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and beliefs. Up until a week ago, he had begun to question whether such a woman existed.
    Laura slipped her arm around Erin’s shoulder. “Come on. Time for you to catch a bouquet.”
    “No way,” Erin protested, shrugging away. She sliced one hand through the air, her voice elevating an octave. “There are plenty of single females here who’d die to catch it. I’m not one of them.” She planted her feet on the rung of her stool. A spirited fire burned in her dark brown eyes as a pink tinge colored her cheeks.
    When Erin spotted the determined look in Laura’s eyes, she angled her chin in defiance. “Forget it, Laura—” Her words died away when Jay swiftly removed her drink from her hand.
    Laura winked at Jay. “Thank you, honey.”
    Giving her no reprieve, Laura hauled Erin from the stool and dragged her to the dance floor. Kale grinned and watched the action with mute fascination.
    Where the hell was an arena full of mud when you needed it?
    “What’s the matter with you?”
    The sound of Jay’s voice broke his concentration. “What?” Kale twisted sideways to face his best friend and wiped the smirk from his mouth.
    Furrowing his brow, Jay scrutinized Kale and signaled the bartender. “If your tongue hung any lower you’d be tripping on it. I’ve never seen you so distracted by a woman before.” Jay accepted two cold beers and handed one to Kale.
    Kale rolled his tongue back into his dry mouth, grunted something incoherent, and drained half the bitter liquor in one gulp. Much better. Now if only he could soak one other body part in the amber elixir.
    Ignoring the discomfort pulling at his ever-tightening groin, he took another long haul from the bottle. Fuck, he needed a cold shower. Either that or he was going to find himself in a tug-of-war with the palm twins when he got home. His palms. A home remedy guaranteed to relieve tension and reduce swelling.
    “She’s a ball breaker, Kale,” Jay warned. “Not your type at all.”
    Kale’s bottle hit the bar with a thud. “Yeah? You think so?”
    Jay scoffed. “I know so,” he said with certainty. “I’ve seen her in action.”
    Kale had his suspicions. There was something about her that led him to believe otherwise. He sensed a vulnerability about her that she took great pains to guard. Gut instinct told him the bad-girl act was just that. An act. A facade. One he suspected she was interested in exploring further. Damned if he, and only he, was going to be the one to help her along with that journey. And in the process he was going to get to know her on a deeper level and show her that sex between them would be anything but casual.
    “You have no idea what you’re getting yourself into.” Jay shook his head and patted Kale on the back. “She’s a man-eater. She’ll chew you up and spit you out, pal.”
    A slow grin curled Kale’s mouth. “That’s what I’m counting on.”

Chapter 2
    E rin reluctantly gave up struggling and let Laura escort her to the dance floor. “Okay, Laura you win. You can let go of me now,” she blurted, seconds before her breasts popped out of her tight bodice.
    Laura released Erin’s arm, leaned close, and whispered into her ear, “Are you and Kale going to test Pleasure Prolonged on yourselves?”
    Erin’s mouth curved. Wouldn’t that be the perfect opportunity to take a stab at being the bad girl she pretended to be and give her libidinous body the action it craved? Shame they already had test subjects lined up for Monday morning’s experiment.
    She looked at her friend, hoping her face conveyed nonchalance about the whole issue.
    “No. We never discussed it.” Her gazed moved acrossthe room and settled on Kale. A fine tremor rippled over her flesh as she watched him watching her.
    “Why not?” Laura probed. “I hear he’s into casual sex.” Laura winked at her. “Just your type.”
    Erin held out her index finger and puckered her lips. “First, he’s not my type.” Liar. She’d have to be