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This new vehicle halted beside my car and I snapped my attention away from him as the hirred down Lickable leaned down at the waist to peer inside

"Oh, hey, Mr Grahaive a sed man asked The backseat of the car was illuer sat there, his gaze riveted to the screen, punching buttons, seely oblivious that the car had even stopped

Lickable nodded and motioned to me "Just stopped to help I think I see the probleer seat sood hands"

Eased at the reassurance, I nodded at her "Thank you"

As the car drove ae faced each other, and I realized this was the closest I had allowed et to him Now that soht of emotions bombarded me Sudden, extreme self-consciousness for starters Well, for the eable hair behind hbors," he explained,to the road

"You live out here?"

"Yeah" He slid one hand inside his front jean pocket The action made his sleeve ride up and reveal more of the tattoo that crawled froht be, he was definitely not your standard boy next door

"I was babysitting The Caain "They’re down the road from my place"

I followed "So you think you can fix it?" Standing beside hiine like I knehat I was looking at My fingers played nervously with the edges of my sleeves "’Cause that would be aweso tiht now

He angled his head to look at me "Jalopy?" A corner of hisoff the fact that I grew up surrounded by people born before the invention of television

"It means an old car"

"I knohat it randmother say it"

"Yeah That’s where I picked it up" Froe

Turning, he moved to his Jeep I continued to play withhim return with a bottle of water

"Looks like a leaky radiator hose"

"Is that bad?"

Unscrewing the cap on the water, he poured it inside ine "This will cool it down Should run now For a while at least How far are you going?"

"About twenty o farther than that or it will overheat again Take it to atomorrow so he can replace the hose"

I breathed easier "That doesn’t sound too bad"

"Shouldn’t cost more than a couple hundred"

I winced That would prettya few extra shifts at the daycare or getting soet in so after the kids went to bed

He slammed the hood back in place

"Thanks a lot" I shoveda tow truck"

"So no one’s coain and I knew I aht have made that up"

"It’s okay You weren’t exactly in an ideal situation I know I can look scary"

My gaze scanned his face Scary? I kneas probably joking, but he did have that certain edge to hi Even if he was hot He was like the dark vairls obsessed over The one as torn between eating the girl and kissing her I always preferred the nice o after hierous, and sexy You don’t do anyone I shoved the whisper back, batting it away If the right guy--the one I wanted--noticed e