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She took forever in the shower and even longer drying her hair The an to squeak, the bed fraainst the opposite wall Hunter shook his head

Tessa ca a pair of pink flannel pajamas covered in red lips and pink hearts and a pair of fuzzy pink, red and white striped socks She again folded her arh her bedroory effect Not only that, but if she thought wearing pj’s hid that sexy body of hers, she was ainst the soft fabric, and he was ready to tackle her, drag her to bed, and ravish her

She opened her ainst the wall, lance in that direction Hunter so on all night Why don’t you just move the dresser in front of thelike we did in Michael’s room? Then you can stay with Rourke and you won’t have to baby-sit me"

"Come on, Tessa Get in bed Heater’s off The rooet warh" She jerked her covers aside and clihtclothes?"

She gave hiht all women wore T-shirts to bed"

"Have you been with a lot?"

As s, no And certainly not recently The worst was during the Victorian era Although soh to strip down to bare skin, soohile he satisfied them Pj’s were certainly no obstacle "There’s been no one for a long time, Tessa"

And never anyone as special as her

"I wear pajamas in the winter because I don’t like to waste electricity heating the place at night"

"H these because you’re here? I usually sleep alone and that’s why I arle withHe waited for her to come to him like she had done before, but she didn’t

"I don’t wear T-shirts in the summer either," she finally remarked

Nude, that’s the way he liked his woure Tessa ever went to bed like that "So if you don’t wear pajamas in the summertime, do you slide naked into a bed of satin sheets?"

She offered a derisive chuckle "Right"

"I’ll have to visit you in the suetting cold"

"Put Michael’s sweatshirt on then"

Fine He took the initiative He knew he shouldn’t She was right in trying to keep the distance between thenized she wanted him as much as he wanted her

He moved closer to her and pulled her into his arid He tried to caress her hair, but a twinge of pain streaked through his shoulder, and he groaned

The tension seemed to drain from her spine, and she melted in his embrace "You shouldn’t have carried that load of firewood up to the house What were you trying to prove? How uys? They weren’t injured as badly as you You could use some common sense"

He shtly toward hi really badly?"

"Some," he admitted, since she seemed to like him better when he was in pain or he would never have said

"Well, lie on your back and I’ll…" She took a deep breath "I’ll snuggle with you so you don’t have to hurt your shoulder"

He was about to say so, but decided he would be better off not in case he ruined her generous offer Instead, he rolled onto his back He wanted to feel her against hih her flannel pajaure he could push her to re her fingers over his naked thigh

She recoiled "Where are your sweatpants?"

"You know, in situations where a person is hypotherether provide aped and her gaze narrowed again "Well, I’m not hypothermic Are you?"

Luckily, because of the dark, she couldn’t see the way he was grinning at her "I’ down Ashton and then getting a load of firewood"

"We could turn on the heat"

"Nah, waste of electricity" He reached over and unbuttoned her top button "Co Ashton?"

He was pretty sure Tessa’s voice held a hint of sarcasm not hope