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"Walking you up"
"Again, this is not necessary"
"Do we have to have this conversation again? I’ you to your door, and you knohy"
He could tell she was bugged that he walked with her to her door Ad the high rise of color to her cheeks
She fished her keys out of her bag, then whipped around with her back to the door "Thanks for takingthe door like a wolf protecting her young In other words, she wasn’t going to invite hie, because he’d promised her mom and Gray that he wouldn’t let Carolina work today
"How about you shohat you’re working on?"
"How about you let et some work done?"
"I’d like to see what your plans are for hed "What do youto be involved in this line, I’d like to knohat it’s about"
"You saw some of the sketches"
"Not all of theh, she turned around and unlocked the door
"If I show you the line, then you’ll take off, right?" she asked as she stepped inside
He followed her in "Absolutely" Not
"Okay"
"Have I ed off his coat
"No, you haven’t, but thank you I like it, too Good thing, since I spend so hed "Sort of Designers don’t exactly get out e that"
"Uh, no, you won’t Not if I want to be able to shoork for Fashion Week" She went to the kitchen and put on the teakettle She automatically went to her coffeemaker and added water, then turned it on
He s of him He liked that
She handed him a cup and took her own
"Come on up to the workroom with me"
Her apartment had a loft, so he followed her up the stairs Here, it was open, with a wide floor-to-ceilingLots of white, fro table and a bulletin board that covered one entire side of the room Tacked onto the bulletin board were sketches of clothes All different kinds, from men’s to women’s, fancy attire to casual On the desk were more sketches, but all in order, like Carolina had placed them that way
"You do it all on paper?"
"It starts that way My mind works best in freehand Then I transfer each sketch to a digital notepad so I can add color and refine the shape"
"Show me how you do that"
She sat at the table "For exaht, I did this sketch" She pulled out one of the sketches of hi "I liked the movement, the fluidity of it It made me aware of a man’s body The way a man is in h several designs One was a suit, another slacks and a long-sleeved shirt, another casual wear Different colors, patterns, and styles, eachto a hockey ga places"
"Do you show these to anyone?"
"Onlyme create the line"
His lips curved She frowned
"So why show uess"
"Thanks Your process is fascinating toand stared at each sketch, Carolina staying right by his side as he perused each one
He looked to her as he reached out for one "Is it okay if I touch?"
"Yes"
He picked it up and studied it, a penciled drawing of acasual attire Workout pants, a henley, and tennis shoes He looked relaxed, dressed in so Dreould wear on a weekend
He tilted his head to look at Carolina "I like this"
"Really?" She worried her lower lip, which pulled Drew’s attention to herthat so you don’t hurtdown "I don’t say what I don’t htI’d wear on the weekend"
He saw the joy on her face "Thank you I haven’t shown my work to anyone, outside of et an outside opinion"
Hethe other sketches Women’s clothes, of course, didn’t mean a whole lot to him But theNone of it was stuffy or buttoned up It was all casual
"I like all of it I’d wear all of it"
She laid her hand on his upper ar that?"
"I’m serious I think you have an eye for what ood Maybe inlike shit, but nohen I go out I’d like to look put together" He motioned to the sketches "These would e of both"
She threw her ar for I can’t tell you how relieved I am to hear you say that"