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By the time she reached the kitchen she realized she was crazy The washer wasn’t plumbed in yet She couldn’t do the laundry and wash his shed She didn’t want to leave theet even dirtier as the kitchen refit continued, so she turned back to head to the stairs

Matteo was striding toward her, the album under his arm He al on heading straight out of the door

She sed again and felt a little surge of anger The rattling kind thatdose of caffeine That was it The first thing she was doing today was going out to buy a coffeepot so came out

She gave hi specific you want me to do in the house”

Bland Idiotic It was the best she could do She felt like the high school girl who the Pro in the world

He licked his lips as that floppy brown hair of his fell over his eyes If she had a razor right now, she would shave it clean off

He glanced around What was he looking at? He was surrounded by crea under control here Maybe next e should talk about plans for Rome?”

Her tongue glued itself to the top of her mouth Rome No No No

That was a plane ride away Probably more than one

It was clear that he took her silence as agreement He walked past “Drop me an email when the house is ready and I’ll contact the realtor”

She pressed her lips together as the surge of anger flooded her veins Would it be wrong to push her eht out of the front door? She let her feet stay rooted to the spot, with her ar the bedclothes until she heard the door close behind him

Nothing No, Thanks for last night No, That was nice No, Will I call you? And definitely no, I’m sorry

It was like being disnored

She sta stairs, every step a little more forceful Was this what Matteo did omen? Kiss them mercilessly, then just walk away?

Tears burned in her eyes She was overreacting She knew she was But she couldn’t fight the wave of hurt that burned through her

He wasn’t to know that it was her first kiss since her fiancé had died He wasn’t to know that even though she’d tried to get back out in the dating game, her heart just hadn’t been in it