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"Yes, and an apple fritter or two," she said, throwing him a wink as she climbed out of his truck

"I’ll see what I can do," he said, chuckling as she shut the door

She sent hihed She was just too tired tohad given her an AAAaround the house as she pulled out her cell phone He jogged over to her and sat by her feet, obediently waiting for her to finish her phone call

With a proave Bunny his customary behind the ear scratch and headed for her front door, forcing herself not to look around like some paranoid chick in a horror flick Whatever happened, happened She wasn’t about to live the rest of her life looking over her shoulder He just wasn’t worth the effort Besides, she was too tired at theBunny she went upstairs and took a quick shower Normally she would have taken her time and allowed the hot water to ease the ache in her sore ht she really needed a hot cocoa fix She quickly dried off, pulled on a light blue tank top that ended just above her belly button and pulled on a pair of Craig’s old grey gy and tied them off so that they wouldn’t fall off and headed towards her much needed fix

Tenof cocoa as she walked up the stairs with Bunny on her heels She walked down the hall, letting out a loud yawn as she gestured Bunny towards her bed As she pulled back the thick curtain she sent up a silent prayer for a Connor free night and nearly cursed when she spotted the bastard in question lounging on his deck with a bottle of beer and a azine

Hopefully, he was too exhausted to annoy her For aon her couch, but it wasn’t the sa day and wasn’t about to let Connor take that away from her She took a sip of her cocoa for fortification, opened the door and stepped out onto her porch

Connor didn’t so much as bat an eye in her direction H, she noted as she took another sip fro it down on the sot her wish and he was too tired to do anything, she thought as she sat down on her lounge chair and stretched out

When he still didn’t say anything a few minutes later she became a little nervous and shot hi a sip of his beer as he continued to read hisand unexpected, but if he illing to let it go for one night, then so was she Perhaps he realized that they needed to get along for the sake of the project

"Are you going to move your trailer to his eyes off his azine

Maybe not

"No," she said on a sigh

"Okay," he said, shrugging

She cocked a brow at that "Okay?"