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certainly better than telling the man that he scrambled her brain, gave her butterflies and made her think lustful thoughts. She’d love nothing more than to strip him naked, tie him down, slather him with honey, and lick him from head to toe… there was one part in particular she really wanted to lick.
         “What did you want to ask me?” she asked quietly.
         “I wondered if you’d like to have dinner with me tomorrow. That is, if you’re free?”
         Sienna stared at him, shell-shocked. He was asking her out? On a date? When she started feeling faint, she realized that she had once again forgotten to breathe. Sucking in a lung full of air, she tried to calm her racing heart.
         “I’m free tomorrow,” she heard herself answer.
         “Wonderful. Shall I pick you up around seven?”
         Sienna nodded. “Seven will be fine.”
         Logan leaned in close and brushed a kiss against her cheek.
         “I’ll see you then,” he murmured. “Now, if you’ll excuse me, I should probably circulate the room and check on all of my customers.”
         “Of course.”
         Logan gave her one more devastating smile before sauntering off.
         The man could certainly make an exit! She’d never really noticed a man’s butt before, but Logan’s was definitely something to look at. She sighed and turned to go find Robert. True to his word, he was in the mystery section.
         Robert took in her flushed cheeks and her dazed expression.
         “I take it the conversation with Logan went well?”
         Sienna snapped out of it and looked up at her friend. “He asked me out.”
         Robert smiled down at her. “And you’re surprised?”
         “Well, duh!”

         Robert sighed and shook his head. “You shouldn’t be. How many times have I told you how beautiful you are? That you’re one of a kind?”
         “I always thought you just said that stuff to be nice and make me feel better.”
         “Sienna, I say those things because they’re true. You’re unique. I can honestly say there isn’t another woman out there like you.”
         She snorted. “That isn’t always a good thing, Robert.”
         “Maybe not, but in this case it is. And it can’t just be me that sees it. Logan had to have seen something for him to ask you out.”
         She shrugged her shoulder. “I guess.”
         Robert growled low in his throat and backed her up against the bookcase. “Do I have to smack you over the head with a book to knock some sense into you? Do I? Because I’m tired of hearing you put yourself down; tired of hearing that you’re fat or unattractive. If I weren’t your friend, I’d kiss you senseless right about now just to prove how attractive you are.”
         Sienna’s eyes went wide. She had never seen Robert like this. Sure, he got upset when she put herself down, but he’d never reacted like this.
         He dropped his forehead to hers. “What am I going to do with you?”
         She grinned up at him. “I don’t know, but I’m sure you’ll think of something.”
         Robert chuckled and stepped away from her. She was driving him insane lately. If Logan screwed things up, he wasn’t sure what would happen. Sienna’s heart couldn’t stand to be broken too many more times. And Robert wasn’t sure he could stand to watch it be broken anymore.
         Grabbing her hand, he tugged her toward the front counter. “Come on. After I pay for my book, I’ll take you to lunch.”
         “Where are we going?”
         He let his eyes travel over her dress, down to her sandals, and back up to her eyes. “I’m thinking somewhere with tablecloths and candles.”
         Sienna grinned. “You mean somewhere like Chez Christophe?”
         Robert laughed. “Yeah, somewhere like that. I take it this means you’re in the mood for French food?”
         “French food