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“Nah, but if she stops, definitely just pop in and ,” Max said “If you need anything, I’m just next door”

I chewedme I didn’t expect that”

“Why not?” Max asked “I’uy”

“I guess not,” I said “But you’re a gruhbor who’d steal our balls and yell at us if we stepped on his lawn You remind me of him, except he wasn’t anywhere near as attractive as you are”

Max looked down at his slippers I assuet pissed

“You think I’ up to meet my eyes

I sed hard I could feel the breaths causing my chest to rise and fall quickly My cheeks arm

“You should go and check on your daughter,” I said

“Yeah, I should,” Max said

I took a step closer to the door because it see for so

“U his fingers through his hair

My eyes narrowed I shook my head as if I didn’t understand

“In case you need help,” he said “Although if she stops breathing or so, you’d probably want to call 911, not ain, I could be over in a few minutes”

“Oh, u up my phone from end table I stepped up beside him and handed him my phone

He took the phone and smiled

Why was I standing so close to hiood?

“Here,” he said, looking down into my eyes as he handed the phone back

I wasn’t sure why, but I was finding it hard to breathe He was so damn attractive And his muscles… I wanted to run my palms down his arms Feel the hardness under his soft skin

“I should go,” he said

“Yeah, right,” I said, ain for your help”

He flashed me a smile that set my insides on fire “Anytime”

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Max

It had been days, but I couldn’t stop thinking about her The only time she didn’t pop into hter was telling me about her day, but any tiht about

I wished I wouldn’t have walked away froht inside her house It would have been weird to tell her how beautiful she looked, especially after everything she’d told me