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somehow.
    He sighed before he opened his door, walked around to the passenger side, and pulled her door open.
    “Cole…”
    “Carrie…”
    They both laughed.
    “You go first.”
    “No. Ladies first.”
    Chewing her bottom lip nervously, she focused on the toes of her boots for a second before she started to apologize again.
    “Carrie, it’s fine, really.”
    She shook her head. “No, it’s not, Cole. I probably shouldn’t have let things happen the way they did. I’ve always prided myself on control.”
    “Are you sorry we made love?”
    “No—yes. I don’t know. Being near you confuses me.”
    “I see.” He frowned and stepped back further.
    “What I mean is I made a mistake tonight. It's been a long time since a man has held me, and I guess I just gave into the temptation of having you here. I've been under so much pressure with quitting school, dealing with taking care of Jessica, and now her pregnancy…I needed someone. That's why I dismissed the fact that you are only here temporarily.” She moved away, her back to him as she let her head drop against her shoulder and sighed.
    He stopped behind her and pulled her back into his embrace. She leaned back, letting his heat envelope her while his hands moved down her arms.
    “And because we’re attracted to each other.” His whispered words caressed her ear, and shivers rolled down her spine.
    “Yeah, but that doesn’t make it right.”
    “Sometimes you have to grab on to something as it happens.”
    “I can’t keep throwing caution to the wind, Cole.” She turned back around to face him. “It's not right for me to be judgmental of her.”
    “She made that mistake on her own a couple of months ago.”
    “Yes, she did, and I made the same mistake.” She shivered when his fingers moved down her neck, and she closed her eyes.
    Good Lord, what his touch does to me.
    “I don’t think what happened between us was a mistake,” he whispered against her lips.
    Her eyes opened slightly. “Maybe not a mistake, but definitely an error in judgment.”
    He lifted his head but didn’t let her go. “You’re a grown woman. She’s still a kid.”
    “I should have known better. I need to set an example…”
    He pressed a finger to her lips to silence her and looked deep into her eyes. “There isn’t anything wrong with wanting to make love with someone just because.”
    She removed his finger and stepped away. “It wasn’t making love Cole. It was sex—pure and simple.”
    “I’m not going to win this argument am I?” He smiled, flashing those devastatingly handsome dimples.
    She chuckled slightly and shook her head.
    He pulled her against his chest, and she wrapped her arms around his waist, laying her head on his shoulder. For several moments, he held her, stroked her back and she knew it was a moment she would never forget. Sighing heavily, she finally moved out of his embrace.
    “I should go.”
    “I know,” he whispered, tugging on her hand gently to bring her back into his arms “Let me take you to dinner tomorrow.”
    “Aren’t you leaving?”
    “Not tomorrow. I’m riding again during the day. We hadn’t planned on leaving until the day after.”
    God, I want to. I want to see him again, I want him to hold me, kiss me and make love to me, even if it’s the wrong thing to do.
    She closed her eyes as his fingers moved to the hair by her ear and around to the back of her head. His lips played softly along the seam of hers, nibbling at the corners of her mouth, before his tongue coaxed her to open for him. With a tortured groan, he slanted his mouth across hers, taking everything she offered and then some. He pushed her up against the truck, letting one hand wander down her side to cup her breast, his thumb working the nipple through her shirt. He finally lifted his mouth but continued to trail kisses along her cheek and down her neck, nipping softly.
    When he finally lifted his head, they were both breathing hard. “Go out with