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you?”
    “That one.” Niall pointed out a girl in the second row, and then the other guys picked out one each. 
    “Ok, I think we’re good,” Timo said, amazed at how confident he sounded.
    “And what if they won’t come?” Dalton said.
    “Lauren said to try a girl in the row behind, or the one behind that.”
    Just then, Lauren called “five minutes!” from the back of the room, and they joined the others to get dressed in matching imitation firefighters’ uniforms. Like the jeans they’d been wearing earlier, the uniforms were customized with Velcro so they’d come off easily. They’d chosen firefighters as a theme because most of them worked as volunteer firefighters for the Hope Valley Fire Service in their spare time, while Bruno was a full-time fire chief.
    Just then, the music started up again, and they retrieved their genuine fire fighter’s helmets and got into formation. Timo’s nerves had gone altogether, and a different sensation was coursing through his veins. His bear very keen for him to get his hands on the girl he’d chosen, and it was whining and pawing at his insides. He shushed it up, adamant that it wouldn’t distract him from his performance.

Chapter Three
     
    The curtains snapped wide open and Raven whistled and cheered as the eight insanely-hot strippers bounded onto the stage again. She’d gotten so heated watching them dance that she’d had to ask the sexy waiter for a glass of cold water during the intermission. The men all had the kind of bodies that she loved. They were tall and well built, with hair on their chests and a little meat on their bones. Some had dark hair, some light brown; some had dark eyes while others had blue or green, and most of them had at least a smattering of sexy facial hair. The girls had been talking about which one they liked best, and for Raven, there was no contest. The one with the messy, golden-brown hair and deep brown eyes had caught her attention the moment she laid eyes on him, and had held it all the way through the first half. As he came back on stage, he flashed a sexy smile and her tummy fluttered as she felt like he was smiling right at her. This time, the strippers were dressed as firefighters, in blue overalls and yellow helmets. She fantasized about her guy rescuing her from a high window. He looked like he could throw her over his shoulder and carry her without breaking into a sweat. They danced energetically, using props like wooden beams and fire extinguishers, and at the end of the first song, they pulled the top half of their uniforms down to the waist. As Raven clapped and cheered, she feasted her eyes on his bulging shoulder muscles and amazing pecs. Damn, he looks good enough to eat, she thought, tingling all over. She had an overwhelming urge to leap up on stage and lick him all over. 
    At the end of the second song, the strippers pulled their uniforms off altogether, to a chorus of whistles. Now they were each dressed in their boots, helmet, and a tiny pair of white shorts, displaying their strong, muscular thighs. Four of the guys took a step back to the rear of the stage, while the other six came right to the edge of the stage and started tugging at their shorts. They teased the audience, easing them lower and lower while gyrating their hips, and Raven was about ready to faint as more and more of her guy’s smoking body came into view.
    And then they stopped, and the girls let out a collective groan. But then, they leapt down from the stage, landing in perfect synchrony, and ran out into the crowd. What are they doing? Raven held her breath. Her guy was coming right up to her. As he got close, she saw that his eyes were even more beautiful than she’d imagined. They were so deep and intense, but had a kind look too. He stretched out his hand for hers and her tummy flipped.
    “Come on stage with me,” he said in a deep, rumbling voice. She looked at him, over at the stage, and her gaze involuntarily flickered over