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Brooke pushed away from the counter and came to his side “I’m not a sous-chef like my sister, but I can cut up lettuce and tomatoes”

“Knives are in that drawer Bowls are up there” He pointed as he removed steaks from the freezer, then popped them into the microwave to thaw

AJ dragged a toy computer and a chunky truck into the kitchen The truck clattered onto the natural stone tile and the toddler followed it down Brooke bent to press a button on the co AJ patted his hands and sang along

Gabe hadn’t been in a kitchen with an unrelated wolad to be here with Brooke He liked watching her with AJ He liked joking with her and hearing her giggle, though the sound ree He even liked the hu before Tara did

Co back to life was both pleasure and discomfort As much as he tried to pretend that he wasn’t attracted to Brooke Clayton, he was

For AJ’s sake and his own, he’d have to be very careful

Chapter Six

“This is a” Brooke leaned back in her patio chair with a deeply satisfied sigh “I’ve never had corn like this before”

With AJ in a booster chair between them, Brooke and Gabe finished off their impromptu backyard cookout For the past hour, they’d talked The sun had slipped behind the ht shimmered around them

She’d told him about the inheritance He’d told her about thetown of Clayton with a shot in its economic arm She’d told hirowing up here She’d even told hirandfather’s will

Gabe Wesson was an easyMarty had never done—though she’d rehbor, a nice ith a son, not her college boyfriend