It was a simple kiss, a featherlight brush of his mouth on hers. No tongues. No real heat.And his whole body was buzzing.He pulled back just a little to take in Sadie’s expression. Her eyes were closed, her feathery lashes leaving shadows on the smooth texture of her flushed cheeks. She swayed a little toward him.Damn.When he’d started all this, he’d meant to go slow, to get to know her better, figure out why she didn’t seem to like him.Given her expression now, she liked him all right. But Sadie had more burdens than any single woman should have to bear. She was shy and sweet and so damn generous.He leaned in again, but this time he let his nose graze her throat, inhaling the sweet female scent of her. You’d think a woman who played with animals from sunup to sundown wouldn’t smell so nice. But she did. He felt…intoxicated.And if his friends knew his thoughts, they’d laugh themselves silly.Ethan and Riley and Harris, his best buddies for some time now, all considered him too goofy to ever settle down.
