I don’t want to hear it. Just play fair.”
    “We aren’t kids anymore, Mama,” she grumbled.
    “Exactly. You’re playing adult games now.”
    Danielle’s eyes got wide. “I’m not gonna have sex with him!”
    Her mother covered her ears with her hands. “La, la, la, I don’t want to hear this.”
    “Hey, you implied it, not me!”
    “I don’t need to imply anything. I saw the way you looked at each other. Never saw you look at him that way before,” her mother quipped.
    “Well, look at him,” she retorted. “He got damn near smokin’ hot overnight.”
    “It’s been ten years, honey, and he has always been a handsome boy. You just never gave him the time of day.” Her mother also picked up a piece of chicken.
    “Hey, Dani, the guys asked if we wanted to hit the club tonight,” Brandi said, walking up to them.
    Danielle