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Quickening her steps, she hustled down the hall, skidded into the kitchen and flicked on the light When she saw the cordless phone sitting in thein 9-1-1

Eyeing the hallway, her ht be a…serial killer Or a rapist Souy that wandered fro for some quick shut-eye

No thank you She wasn’t going to stick around for that The cops could escort his ass right out the door

Deciding it best she head toward the front door herself, she grabbed her purse off the couch as she passed, her finger poised on the send button, her other hand wrapped around the door handle

“Julie Lancaster? Is that you?”

She paused, the hairs on the back of her neck standing up on end She did know that voice A voice froht of in years Punching the off button on the phone, she slowly turned around

Yep, it was him Tyle

r Nichols in the flesh—well, showing plenty of flesh that was for sure He wore boxer briefs And nothing else Her gaze wandered over his form—slyly of course, she didn’t want hi hiood He’d always been tall, but the last time she’d seen him he’d been skinny as a beanpole And shy A little on the nerdy side He loved being outdoors She remembered he’d always taken off on hikes in the mountains or around the lake

“Uh, Tyler?” She gave hi here?”

“I co the sumo ahead and use the cabin as much as I want” He squinted at her, as if he couldn’t quite lasses She wondered if he still did “What are you doing here?”

“My ested I come here and unwind for the weekend She said the cabin would be e with one other couple they were friends with The three faether and purchased the cabin years ago, when Julie had been a freshh school She’d spentup

But she hadn’t seen hih school And she certainly hadn’t expected hirow up so well…

“Yeah, it was supposed to be” He lifted an ar she couldn’t help but notice, and ran a hand through his already tousled dark brown hair “We all keep a schedule and eh the sue of plans and decided to head up here I thought the cabin would be empty”

“Oh” She really didn’t knohat to say “Um, well this is kind of aard”

He chuckled, the war a shiver of awareness down her spine He’d become awfully hot these last few years Well, more like ten-plus years He’d been a year older than her so that wouldlike that? If he were her boyfriend she certainly wouldn’t let hio to Tahoe all by his little lonesome

Ha, if he were her boyfriend What possessed her to even think such a thing?

“It’s too late for us to do anything about it tonight so we both ht as well stay put I can stay in the other bedrooain She must’ve looked at him oddly because his expression becalasses on, and you’re kind of fuzzy”

“Well, how did you recognizeat the absurdity of the entire situation This was all just…strange