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And she didn’t just want anyand falling with the gentle rhyth at whatever curveballs life threw his way and smash them out of the park

She sighed How had what started out as her gawking at his sexy tattooed body turned into such a maudlin reflection on her existence?

Well, lying there for the next few hours was pointless Might as well get up and make a hearty breakfast for her and Copper to share before she had to run off to work Without a sound, she slid out of bed, shivering as her toes hit the cold wooden floor She shoved her feet in the slippers that lived next to her bed then went in search of her clothes At least, that was the plan until she spotted Copper’s T-shirt dangling fro the oversized cotton tee that had been absorbing Copper’s essence all night seemed like a much better option

She slipped it over her head then padded into the kitchen, flicking on lights as she passed Copper was a fan of waffles in the , and she had a fantastic butterrands she actually received from her mom

And she had a waffle iron…so her head During her last attack of organization, she’d stowed the thing in a perfectly logical spot so the next tiht?

That showed just how often she whipped up breakfast Working at a diner kinda squashed the desire to cook in theShe spun on one heel Was it in the pantry? The low cabinet with the pots and pans? Maybe up high…

It hit her then…she’d stashed it prettyfive-two on a good day, she couldn’t reach the fourth shelf of her cabinets if her life depended on it Luckily, she had a lifeti countertops

With a srunt, she hefted herself up onto the counter If only she could recall which cabinet she’d stuck the da closest to her sink, she pulled the door open and rose onto her tiptoes Even with the extra few inches, she had a hard ti onto the top shelf, so she reached her hand in A serving bowl…a table cloth…oh that vanilla cupcake candle she’d been looking for But no waffle iron

“Co?” she murmured as she closed the cabinet and moved on to the next “Are you in here?” She ran her hand along the top shelf, s into a small appliance “Ah ha! Victory”

“Now that is a da”

Shell shrieked and wrenched her neck looking over her shoulder Still stretching to reach the top cabinet, her jaw dropped Holy shit, Copper stood in the doorway, arainst the door frame Besides the ink, he only wore a beard and a sexy smirk Lordy, that was one impressive naked man