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“You were always nice to me”

He wanted to be nice to her now Really nice The fire cast a glow onto her golden hair, and her cheeks were flushed from the wine and heat She’d abandoned her wool coat and the long sweater she wore h breasts “Why wouldn’t I be?”

“Some of my other friends’ brothers were so nasty to their sisters You and Alexis always had such a good relationship”

He shrugged “My parents gave us no leeway for anything else”

For a fewat the somearped puzzle pieces Every so often she shifted a certain way and he got a whiff of her perfu about her sexy subtleness revved his blood

He’d been single for half a year His last girlfriend had been unwilling toto

“Are you seeing someone?” he asked

E?”

“Just wondering if you had sonificant”

She shook her head and so inside him did a tap dance “I haven’t had ti a guy in Colorado Springs, but it wasn’t serious We agreed to end it when I made the move north”

“Oh”

“Why?”

“Just wondering Casual conversation Uh, so what are your plans for Christmas?”

“I was planning on staying withback to Greeley I’ in a friend’s duplex but need to find another place He’s in Italy and will return in the spring”

“It’s just me and Alexis this Christmas Mo dream—to visit my father’s family”

“Good for theue between her teeth She scrutinized the 982 relad I have Netflix”

Erik chuckled, trying like hell to keep her fro just how iven him cause to think she was interested in hi Alexis’s brother “Yeah, peace and quiet sounds nice until there’s no TV or Wi-Fi”

For the next few minutes while they completed the outline of the puzzle, they chatted about their favoriteNFL playoffs It amazed him that smarty-pants E peeks at the way the firelight danced on her hair, at the way her plump lips teased hihed