It Started at Christmas...

“We could ride to the hospital together, then go get frozen yogurt afterward.”

They could, but should they?

“It might cause people to ask questions if we were seen at the hospital together so close on the tails of Saturday night.”

“You think my kissing your hand in the lab hasn’t caused a few tongues to wag?”

His kissing her hand had caused her tongue to wag when she’d returned his kiss on her front porch.

A sweet kiss that hadn’t lasted nearly long enough.

A passionate kiss that had made her want to wind her arms around him, pull him as close to her as she possibly could and kiss him until she’d had her fill.

“We’re already the top story around the hospital. George has told everyone how I saved your life with mouth-to-mouth when you passed out.”

Heat flushed her face. “You did not do mouth-to-mouth on me in the lab.”

He arched a brow. “You sure? You are still alive.”

Very alive. Intensely alive. Feeling more alive by the second beneath his gaze.

“You owe me.” His eyes locked with hers. “Say yes.”

Needing to break the contact, she rolled her eyes. “I don’t owe you.”

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bsp; He let out an exaggerated sigh. “You’re right. I’m the one who owes you. Let me make it up to you by taking you out for frozen yogurt.”

Her brows made a V. “What do you owe me for?”

“That kiss.”

Her cheeks flushed hot and she stared at the durable medical equipment form again, still not able to focus on it. “You don’t owe me.”

“Sure I do.”

“Why?” She refused to glance up at him.

“Because it was an amazing kiss.”

It had been an amazing kiss.

“If you said yes to going with me for frozen yogurt, I could repay you.”

“With another kiss?”

“Well, I had frozen yogurt in mind, but I like how you think a lot better.”

When she didn’t immediately answer, he sat down on the edge of her desk and grinned down at her. “But I’m a compromising kind of guy. If you ask nicely, we could do both frozen yogurt and mouth-to-mouth.”

McKenzie bit her lower lip. She wanted to say yes.

Way more than she should.

It was only frozen yogurt.

And his lips against hers.