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She decided to open her own construction coretted that choice That didn’t ht have been It was the reason why she bought her house She considered buying both houses, but she knew at the ties and renovations would have been too ht this house she’d been pissed for several obvious reasons, but not really surprised His house had needed a serious amount of work and everyone in town knew that Connor enjoyed a challenge At seventeen he started to work for old es and worked his erunt work as a carpenter’s apprentice He put in long hours, got yelled at a lot from what she’d heard, but he stuck with it

It wasn’t long until people were calling Connor up and hiring his that she could say about Connor, but she could never call the man lazy Everyone in town knew that he’d worked his butt off to get where he was today He did good work, she grudgingly admitted to herself as she tried not to drool over the cast iron settings that held the laet a set to replace the lights she had in her hallway, she decided as she walked across the hall and opened the beautiful oak door As she stepped into the rooht on and nearly stumbled as her heart skipped a beat She’d never believed in love at first sight before, but right now she was a believer

"Do you like it?" Connor’s sleep rasped voice sent shivers throughout her body as his arainst hih

Like it?

"I’reedy eyes over the most beautiful bathtub that she’d ever seen It was one of those old fashioned tubs with clawed feet, a high back and appeared to be extra deep

"Might be a little heavy," he pointed out with a chuckle as he pressed a kiss against the top of her head

"That’s what brothers are for," she

She wasn’t

In fact, she was pretty sure that she’d only need four of her brothers to get the job done The other brother could keep Connor distracted while they removed the bathtub and carried it to her house Her brothers could probably get the whole job done in under an hour An hour after that she’d be in the tub and it would officially belong to her Possession was nine-tenths of the law after all

"Want to give it a test drive before you steal it?" he teased as he released her so that he could step around her "You should probablyout your back," he explained with a chuckle as he walked over to the tub and started the water

It wouldn’t throw her back out since she planned on participating in the bath tub theft strictly in a supervisory capacity, but he didn’t need to know that Not when he was offering to allow her to sample what had to be heaven on earth There was only one problem with this plan as far as she could tell

"Bath salts," she said, frowning as she looked around the large, beautiful bathroom

"What about them?" he asked absently as he adjusted the water temperature

"You don’t have any," she said, sounding alhts no one should own a bathtub like this without having a decent supply of salts, oils and bubble bath