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Callu with the i at the sink, her back to him ‘Hailey,’ he called

Hailey turned, grateful for the distraction The water was running and the dishes were in the sink but she was just staring at theoofily at the rainbows in the bubbles ‘Hmm?’

‘You have a…visitor’

Hailey frowned At seven-thirty in the ht her quickly out of her daydream She wiped her hand on a teatowel and covered the distance to the doorway quickly So

She looked up to see Paul standing in the e room ‘Paul?’

Callue note in her voice There was surprise, incredulity and so harder to hear Joy One word yet full of so much…hope

Hailey crossed the room in seconds She threw herself into Paul’s arrateful beyond words that he was there His arood be held without reserve Without censure

She pulled back slightly, so happy to see hiht In fact, she gave hi hi

Callu He wanted to break things He understood that this reunionwas always going to be an emotional one but this was on a whole other level She was in her bathrobe, for crying out loud She was naked underneath He’d just been ogling her breasts Paul had et to hold her so intimately

They pulled apart and shared a look so private that Callum despaired about their future

‘Oh, my God, I can’t believe you’re here,’ she whispered

‘Maybe I should have called first?’

Hailey frowned up at him and then turned when Paul indicated behind the in the doorway to the kitchen, his chest bare, his eyes shuttered, his jaw rigid