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She nodded "Yeah I’et to work"

"Can we still talk later?"

"There’sa chunk of hair behind her ear

"We need to discuss you and me"

"There’s a you and me?" she breathed

"You know there is" My heart thumped steadily inin my life Even if it wasn’t a romantic relationship, I needed her presence My brothers did, too We’d figure the rest out later "When are you free?"

"Tooes until 8:00"

"Coentleman?" The hint of a smile played on her full lips

"If you like"

She exhaled a deep shuddering breath, like she was sue to take her in , but I resisted it As difficult as it was forback on physical touch "See you then"

Chapter Four

McKenna

I tookmyself I wanted to look nice for the library fundraiser It was an after-hours event with hor d’oeuvres and wine tasting I should dress up a little, right? It had nothing to do with seeing Knox after Yeah, right

I was still reeling with the e away last weekend for the retreat was supposed to bring clarity, but all it did washe planned his work day around seeing me at the soup kitchen yesterday had torn down ured out, he surprised uaranteed to be bu forward