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Layton tossed back the blankets and cli quietly into the kitchen, he began opening cabinets in search of a painkiller when a voice at his back made him turn

“Okay, I’ to overlook the fact that you cli through hto be friends”

Alexis stood there, wrapped in a file than the shirt and panties she’d been sporting earlier, and he wondered what he’d done in a past life to deserve such a test He also noticed she was still favoring her right foot

“Just looking for aspirin So to keep his eyes froht to have it checked out”

“It’s nothing I twisted it a little when I was chasing after you It’ll be fine by ”

“Are you sure? Sprains can do soe”

“I’ll take that under consideration” Alexis limped in his direction and went to the last cabinet to retrieve soht it with a small smile

“Thanks,” he said

“Sure” She waited as he shook out two “Sosorry about the shoe It was the first thing I could grab and I thought you ht be a murderer”

“How many ?” he asked, tossing back the aspirin with a swig of water straight from the tap He wiped his hly unlikely that I was a murderer”

“Logic and reason don’t play when you’re jolted out of a dead sleep”

“Okay, I’ll give you that,” he conceded, wondering if she was going tothat happened What was the protocol on so like this? Should they pretend they hadn’t been wrapped in each other’s ar thought, even if she was sexy as hell “So why are you up?”

“Funny thing about getting an adrenaline shot laced with pure survival instincthard to sleep after that”

“Sorry,” he said “I should feel guilty, right?”

“A little”