Chapter 206: Adam

He was frozen, his arm around Kylie as he looked down at her. She felt it too, he could see it plain as day. She'd make the world's worst poker player because every thought and feeling was right there on her face.

And her face was telling him that she felt the arcs of electricity between them with every strangled breath.

"Well-I-better-get-going-and-look-at-the-car-and-see-what-needs-to-be-fixed-before-you-can-buy-it-see-you-later," and he was out the door, running as if someone had set his ass on fire and he jumped into his truck, gunning the engine and tearing down the dirt driveway like a convict making a break from prison.

He couldn't fall in love with Kylie VanLueven. No way, no how. She was his employee, for God's sake. And a good fifteen years younger than him. And...and...well, he was sure there were other reasons too, that he'd think of in just a moment.