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I take in his clothing with just a quick glance but I' out just under the sleeves of his t-shirt He has three strands of black barbed wire circling each bicep So into his skin, and there are realistic drops of blood dripping fro piece of artwork and sinfully erotic just because of its badass look I've never seen anything like it

I pull my eyes from his tats and look at hile his arms

"Like what you see?" The re comment but his voice is hard

I try to play it cool "Not really Just fascinated, that's all"

"If you want to see lad to strip down and show you everything" Therenow that was teasing in his voice but his eyes are still hard It's like he wants to tease me but has no clue how to do it For some reason, that makes me feel sad for him

Nix is eyeing ue tohis t-shirt off so I can see his tattoos causes warut clenches alth that I can muster, I calmly respond, "No, thanks I'm here to do a job, and that's all"

Nix shrugs his shoulders as if my disinterest doesn't bother him and I suddenly realize his offer to strip was only done to throw me off He really has no interest in me that way at all

Which is a relief

I think

"So, you won't need the whole tour because you've pretty o in there when the door is closed," he says while pointing at the welding room

"You clearly made that point already"

He walks over to the desk and waves a hand at it "This is your job Organize me"

"That's it? Just organize you? I have no clue what this stuff is"

"Well, that h it and try to make some sense of it You can obviously throay junk ive you some more direction I don't have time to hold your hand on this"

"Okay," I respond, but I' to look like a complete idiot

Nix turns away and starts back toward the welding room

"Hey," I call out "I have a few questions"

He looks irritated when he turns around "What?"

"What does Nix mean?"

His eyebrows shoot up and it's like no one has ever asked him such a personal question before "It's short for Nixon"

"Oh That's cool"

He re at me, and I realize I had said I had questionsas in plural

"Why were you at Lincoln Caldwell's party last weekend?"

I watch as he s of giddiness I can tell he doesn't do it oftennot a true ser brother I' with hi repairs on my house"

"Oh," I say "Okay Well, I'll get to work"

He givesroom

Hmmmmm Nice to meet you Nixon Caldwell

After four hours of solid work, I've ed to take the voluminous amount of docue amount of junk mail but it really didn't put a dent in lean that he has about four months of unpaid bills, about ten months of bank statements that haven't even been opened, and a sales tax booklet where the seal has not even been broken

I' at the desk, and I have no clue what to do next But I hate re all of the bank staterossed in thisdoor open

My first awareness that Nix is there is when I feel his breath on the back of my shoulder, which is covered only by the thin strap of my camisole

I turnover oose bumps from his close proximity The realization that thisnear

"I see you h