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Brody: I sure did

I laugh Heto ad?

Me: Have a good day, Brody Let me knohen your wants to hook up with my

Brody: Will do, darlin’ In theto do to your pretty

I laugh harder this ti behind the nurse’s station I also have to clench ether and will Gina to slow her roll Who knew you could be so amused and turned on at the same time?

Damn him

Chapter Thirty-Five

BRODY

I keep thinking about my earlier texts with Rainey I love this new dyna beneath her snarky surface, but I can’t say I ever expected to experience it firsthand You certainly won’t hearmy ass all afternoon so I can cut out of work early and surprise her I feel like a dick forher think I didn’t have tiuard Between you and h nut to crack I’liets to don the tough girl mask

Balancing a hot pizza in one hand and cold beer in the other, I exit the elevator that leads to Rainey’s third floor condo I press her doorbell withher way to the front door so I stare straight into the peephole and grin

Rainey opens her door, looking beautifully confused “Brody, what are you doing here? I thought you had to work late”

She’s still in her scrubs and her long hair is thrown into aa stitch of makeup today which makes me smile Rainey could easily convince someone she’s twenty-three rather than thirty-three, but it’s even more pronounced with a fresh face Her natural beauty always renders me speechless

I gesture to the food and drink “I finished up early and thought you ry”

“I’o” She steps aside so I can enter the aparth I’m pretty sure I have placenta on me somewhere”

Okay, as gross as that ie is,about her soaping up in the shower “Take your time, princess I’ll just put this in the kitchen until you’re done”