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THE alarm shrilled—an unfamiliar alarm—and Madison ith a start It took a second or two to remember where she was, and then Theo reached over her, switched off the alarm and kissed her bare shoulder ‘Kalimera, kardia mou’

‘Uh Morning,’ she croaked

Though it didn’t feel like

It felt ay too early to be

‘You’re really not aperson, are you?’ She could hear the smile in his voice ‘I’ll make us some coffee If you want the shower first, help yourself’

Shower

Work

Everything snapped into place Oh, lord She was at Theo’s And the only clothes she had were the ones she’d been wearing the day before No way could she go to work in those, even if she’d been thinking straight enough to rinse out her underwear the previous night The thought was enough to wake her up properly and she sat up ‘Theo, I need to go hoet some clean clothes’

‘Of course’ He touched her cheek gently with the back of his fingers ‘Sorry I didn’t think things through last night’

She could see the rest of it in his eyes He’d needed co Last night, he’d actually let her close Given her hope thatbetween them would work out

‘I’ll run you home,’ he said

She shook her head ‘Thanks for the offer, but even at this ti the rush hour will already have started It’ll be quicker to take the tube’

‘I’ll make you soht down’

Just the way she did at work And she knew he’d make it exactly as she liked it Theo paid attention to detail ‘Thanks And, um, do you have a spare toothbrush I could borrow, please?’

‘Sure’ He climbed out of bed, completely unselfconscious of his nakedness, and headed for the bathrooe of the bed next to her and handed her a toothbrush head ‘I use a rechargeable toothbrush—this is a brand-new head that’ll fit on the base’ He looked straight at her ‘I’ve put a pinkon the bottom of it so you’ll know it’s yours’

Her heartthat he wanted her to stay overnight some time in the future?

He leaned forward and kissed the tip of her nose ‘I’ll make that coffee I promised you Help yourself to whatever you need in the bathroom’

This ti robe froed it on as he left the room Madison collected her clothes from where they were scattered over the floor—lord, they really had been focused on each other last night—and took theel; the scent led at the ht For anothing but a towel and dragging him back to bed