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“I really like it”

“You want the recipe?”

“I’m not really much of a cook”

It amazed her how many bachelors were clueless in the kitchen “So what do you eat?”

“I stick to the basics Meat Potatoes Chili Eggs Sandwiches Frozen dinners Or I eat out”

“I’ll bet lots of ladies offer to fix you a hoave her a sly sood as this”

Georgia rolled her eyes

“I’d offer to whip so up for you, but now that I’ve admitted I’m a lousy cook…”

“I’ll take you up on the offer, McKay, if for no other reason than to watch you squir or two about hed when she blushed

After they finished eating, Tell insisted on doing the dishes She wandered out the back door onto the patio

The backyard was enclosed on three sides by a six-foot wooden fence with no trees obstructing the view of the sky She’d even planted a vegetable garden, soreen grass was soft beneath her bare feet She spentto the night noises that were absent in a big city

The screen door banged Then Tell’s arone off to” He kissed the top of her head “I checked your bedroom first”

“Were you disappointed not to find ia spun around and faced him “It’s peaceful out here”

His eyes were so serious “Is that what you’re lookin’ for? Peace?”

“I don’t know,” she answered honestly

“That makes two of us” Tell spread out the blanket frorass He’d taken off his boots and his socks And did he ever look sexy: dark stubble on his lean cheeks, wearing a tight T-shirt and low-slung jeans, his feet bare He dropped onto the blanket with a deep sigh

And Georgia continued staring at hi?”

“No You’re just so easy on the eyes, Tell McKay”

“You’re just sweet-talkin’ , Tell crooked his finger at her “Gotta coroin, pinning his aronna do noboy?”

“Re across his body, she s one teeny nibble of his botto What does that ht to do the same to you in the future”

“Just like this? Just my hands?”

He shook his head