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    He laughed then. Mostly because he couldn’t possibly stay mad at her when she said such ridiculous things. And also because he realized on some level that she might be right.
    “You’re laughing?” She stopped walking and put her hands on her hips. “This is not funny.”
    “I think it’s hilarious.” He tapped the end of her nose, making her look even more disgruntled than before.
    Viktor suddenly couldn’t resist. He slipped his arms around Katie’s curvy body and pulled her flush against him. She was warm and soft. There was no resistance. Instead, she wound her arms about his neck and pressed her mouth to his. He kissed her slowly, lingering over the softness of her lips and savoring the sensation of being close to this woman.
    Viktor slipped his hands over her back and down to her rounded butt. He gave the soft globes a squeeze. Katie made a tiny noise of pleasure and stood on her tiptoes to press herself closer to him. He imagined how good it would be to have her wrap her legs around his waist. Or to lay her in the soft grass and make love to her here under the open sky. But for now this wasn’t the time or the place. Not when someone might be watching.
    He gently broke away from the kiss, nuzzling her nose as he let go of her delectable backside. “You drive me absolutely crazy, you know that?”
    Her lighthearted giggle made everything worth it. “Oh yeah? Well maybe it’s just a short trip to crazy for you. Hmm?”
    “Nice. Although I think you might be right.” He took her hand in his and started off down the path.
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    Katie loved the feel of Viktor’s hand wrapped around hers. She felt small and protected there with him. The evening was warm and Max was busy nosing his way through the thick grass at the edge of the trail. They weren’t talking, just strolling along like a normal couple. It was almost surreal.
    A car pulled up into the back parking lot where she had seen Viktor with his friends the other day. When Sasha exited the vehicle, Katie realized that her and Viktor’s time together had been borrowed from a life that probably didn’t exist .
    “Damn,” Viktor muttered.
    Katie realized she was now clutching his hand and forced herself to loosen her grip. “Why is he here?”
    “I’m not sure, but it wouldn’t be like him not to say. So I’m sure we’re about to find out.” Viktor took a deep breath and kept going down the path as though Sasha’s appearance hadn’t affected them at all.
    Katie tried to be nonchalant but wasn’t sure she quite had the act down. Sasha was unnerving as far as she was concerned. By the time she and Viktor had drawn up even with Sasha’s parked car, Max was glued to Katie’s side. The dog was obviously concerned. Max had much experience reading her moods, and he knew exactly how she felt without her saying a word.
    “Well don’t the two of you just make the cutest couple,” Sasha called out. His sarcastic tone of voice grated on Katie’s nerves.
    “How’s your toothache?” she asked with a sweet smile. “You know you really shouldn’t be driving around while you’re taking all that pain medication.”
    “Toothache?” Viktor murmured, glancing down at her.
    “Yeah. He showed up at my office earlier today with a huge abscessed tooth.” She thought about it for a moment. “I really think it was random. He seemed as surprised to see me as I was to see him.”
    “Right or left side?” Viktor wanted to know. He was still murmuring in a voice too low for Sasha to hear.
    Katie wondered why it mattered. “The lower right.”
    Then she saw Viktor taking stock of Sasha’s positioning against his car and realized that Viktor was keeping that information in his mind in case he and Sasha came to blows. It gave Viktor an advantage when his opponent was not only suffering from jaw pain on the right, but also on pain meds that might slow his reaction time. Great. So Viktor thought this was going to end in a fight.
    “You know what?”