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“Not talk trash about me in the first place? Or ask my brother’s friend if he could hook up with me? Honorable isn’t really a word in that conversation If this is the way grown men act, I liked it better when I didn’t know about it,” she huffed

“You’ve got a point I shouldn’t have given hio-ahead I should’ve said that was up to you, that no one needed my permission Like I said, I didn’t kno to handle it I handled it badly,” I said

“Not as bad as you handled this Jeez, Luke Showing up with coffee was great Telling uy is where you went off the rails here,” she said

“I’m sorry,” I said

“I missed you Do irl I kno to tell people no if they askto see so on my jacket

I kissed her then I’d held out as long as I could Even when she was irritated with me, I’d still wanted to kiss her She slid her arms up around ht It seeh, or really co things back to all right, kissing her like there was no one else in the world She gave a little sigh that ainst her lips We sank into it, just a soft, slow kiss that shut out everything We could’ve spent the day like that, but some idiot came into the lumberyard We broke apart e heard the bells on the door chime as someone entered

“Shh… go out the back,” she said, her eyes wide and her cheeks flushed

I slipped out the back door as she headed out front to the counter to help whatever early bird had interrupted us

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One of the part-ti Just once Still, I called hi because he normally didn’t report before ten It would have to be fine for oneDad for his follow-up appoint of his medications, the list of physical therapy and rehab appointone to—and the ones he’d skipped I had questions for the doctor, but o back to the lumberyard part-time?