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and leaned forward on the table, his blue eyes sparkling.

“Well, uh …” Suddenly I was staring at his pink lips as the tip of his tongue licked them slowly. I couldn’t tear my eyes from his mouth, and I wondered what his lips would feel like on my skin.

“Are my eyes deceiving me or are you blushing?” He laughed and threw his head back. “You don’t have much experience with men, do you?”

“I have plenty of experience.” I licked my lips nervously, all of a sudden the air between us had changed and I could feel my heart racing. I’d never been on a date with this much sexual tension before. It was kinda exciting.

“If you thought I was too old when you saw me, why did you sit down and stay?” His blue eyes pierced into mine.

I swallowed hard. “Because I wanted a free bottle of wine,” I answered, and he burst out laughing.

“You’re very honest, aren’t you?” He looked pleased at the thought, and I wondered if he’d dated a lot of women who were liars.

“Something like that.” Then, because I couldn’t help myself, I continued. “Why are you still entertaining me? I’ve been so rude to you. Why didn’t you just get up and leave? Or ask me to leave?”

He raised an eyebrow at me. “Maybe because I came here to enjoy a meal.”

“Why didn’t you ask me to leave, then?”

“Because I find you amusing.”

“Oh.”

I wasn’t sure how to take that. “Amusing” wasn’t a great adjective. I’d preferred him to say he found me beautiful or sexy. Like some sort of forbidden fruit that he knew he shouldn’t have but needed to taste.

Yeah, my mind was really running away with me.

“And maybe because I want to seduce you,” he said, his eyes staring into mine with such intensity that I couldn’t even swallow. Holy Shit!

I shifted in my seat, feeling more turned on than I had in years. “You want to seduce me?” My voice sounded raspy. He really was direct, wasn’t he?

“Would you rather me say fuck?” He let the words drip off of his tongue then chuckled at my shocked expression. He continued before I could say anything in response. “I want to give you fifteen different reasons why being with an older man will rock your world in ways that will make you never look at a younger man again. I want to show you that age is a bonus.”

“Oh my.” My eyes widened and I took a huge gulp of wine.

This was like no date I’d ever been on before. This man was seducing me with his words. And undressing me with his eyes. I’d never been this turned on in my life. Never! And he hadn’t even touched me yet. At that moment, he could have been twenty-five or fifty-five, it didn’t matter to me. This was the most arousing situation I’d ever been in. And his age had nothing to do with it.

“‘Oh my’? Is that all you have to say?” he said, so cocky way that immediately I thought to myself that he was a man that needed to be taught a lesson. “‘Oh my’?” He was mocking me, and I leaned forward when I replied.

“Well, I was a little bit surprised that you had only fifteen different reasons why being with an older man would rock my world. I’ve a feeling a thirty-year-old man could give me at least twenty.”

“Well, then I guess you should go and find a thirty-year-old man to have a date with.” He picked up his tumbler and took another sip as if he wouldn’t be bothered at all if I left the table.

“Well, then, maybe I should.” Suddenly feeling more disappointed than I should have, I decided to be a little crazy. Well, let’s be honest, I’m already a bit crazy. I decided to be a little bit crazier. “Unless you really want to show me why I’m wrong,” I almost whispered as I stared at him, not quite believing what I was saying.

“Unless I really want to show you why you’re wrong?” His eyes narrowed. “Proceed ...”

“Well, obviously Charlotte and Max think there’s something about the two of us that would connect. Unless, of course, Charlotte just wanted to set me up with anyone because I haven’t gotten laid in what feels like decades.” I paused as I talked without thinking about my words actually meant. Was I actually telling him that yes, maybe I would have sex with him? I couldn’t quite