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"What?" I said, wondering what in the world Jesse Walker was doing inanything else atshit out of ive him more than a quick look

My eyes almost popped out of my head

He was in his pajamas, too: a pair of navy blue sweats cut off at the knees, along withabsolutely nothing else No shirt, no shoes, no hat It was the least cowboy-fied I’d ever seen Jesse, and even though he was sexy six ways to Sunday in his cowboy gear, this look was hard to beat

Probably had so to do with all of the tanned, ?" He sounded like he was about to start snapping his fingers in front ofkind of crazy right now"

That’s because you’re practically nakd and were descended froods

I almost had to slapinto " I had to look away or I was sure o crossed My eyes landed on the"And how in the hell did you get in here?" I rushed to theYep, just how I’d remembered its location before Superht up No roofline, trellis, or ladder to cli So if he didn’t have Superman DNA, it was Spiderman DNA

Jesse appeared beside me and stuck his head out the ith raze practically undidhis head up I did the same

All I saas the outline of the roof and anotherset right belohere the roofline caether I’d never noticed it before It was a bit sht shone fro ten feet above uessed how I did it yet?" he asked eagerly Thankfully, he’d guessed otten from point A to point my Bedroom I suppose I was still in some shock about that whole feat, but ht aboveit had soical explanation for how he’d scaled down almost ten feet without the aid of a rope or a ladder or pixie dust

Jesse nudged th of mine "Maybe a little bit of lunacy, but a whole lot of skill, too But, couess as to how I did it?"

I openedto do with lunacy,all lunacy, superhero DNA, and ether Jesse’stoand one cobblestone chimney a couple feet to the side

"Oh, dear God" I felt round up past the rooftop Right by ht by Jesse’s "Please tell me you didn’t--"

"Climb down the side of the chirinned "Yeah I did"

If he lost a foot or hand hold, he would have fallen a good twenty feet There weren’t any sharp projectiles or concrete landings below, but still Best case scenario was so Worst case was a one way ticket to the hereafter

"And the bull riders are supposed to have some kind of death wish?"

Jesse chuckled "I’ve done it dozens of ti about the chimney is that it’s predictable You don’t have to wonder which way it’s going to spin, or how high it’s going to buck"

"Ha Ha," I said humorlessly I saw very little hu beside ainst mine, but if he needed to see h my door?

"Why in the world did you do that?" I couldn’t stare out theany longer In fact, I’d never stare out of it the saain

"Because I needed to talk to you, and I didn’t get to finish what I needed to say tonight," he said, ducking back into the roo to talk to you all darn week, but you’ve been dodgingday"

I pursedserious, and I didn’t want to hurt his feelings, but really? Like a calf on branding day? I’d most certainly never heard that before and doubted I ever would again outside of Willow Springs

"This whole week, your ’s been closed, so when I heard it finally open, I decided to make my move Because, Rowen, I need to talk to you whether you want to talk back or not I need to explain a couple of things I h yourat night, but you didn’t really leave ether Jesse all flustered and ra on so many levels, but he’d misunderstood my question

"Not Why? as in why did you need to see me so badly, but Why? as in why didn’t you just knock on e of my bed and tried really hard to keep my eyes on his When his hands moved to his hips, that feat became next to impossible

"Because you wouldn’t have answered and because I didn’t want to worry about wakingtheir questions as to what I was doing knocking on your door at night And because I could cli to i skills" Jesse’s died My throat went dry "So, are you i from him to the , back to him, I said, "Consider me sufficiently impressed"

His dimples drilled a little deeper with his smile "I’d say my work here is done, except it’s really only started" The skin between his eyebrows cahtshirt

Two and two caht as his face ironed out "Nice shirt," he said, looking a little s hie