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it from the side table and hiked it over her shoulder, feeling all sorts of self-conscious. Rush just oozing sex didn’t make it any better either. The way he kept his eyes squarely on her and the wolfish grin he wore made her tingle with expectation. Though she wasn’t entirely sure what it was she was expecting. She was a good girl, at least so she thought, and even if he was entirely smoking hot, that wouldn’t mean anything, right?
    But why can’t you just have a little bit of fun? Relax… Enjoy it!
    The little devil on Danni’s shoulder was being far too convincing for Danni’s own good. They stepped out of the salon and Danni locked it behind her. As always, she gave one last, appreciative look at the place before stepping away. It felt good knowing that she had built this place and that she would come back to it the very next day and just pick up where she had left off, making it even bigger and better.
    Rush took her hand in his like it was the most normal thing and started walking. For the first minute or so, Danni couldn’t get over the fact that he’d just done that – her skin was all tingly, and hot and cold flashes were running through her. When she finally got over the initial ohmigoshwe’reholdinghands! and she could pay attention to something else, she noticed that they were walking in the opposite direction of the only diner in the area.
    “Um, I thought we were going out to dinner?” Danni half-stated, half-asked.
    Rush chuckled, glancing at her. He was wearing a black dress shirt done up just high enough to show off some of his broad, hard chest and blue jeans that fit him just right. He cut a dashing figure of a cowboy – at least to Danni’s inexperienced eye.
    “We are. I just thought we could do something a little bit… different. How does that sound?”
    “Different can be fun,” Danni admitted carefully, unsure of what she was getting herself into.
    They walked for a few more minutes before the small town was just behind them. There, in the rays of the slowly lowering sun, Danni saw what he had meant. She gasped and stopped for a moment to stare.
    “Is that…” She didn’t know exactly what she was saying so she just pointed at the big, colorful hot air balloon, sitting in the middle of a field.
    “Yup,” Rush confirmed, tugging her forward gently.
    Rush walked her over to it and helped her into the basket. There wasn’t too much room, but when Rush undid the ropes and jumped in as well, she thought that it might have been a good thing – at least she’d have someone to hold onto when she got scared. And there was no one she’d rather cling to than Rush!
    “Do you know how to fly this thing?” Danni asked, a little uncertain.
    Rush laughed, letting the fire blaze hotter for a moment and take the hot air balloon into the air.
    “No, I figured this would be a great time to learn, though!” he teased.
    She wanted to smack his arm, but no way was she going to risk death like that! The balloon went higher and higher, and soon, all of Shifter Grove and the surrounding farms and ranches stretched out before her. It took her breath away. This little town that had been so good to her was now right in front of her in all its humble, subdued glory. She lost herself in its beauty until the clink of glasses dragged her out of her reverie.
    Rush popped the cork on an expensive-looking champagne, poured her a glass and handed it to her. Danni looked at it dubiously and worry stirred in her when she saw the contents of the rest of the picnic basket Rush had hidden in the balloon – expensive dried hams, strawberries, little cupcakes and cheeses made for the perfect light dinner – and she had to wonder how he could afford it all. Not just that, but where had he got the balloon from!?
    “You shouldn’t have gone to all this trouble,” Danni said lightly.
    Rush snorted with amusement, turning those blue eyes back on her.
    “It was no trouble. Don’t worry about it. Just enjoy it.