`` then why did n't you say so ? '' his boss stared at him a second . while youre keeping them busy , ill pick up the horses and meet you on the ridge . `` you 're very stubborn , pet , '' he murmured into the hair at the top of her head . he leaned in that last inch to skim my neck with his bottom lip , hardly touching and yet sending shock waves through me , deep into my belly . let me get the nursing director , she said . 