She couldn’t believe she was going on a date. An actual date! And she’d been the one to ask the guy out. It was as if she was a whole new woman. A whole new woman that had a date with a very attractive deputy. Kristen couldn’t help but sigh as her thoughts turned back to Brandon. She called him that in the privacy of her own mind, daring to dream of him in ways that were all too sinful to be repeated. That didn’t stop her from quivering with a rush of delight as she thought one day, maybe, they might come true. One day she just might let him kiss her again. Not tonight, though. That would be moving too fast, and Kristen had already decided she wasn’t going to make that mistake again. That reserve got tested when Deputy Hammel arrived looking fresh, pressed, and bearing flowers. His shaggy hair was combed and the smooth line of his jaw completely hairless. He was a handsome devil with that sparkle in his eyes and the grin that assured her he was liking what he saw, too.
