QUOTE : I nodded toward Cade’s wrist. “I’m sorry.”<br /><br />“It’s fun. I get a man bracelet.”<br /><br />I smiled. “I don’t think you get to keep it. She’s just using you as her model.”<br /><br />“Her model?”<br /><br />“It’s a fact, not a compliment.”<br /><br />“Because if you gave me a compliment you might have a stroke.”<br /><br />I laughed. “Probably not a stroke, but my brain would definitely revolt in some way.”<br /><br />He didn’t laugh along with me, just looked at the cording on his wrist.<br /><br />“Oh, stop, you don’t need me to tell you that you’re hot to know that it’s true.”<br /><br />“Are you okay? Did that hurt your head?” Cade asked.<br /><br />I kicked his foot with mine and he laughed.<br /><br />“So you think I’m hot?” Cade’s eyes sparkled.<br /><br />“Doesn’t every girl?”<br /><br />It surprised me when his cheeks turned a light shade of pink. I wasn’t sure why that embarrassed him in any way. I was positive he already knew it. He ran one hand through his hair. Then he said, almost too quiet for me to hear, “You’re not every girl.