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I couldn’t decide if there was so

“Well, you’ll need a whole new roof in the next few years, there’s no help for that,” Cooper said, holding out a notebook covered in diagra to me “But I can do some basic repairs that should hold for another winter or two I have the ti to cost I’ve run sorand for materials and equipment rental”

IIt was a lot ofI’d filled that last e as it was I looked back up to find hi me, our faces so close that I could feel the heat of his breath

“I can swing thatdo you think it’ll take?”

He tilted his head, and I realized he atching h air around us Everything was hot, and I couldn’t decide if it was the heat of his body ormy lips, I leaned toward him unconsciously

Cooper sed

“I think about three or four weeks, depending on what else comes up If you want, I’ll start work this weekend”

“Don’t you have plans?” I asked, my voice a whisper He shook his head slowly

“Nothing,” he said, his voice rough He sed and I saw his eyes drift doard ht tank, the same one I usually wore to bed It had a little shelf bra built in but it definitely hadn’t been designed for e Normally I wouldn’t even wear it outside the house It’d only been the porch, though, and darkness was already falling

Now ht

“Tinker—”

“Cooper—”

I laughed nervously, then raisedthe to wake up

“I’ll charge the materials to your account at the hardware store, if that’s all right”

“Of course”

“Tinker, right now things are complicated Talia—”

Flushing, I pulled away from him, because I didn’t need to hear the speech I’d been repeating it in

“No worries,” I said, standing up abruptly “I need to get inside, check on Dad Keep me posted on the roof and all that”

Then I scuttled inside the house like a big, fat coward, because the last person on earth I wanted to talk about was stupid Talia

As for Cooper, I don’t knohat he did