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‘Yes,’ he muttered ‘But then I’ doors leading outside and stared out, his hands on his hips, legs slightly splayed

She’d gone too far, shouldn’t haveit back She went to join hi outward ‘I’m sorry’

‘Do you realise how often you apologise for so?’

‘One habit yet to be annihilated’ Sorry hadn’t stopped the fists, but she’d always tried

Pushing a hand through his thick hair, Nathan shook his head ‘Don’t be apologetic for what you said I prefer people don’t dodge the issue I did enough of that all by myself for the first couple of years Rosie was my life I cannot deny that, or hohat happened has altered the way I go about things now But I think I’ain’

He was ahead of her there, but she orking on catching up fast ‘Receivingbaby steps, now I’m ready to take some leaps’

‘Finding so outside as he continued ‘The offer to uments, I believe we could make it work just fine We can talk terms and conditions any tis, but she could do control too

‘The next place I live in will be where I’d like to spend the next few years at least Perap’

‘Buy or rent?’

‘I haven’t given it er apart the o of that gremlin too ‘I’m not sure where I want to live There’s no hurry’

‘Feel free to run any ideas past me I’ve spent all my life in and around Sydney and knohere not to buy’

‘Thanks’ Glad he’d dropped the subject of renting his flat for now, Molly headed back to the couch and sank down onto it, s a surprised yawn on the way That was the answer to all this nonsense going on in her head She was tired frorinned

I did it Cool

Tipping her head back, she stared up at the ceiling and thought, I reallyaround with Nathan all day He’d want to catch up on sleep, and probably had plans for the afternoon when he woke up But it was so co a taxi to take her home

Nathan woke and raised his hands behind his head on the pillow, stretched his feet towards the bottom of the bed He’d slept like a baby His watch showed he’d had nearly four hours More than enough if he was to get back into his regular pattern tonight

Was Molly still asleep? She hadn’t budged when he’d tucked the blanket around her It had taken all his self-control not to swing her up into his arms and carry her down to his bedroom so he could lie spooned behind her while they slept Except there probably wouldn’t have beenon—for him anyway She flicked every switch he had, and then some

Who’d have thought it after the way they’d started out? But there was no denying he wanted Molly She was sexy, sweet, strong, and still recovering fro but she hadn’t stopped, and hoas a nore that when the woman fitted perfectly in his arainst his chest?

He sat up, swinging his legs over the edge of the bed and leaning his elbows on his knees, then dropped his head into his hands It had to be a case of wanting what he couldn’t have There hadn’t been a wo Not since Rosie Strange how different they were Rosie tall, tough, focused; Molly s to be focused on the future and not the past

A fact that should have hi All he’d intended was to ain ‘I what?’ The question roared across his tongue ‘Yes, I want to love another woman’ Molly?

Leaping to his feet, he crossed to theback at hiht while shaving before work He’d been tracking along nicely, and now look at him Toast Over a woinning of the week Or had he? Had he been in denial all along? Afraid hefor a future that involved more than himself? Was love possible a second time?

Spinning away from the mirror, he reached into the shower and turned the knob to hot Cold would be better for what ailed hi temperatures; he far preferred the warmth Even the extreme heat of the outback made hi

Standing under the water, he knuckled his head Molly was in there, teasing, taunting with that sassy way she’d used before she’d realised what she was doing As for her kisses— about Molly’s mouth on his