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"Cold?" Nathan asked

"A little"

He put his ared her close to his body as they walked She was instantly warmer

"Your body is like a furnace," she said

"Hey, I’aze to his "Everyone? Hyperbole otten naked with me knows that"

"Better And I’ve been naked with you"

He arched a brow "See how getting naked withyou war about it"

If she didn’t know Nathan so well, she’d think he was so about sex But she ell aware of his teasing She did the sa she liked so much about Nathan was his blatant honesty Even if said honesty often included sex banter It hen she didn’t knoas on his mind that she became concerned Nathan had always been an open book with her That’s why they’d beco her keys out of her clutch and opened the door, then flipped on the light

"If I reht?" he asked

"Down the hallway to your right"

"Okay"

"I’lass of wine Do you want a beer?"

"Yeah, thanks"

She went into the kitchen and turned on the lights, dropped her clutch on the kitchen island and pulled a wineglass from the cabinet She reached for the wine bottle and set that on the island, then went to the fridge to grab a beer for Nathan By the ti the bottle

Nathan took his beer and opened it, then wandered into the living roo a seat on the sofa next to hiame of solitaire on the table that she’d started, and Nathan had picked it up and continued it so she joined in They played the ga while they did

"Oh, you knohat?" she said as they paused to refill their drinks "Aned shock "What? The couple that was going to be together until the end of tiuess ‘until the end of tiraduation"

Nathan braced a hip against the kitchen island "So what happened?"

"She got a job offer in Houston and Bill wouldn’tso well that he didn’t want to lose it They tried the long distance thing for about six er, so she broke up with hiht they were mismatched anyway"

She tilted her head at Nathan as theyroom and resumed their seats on the couch "Really? How so?"

"She’s very ambitious He was content with the status quo and wasn’t the e"

"You’re right about that" She swirled her wine around in the glass, then took a sip "I don’t know of h the tuhed "We’re not in a relationship, Nathan We’re friends"

"Is there a difference?"

She leaned back and kicked off her shoes "Of course there is I’e"

"Close friends?"

"Maybe not I’d say I’m closest to you and to Monique You’re the two people I tell all lad I know all the dirt At least the non-sex dirt"

She laughed "That’s true You don’t get to hear about my sex life"

"Why is that?"