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“I usually shower first” Actually, she usually ate a sandwich as she hunched over her coh the day Did she even have anything for dinner? She thought fast

“Why don’t you order so from the pizza place in tohile I shower? I’ll watch for the delivery guy while you shower”

Well, of course that couldn’t work; she knew it the minute his broered

“I’ll hurry and shower before he gets here,” he said a second later “Pizza sounds good What do you want on yours?” He headed for the phone

“Everything and the kitchen sink” She shrugged “Just get what you like; I’ll eat pizza just about any way it comes”

He nodded as he picked up the phone and punched in the numbers efficiently

Da on her heel, she stalked to the bedrooer mistake She had work to do; she didn’t have ti for a mate he would never have

Who cared how lonely he was—it wasn’t as though she could do anything about it Thethat didn’t exist, for a o That wasn’t her problem and she couldn’t fix it She would have if she could, but she couldn’t bring back the dead, as Dane often reminded her

But she could wish

She was fucked

Mercury made the vow the minute she stepped from her bedroo to the ray cotton pants, pajaht have heard Merinus call theed and damned near shapeless He hated them

With it, she wore a thigh-long gray jersey, just as damned shapeless as the pants God, he hoped she at least had sexy underwear If she didn’t, he was going to buy her some Lots of it Red and black, sinful silk and lace

“Would you please stop looking at ain It was almost innocent

“Like what?” He actually hadn’t been aware that he was staring at her in any way unusual

“As though you’re undressingtwo beers froe “A month in your company and it’s a wonder I have any semblance of modesty at all”