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His chest was bare Gloriously, incredibly, strong-and-hard bare And he was seriously ripped All that powerful muscle flexed and rippled beneath his skin as he rose and caused Ria to lose what little mental capacities she had left

All he as a pair of thin, light cotton sweatpants, and the gun he had picked up from the floor beside him Good Lord, she couldn’t handle this She could feel a flood of response surging through her body, sensitizing her nerve endings, forcing her to fight to control her breathing

“Where did you sleep?” She winced at the rough sound of her voice

Mercury stared at the floor for a long ain

“Guess I slept in front of your door” It was said eary acceptance, as though he didn’t quite believe it himself

Ria shook the thought away God, it was just too early for this

“The beds are co past hiht before

“Yeah They are” His voice was cool, yet she couldn’t shake the feeling that the undercurrent she heard in it was more confusion than sleepiness

She filled the coffeepot ater then turned back to him

“Don’t touch the pot Do not get your own coffee first First cup is mine Understood?”

His eyes narrowed, his gaze flicking from the coffee to her before he nodded cautiously “Fine”

“Good I’o back to the office this ” She turned and headed back to the bedroom

“Why do you need to go back to the office? I thought you weren’t working on the weekends” The suspicion in his voice—hell, his voice itself—seerate across her nerves

She paused at the door

“Don’t talk tountil I drink my coffee” She shuddered at the effort it took to think “Justbe invisible or so”