Audra said as Carter shook out the blue-and-green plaid blanket he’d won along with a food-filled picnic basket in the auction. “Paying that kind of money for a pie you were going to have some of later this evening anyway.” “Crazy about you,” he replied, his mouth hitching up on one side in a charming grin. “Now how about we have that lunch I won?” Crazy about you? Audra’s heart did a flip, despite her head’s warning that she shouldn’t make too much out of his teasing remark. “For the amount you paid,” she said as she placed the bright yellow basket atop the blanket Carter had just spread out for their picnic, “you should have gotten all of the picnic lunches.” “Darlin’,” he countered as he settled his long frame atop the blanket, “time spent with you is worth far more than I paid for this here basket.” Blushing at his words, Audra let her gaze fall to the basket as she began unloading the containers of food and placing them on the blanket.
