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what she doesn’t like, but that just means you should try it all out. Give her the whole buffet. Figure it out with her.” He grinned. “I can think of worse ways to spend my time.”
    The whole buffet. Indeed. Bryan matched Derek’s grin. “You know what? You’re a fucking genius.”
    Derek nodded as if this was not news to him. “You’re welcome.”
    Bryan headed for his office. This was so good in so many ways. He fucking loved that Tess was a virgin. No guy had touched her. She was his , so this was awesome. And…she didn’t know what all was even on the buffet, so they could stick with Bryan’s specialties and he didn’t have to worry about her wanting the dishes he could no longer serve.
    Oh yeah, this was great.
    He couldn’t think of anything hotter than teaching Tessa all about how to touch him, how to touch herself, how to move…
    He most definitely was whistling again. And now he knew exactly why.

Chapter Four

    Tessa felt the familiar, very welcome burn in her quads and glutes as she finished her last mile. She got to the big oak tree on the edge of Tucker Bennett’s property where she’d started her run eighty minutes ago. She’d done ten miles only two days ago, but she needed it today. Her adrenaline had been running high, and there was only one sure way to get rid of it—put on her shoes and go out.
    As she walked the mile back to the road where she’d parked, cooling off and shaking out her limbs, Tess took a moment to marvel at the fact that she’d just run ten miles. Ten. Miles. There was a time not that long ago where the very idea of that would have made her laugh. She had never been a runner. She’d never really been an exerciser. Now she was going for a run to deal with emotions that would have sent her straight to the bakery a few years ago. Not that Adrianne’s bakery wasn’t amazing and not to say Tess never took advantage of her employee discount. But she liked that her first inclination when she got worked up was to use the energy more positively.
    And just like that, her thoughts were back on Bryan.
    She wasn’t sure running was going to solve this particular problem.
    Because the churning emotions simply produced more energy the minute her thoughts were back on him. Like a turbine making electricity from the winds that swept the Nebraska plains, thoughts of Bryan made all of her inner wheels turn and filled her with energy that felt difficult to contain.
    She was going to need another outlet for it other than running. Her work wasn’t going to do it, because as long as she was working on the festival, her thoughts would keep going back to this morning with Bryan and the older ladies. Her work with Delaney on the home renovation projects Delaney had going wouldn’t do it. Tess would love to take a wall or two down, but they were past that point on everything they were doing right now. Her yoga classes she taught for Hope wouldn’t do it. Yes, yoga was supposed to calm a person, but only if you could let go of all the thoughts and emotions stirring you up. Tessa was still learning a lot of that, and she suspected it would take years of intense practice to get to the point where she could override years of intense feelings for Bryan simply by breathing and stretching for an hour.
    Maybe Hope had some herbs she could recommend. Hope seemed to have natural remedies for everything. Maybe there was a potion somewhere that could help with memory loss—as in causing it. Or help with heart problems—as in helping her get over the only man she’d ever loved.
    She could not believe that she’d talked about him banging her on his desk. Banging. She’d said banging to Bryan.
    Tess groaned as she remembered it. What was she doing? That was like poking a bear, and she knew it. She knew Bryan Murray better than anyone. And she knew that she’d essentially waved a red cape in front of the bull.
    Bear, bull, whatever. He was going to see that as a challenge.
    She shouldn’t have