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Aidan lifted his head to look into her face and smiled "Yeah," he said "You’re okay"

"You can tell that just by hly-taken-care-of expression that gives you away"

She laughed and closed her eyes, letting herself relax into hi had shown up She replayed it all in hershe rolled over, but she was alone

Chapter 20

Lily showered, dressed, and walked out into her living rooainst the wall next to the woodstove She stared at it as she pulled out her phone

"I can load my oood," she said when Aidan answered

There was a beat of silence

She grimaced "I mean thank you Really But I don’t expect preferential treat--and not to mention unable--to put a label on what they’d done

"Did you forget already?" he asked mildly "I can be there in seven et, and he knew it, too, the cocky bastard Through the silence she sensed he was s

And then so was she, picturing how he’d h, his hands seductive, his body de …

Great, and now she eating a little bit "I’ to the freezer and sticking her head in it

"You sure?"

"Yes!" She glanced down at her hardened--and still hopeful--nipples "I’ve got to go"

He laughed softly "Have a good day, Lily Think of s, but she ended up doing both

"You okay?" Jonathan said when she’d walked into the staff rooone in there for

"Yep," she said "Why?"

"Because you fell down the stairs thanks to a bunny"

She sighed "Hey, it was a very big, very scary bunny, okay?"

He laughed "Whatever you say"

Das of dirty towels, replacing them with clean ones just to keep her hands busy