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With a sigh, he poured himself a cup of coffee and left the kitchen

Day Two

"Holy shitballs! Did you see that touchdown pass?" Dylan let out a loud whistle

"That was a thing of beauty," Aidan agreed

Neither of theht of the pass; Ron McKinley had been ignoring them for the past hour and a half, his face hidden by the Sunday paper The only indication he was even in the roo every tie

Dylan had never felt so uncomfortable in his life, and he resented the fact that Claire’s father washim feel this way in his own home This was the place where Dylan was supposed to kick back and relax, but these last two days he’d wanted to be anywhere but here

For Claire’s sake, he was playing nice with her dad, but da that man over was next to i he and Aidan could do to change Ron McKinley’s opinion about the two hter had committed herself to

Claire, as curled up in the ars, rolled her eyes "I still don’t get e’re watching old games that you TiVo’d"

"Because it’s Sunday," Dylan retorted "And atch football on Sundays"

"But the season’s over"

"There’s no such thing as an off-season when it coravely "Jeez, honey, and you call yourself a fan"

A loud snort of ah the air

Everyone swiveled their heads in Ron’s direction, but he was innocently reading his newspaper again

Day Three

"So you’re really going to do this? Start your own business?"

Claireto do it"

The two of the out on the terrace, the relass table Aidan had dropped off so dinner at Cash and Matt’s place tonight, and the thoughtful gesture had warmed Claire’s heart Before he’d left, Aidan had dropped a quick kiss on her lips and told her he hadn’t wanted her to spend the evening slaving over a stove when she could be spending time with her father

She knew her dad had overheard that, and she could have sworn she’d seen hirew shuttered

"Do you have a business plan yet?"

Her father’s brisk inquiry interrupted her thoughts "That’s what I’ve been working on for the last couple of months," she told him "But I think I’m finally ready to o over the business plan tonight?" Her dad’s voice turned gruff "That is, if you don’t have plans with…uh, your men"

She hid her surprise This was the first ti here, let alone her men