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It was early enough that he was fairly certain he wouldn’t have any uncomfortable run-ins with anyone frohborhood brought back the bad vibes--vibes he was certain Regina would easily chase away just as soon as he saw her But he’d rethink doing so like this next time He was pretty sure the chocolate-chocolate-chip waffles fro breakfast at every Sunday were not the only good ones in the area

As he juer seat, he felt an immense relief wash over him The further he drove away from that city, the better he felt He o, only this tihborhood again Nothing orth it He’d find another daina’s place, he was glad he’d been right He hadn’t even seen her yet, and already being this near to her had snapped hi into La Jolla had put hi if she ake yet It was early still

"Is that you, Brandon?"

The question puzzled hiain, but he didn’t respond because he was already at the top She was just walking out of the bathroo on to the wall, and the second she sahat he held, her eyes brightened Starbucks was another of her guilty pleasures, and he’d ers together, wobbling a little, then stopped, her jaw dropping when she got a closer look at the coffee cup "Don’t tell ot me a Chocolate Dalmatian?"

He nodded but frowned "You didn’t tell uy asked hoanted it"

She brought her hand to her etically as she reached her bed then sat down

"Lucky for you, the other barista kneas in it, or you would’ve ended up with a plain coffee Since I hate coffee, I wouldn’t have had any idea what to order you"

He leaned over and kissed her softly before handing the cup to her then put the rest of the stuff down on the bed Regina scooted back onto her stack of pillows, savoring the coffee, and Brandon sat down on the edge of the bed next to her "How you feeling today?"

"Still sore but a little better than yesterday ain a little deeper than he had the first tiht that first ti the coffee on her lips would be delicious Her lad," he said then bit her botto and now, only a day later, felt more entitled to "You wanna tellin here the past two s?" He pulled back and peered at her "Who else would it be?"

She stared at him seriously for a moment then smirked and lifted a shoulder "Oh, I don’t know One of my other very sexy caretakersStill he went serious, raising an eyebrow, because this was a good lead into soun to wonder yesterday and even !" she said suddenly with a laugh "I don’t know I guess because I know the door isn’t locked I just want to ht you said because this is a gated community you didn’t have to worry about that?"

"I don’t" She shrugged, taking another sip of her coffee "But so off in the kitchen Makes me wonder if maybe you’re already here and I didn’t hear you come in So I call out for you"

He stared at her with a suspicious but playful sht you said you haven’t been in a relationship in over a year" The playfulness in her eyes seeot past that part "But are you seeing anyone else? Or is there anyone you go out with even casually?"

Lifting that cute little brow, her eyes challenged hi him "You mean like you casually left the bar with that blonde?"

Okay, he walked right into that one Da her in any way" He paused before saying what he wanted to say next, because it was a risk, but then just being here was a risk, so what the hell? He ht now "Until you, I didn’t do repeat visits, no matter what the circumstances And I can’t even reht with soht atin my Jeep outside"

Her eyes widened a bit alarot it," he said with a s else, and that is definitively a first forforward to it"

Her eyes went playful again, and she chewed her bottom lip He did what he alanted to do when he was distracted by her lips He kissed her So back any, and Brandon pulled away slowly "You expecting someone else?"

From the puzzled look on her face, he already had his answer "No"