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“What about thehim frown

She’d made muffins?

God, he fucking loved muffins

“Fivehi to convince the babysitter that hadn’t lasted the week to come back

“Are you going to take the apartan working on relittery-paste mess from behind his ears

“That’s up to your dad,” Charlie said, rinsing the facecloth as Devin stood there, thinking of all the reasons that this was a bad idea, but one look at his s that he already regretted

Chapter 1

One Week Later…

She should probably be concerned that soht as she rolled over and found herself s on the bed next to her, wearing the cutest pair of tighty-whities that she’d ever seen, with a large bowl of Fruit Loops on his lap as he watched SpongeBob Square Pants

“I made breakfast,” Dustin said around a mouthful of Fruit Loops

“You did?” Charlie asked, biting back a yawn as she sat up next to him

“You were out of toast,” he said, gesturing to the tray on the bed in front of him

“I see,” Charlie said, taking in the large bowl of Fruit Loops, the glass filled to the rim with chocolatethe tray and felt her lips twitch

“That looks delicious Thank you,” she said, helping herself to the other bowl of cereal and settled in next to hieBob

“You’re welcolanced at her alarm clock and noted the time

“Why are you up so early?” Charlie asked as she reached over and turned her alaro off

“Meeting withit off as he placed his bon and reached for the Hostess Cupcake and broke it in half

“That sounds like fun,” Charlie said as she accepted her half of the cupcake and took a bite

“She doesn’t likeher frown

“Why do you say that?” she asked, finishing the cupcake

Shrugging, Dustin said, “Because I can’t read,” only to follow that up with, “Why is your bed in the living roo

“Because a bed isnot to mention that she’d decided to use the bedrooet her unna part-ti to work before she risked everything

“It really is,” Dustin readily agreed with a nod as he reached fo

r the glass of chocolate er mess

“Here,” she said, s as she carefully pulled the tray closer so that he could lean over and take a sip

“Thank you,” he said, wiping hishis attention to his bowl of Fruit Loops as so occurred to her

“How did you get in here?” Charlie asked, already deciding that she’d leave the door unlocked fro served breakfast in bed by an incredibly handsome man

“The key,” Dustin said around a mouthful of cereal

“That would do it,” she said, nodding solemnly as Abbi walked in and climbed onto the bed with a yawn as she sat down on the bed next to her twin brother

“Daddy’s looking for you,” Abbi mumbled sleepily as she reached over and helped herself to a spoonful of her brother’s Fruit Loops

“I’ her lips twitch

“We’re not supposed to be in here,” Abbi said, confir Charlie’s suspicions

Over the past five years, Devin had been going out of his way to avoid her, barely acknowledging her existence and forgetting who she hen he did, and now…

Noouldn’t stop glaring at her

It started when he’d told her that the apartn She’d considered pointing out that she hadn’t seen the apart that it would be in her best interest to sign the agreeed his e his mind She could see it on his face every time he looked at her, which unfortunately for her, was so a lot more over the past week

Yesterday when she showed up with atruck and Ben by her side, she’d expected hied his mind What she hadn’t expected was for Devin to lare Okay, soshe’d expected it, but she hadn’t expected hio have a seat while he took over unloading the truck Once he had her thingsthe door that connected the in-law apartment to the rest of the house behind him and then…