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Regina stared at him forfirst before getting into anything too intense with him But admittedly she’d never had a friend she kissed the way she and Brandon had already So what difference did itthis and then wondering what this was She’d already begun to wonder Like he’d said, "At least this way there were no doubts"

Sree to this She nodded very softly at first and then with a lot more enthusiasm as she saw that beautiful smile spread across his face "Okay," she whispered

"Okay, what?" he asked

"I ahed heartedly and kissed her "That’s not what I reeing to"

She looked at hiht?"

He leaned in and kissed her so deeply she began to squirhtly, relieved she’d clearly gotten it right

Pulling away just slightly, he looked deep into her eyes "My princess," he whispered

The term of endearment and hoeetly he said it took her by surprise, but she i "I like that," she whispered back

As unexpected as this sudden change in her life was, Regina’s heart pounded with the eager anticipation of as to come

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The next day had been as wonderful as the rest of the weekend She’d been able to keep her fa them a little white lie She knew her ain for their Sunday fao with her ankle like this And Brandon had been right It was better that she not tell the deal out of it, so she told thes delivered and while they’d told her they’d deliver on Sunday they didn’t give her a tih at work and had sos she really wanted to work on ASAP That wasn’t entirely a lie, so she felt less guilty about the first lie

Brandon had been as sweet and attentive as he’d been froe After the struggle of getting Regina down the stairs Monday le-story place at least for that week

"No sense in having to deal with those stairs all week," he’d said "We’ll take whatever you need to my place for the week, and h for you to cliina tried to protest she couldn’t do that--just move into his place for the week and intrude on his life that way But after getting that scolding look because she was apparently being difficult and he was only trying to ave in

Monday she’d given Brandon a tour of her small office space at hen he walked her there in theThey’d arrived early before anyone else was there because they’d h ti lot to the building Then, just as she’d finished the tour, Antonio and a couple of the other guys she worked with arrived Regina made sure she introduced Brandon as her boyfriend since he’d been so adaotten the distinct feeling from the way Brandon eyed theht be ticked if she hadn’t introduced hih but still planted a long deep one on her just before he walked out of her office He finished it off by telling her to have a good day and that he’d be back at the end of the day to help her to her car Then he gave the guys, but especially Antonio, one last very significant look

Monday night they’d gone back to her place as she gathered everything she’d need at his place for the week Or rather she told Brandon where he could find everything, and he’d fetched it all, including her fancy single-cup coffee un to notice what a control freak Brandon was, so it didn’t even surprise her when he’d wanted to knoork it even though he hated coffee He told her he wanted to s so she could concentrate on taking her ti could lead to injuries," he’d said as she showed him how easy her coffee machine was--fill ater, drop the pod in and hit start

That night, he also surprised her with another question as they lay there in bed, enjoying their now usual goodnight kissing He’d been lying over her, his body half on hers when he pulled away and stared at her very seriously for good long ot stuck in the elevator, two Fridays ago," he said, and she stared at hi back to her

It was hard to believe how drastically things had changed between theh his hair "Yeah?"

"Your co-worker Antonio, the one you called to get the power back on?" Again she nodded, curious nohere he was going with this "You thanked hi for you You called him sweetie"

"You re at her a little too seriously "What did he do that had you set to your office?"