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When Kenna shrugged and left, Bailey went to work She separated out the steel bars and wood planking and was banging with a haether when the doubts slid into her brain

What had she been thinking? How did she possibly think she could handle building the scaffolding on her own? Or for thaton such a scale? Panic hit her then, right in the gut, and she sat on the floor and pressed her forehead to her knees

Don’t worry about staying inside the lines, darling…Bailey could still hear her grandh she had already been fighting the cancer that would slowly drain the life out of her But she’d never lost her positive nature, never

Don’t worry about whether you can do it, Bailey-Bean Just pretend you can Pretend enough and it becorandma had lived her life and it was how Bailey intended to live hers Her grandma would want this for Bailey, and Bailey wanted it for herself It was on her list She wanted to paint a rand on, watching fro the shit out of the steel

"What the hell?"

She whipped around and found Hud staring at her He was in ski patrol gear today, looking official

And officially hot

She did her best to roll her tongue back into her mouth, and smiled "Hey"

"My sister said you were about to be stupid and not adet a front-row seat for the stupidity?" she asked

He sing"

Pretend enough and it becomes real

So Bailey lifted an eyebrow and pretended she was a sexy siren "Now there’s a complaint I’ve never had before," she said in her best Marilyn Monroe whisper

He laughed

Okay, so maybe she’d have to work on it "So you, what, drew the short straw to go rescue the stupid chick?"

"No"

"No?" she asked, a little breathless because he’d coe unit and had stopped only when they were toe to toe

"I won you," he said, his voice whiskey sood parts quivered "What does thatthat has to be done each week goes up on a scheduling wall, which inevitably starts a fight over who’s going to do what, so we started a new thing this year We throw darts for the chores You were on the board thiswas And you’ll have to trustwas the easiest thing on that entire wall, whichfor it" He s that had her heart doing a little squishy dance And there were some other reactions, too, decidedly south of her heart Had been ever since that kiss…

Was she the only one feeling it? Because that would be e She looked down at herself and realized she earing approxi to stay war thanks to the exertion and most likely also Hud’s effortless hotness She probably looked like the Pillsbury Doughboy

Aa sex siren

"You sure you want to do this?" he asked

"Yes, it’s on my list"

Hud reached for his radio and put in a request for a few helping hands He’d just put the radio back on his hip when it went off, soan barking orders He’d no sooner slid the radio back into place than his cell phone rang He gri about how they needed at least three staff members in each of the outposts today and yes, he knew the fencing on the backside of the mountain needed to be replaced stat and that he was on it as soon as he checked the staff rosters to make sure everyone was able to take their required breaks

There was led her The reality of his job and the responsibilities of his day-to-day life here on the et a day off?" she asked

"No"

"That’s… awful"