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She glared at him. “You say that like you doubt I can.”

He hadn’t meant to challenge her. He knew she could pick up any man she wanted. Even him …

And he had no business letting her affect him. But his body ached with wanting hers. “I say that like I wonder why you’d want to,” he clarified.

“I think it’s safer picking up strangers than taking a chance on a man I know.” She sighed. “The men I know always disappoint me.”

“Maybe you didn’t really know them,” he said.

She met his gaze and held it for a long moment before nodding. “Maybe not …” She wriggled down from the stool, and her body pushed against his.

He remembered that night—remembered how close they’d been, nothing between them as skin had slid over skin.

She leaned closer, her lips brushing his ear, and murmured, “Or maybe I’ve known them too well …”