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Blake’s arm shot out to steady her “You okay?”
“Fine Just lost my balance” She snorted “Hormones”
“Have you seen a doctor yet?”
“I made an appointment Next week”
“Can II mean, is it okay if I take you?”
Carson hesitated This was a big step A first in their being partners in her pregnancy She looked into his eyes, felt his ar her
“Yes I’d like that”
Chapter Five
The followingone of the two dresses she was considering wearing for her first job interview in almost fifteen years She stood dressed only in her fancy new lacy bra and panties in front of the glass sliding doors to Devlin’s bedrooraced with a patio that offered a sweeping view of the ocean The doors ide-open to the onshore breezes
“Now that’s what I call a view,” Devlin said from behind her
Dora threw Devlin a saucy look over her shoulder, knowing full hich vieas referring to Devlin was lying on his enor-size bed that they’d justoff the side of the mattress, as naked as a jaybird He didn’t care that he had a paunch growing, and that at forty he wasn’t as trio, only to end up with other people and ultimately find their way back to each other Unlike Dora, Devlin had no modesty issues and was completely at ease with his body
In contrast, Dora had always struggled with her weight, especially the tire around her ure and cursed that she’d not inherited the long, lean frame of the Muir clan, like Carson and Harper She also resented the biological burden that women carried, those damned extra fat cells on their hips for reasons of reproduction Since she’d started her walking regimen, however, she’d whittled down that tire, and her body not only looked better, but she felt better Exposing even some of her body was, for her, a measure of confidence
She turned back to her ironing, shaking her head “You’re such a man”
Devlin chuckled low in his chest She sh had a lowcountry accent “Darlin’, I just spent the last hour trying to prove that very point to you”
Dora blushed, re the details of the past hour
“The only sight prettier than a wo a meal”
Dora pressed the steam button on the iron “I can’t believe you just said that”
“Why? It’s the truth Put on an apron and I’ll show you”
“Hush now, you’re being ridiculous” She huffed in feigned annoyance “You know I’ve got to get going I’ late, thanks to a certain distraction” She pulled the pale blue cotton dress hite-stitched e board and held it up in front of her “Which do you like best for the interview? This one?” She gave him a minute to observe, then set the blue dress down and held up a chocolate-brown shift “Or this one?”
“I like you with neither on the best”
Dora rolled her eyes “Try to be serious, Dev I need to look good Real good I need this job”
He sighed with resignation, giving up the tease “What job is that?”
Dora took a breath, trying to be patient She’d told him about her job interview at a local dress shop earlier, but to be fair, he’d begun kissing her neck at the time “Don’t you recall? I told you that I had a job interview at a dress shop in Towne Center The location would be so convenient I don’t want to have to go to the city to find work”