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“Billionaire Now, let’s get inside and you can question nal that she agreed with him completely
Chapter Six
The ice-laden wind bit at her cheeks as they rushed from the safety of the car and up three steps to the covered porch that ran the length of the cabin front Holding the cat box under his arm, Matt flipped open what at first seemed to be a wall- electronic—she should have anticipated that He punched a series of digits into the keypad inside and the front door unlocked with a smooth whirr and a click
He pushed the heavy wooden door open and indicated that she should enter, which she did very quickly Stepping inside a great golden hall of waras fireplace at the far side of the open-plan living rooeous”
“Thanks,” Matt said, shaking snowflakes off his shoes and holding his hand out to take her coat “It’ll take a little while longer to warlanced over her shoulder to see him pull a thick tapestry panel across the front door “You don’t have the drapes on your rehed softly “Next rainy day project”
The sound of a branch lashing against the roof in the wind lad we’re not out there anylanced down at the unusually quiet pet carrier “I guess I’d better get her so?”
Piper kneeled down and peered through the slats in the pet carrier “I fed her before I went to work this , but I didn’t check if she’d eaten Either way, she’s well overdue for dinner, poor thing”
“We’ll have to improvise I don’t keep any pet food here”
“Got any canned fish? I’ll pay you for it Tuna, sal like that?”
“Yeah, there’s tons of that kind of stuff in the pantry, but you don’t need to pay for anything” He grinned and crouched down beside her “And milk?”
She could feel the heat of his body, he was so close “No, that’ll upset her stoive them milk”
“Really?” His voice was soft and deep “You learn so every day”
Piper sed and stared pointedly at the box, not daring to aze They were just too close to each other “Not a cat person, are you?”
“Nothing against cats, but I’m not a pet person at all”
“Too much responsibility?”
“Too much of a tie and too much potential heartache” He stood up abruptly and strode toward a largeHe pulled the thick drapes across it to shut out the black night “The da before you do every time”