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I hand two bags over “I tend to go a little overboard I usually wind uptwice as much as I need”

“I don’t think anyone will coes and we love leftovers Especially when the food is cooked by a beautiful woman”

Todd winks and gives uy Probably around six feet, mid-thirties, with brown hair, olive skin, amber eyes, and he’s definitely in shape In a nutshell, he’s exactly o out with him in a heartbeat But alas, normal circu so taken care of Plus there’s the whole issue about not being able to get the blonde-haired giant off my mind

I wonder how reed to keep thewith ine Drew’s attempted to stake any sort of claim Now I have to ask myself why that bothers me

Todd jerks his head toward the big garage “Coht inside”

We weave through another firetruck and a white HAZMAT vehicle before stepping through a door Just as Todd said, there’s a large industrial kitchen off to the side of a big open rooe TV posted to the wall, showing a Mariners game There’s an oversized island in thedown

“Hey, Summers! Look what I found!” Todd announces

Five chairs turn around at once Drew jumps up the second westrides He looks like he’s about to wrap e his ood in his work clothes His navy blue t-shirt stretches across his broad chest and tapers down to his tri pants so the fact that this man has very little body fat is quite obvious I really want to ask him to do a little twirl so I can check out the back, but I think thatit

“Hi,” he says

I bite ear “Hi”

Drew turns around to face the other ood in the back “Guys, this is Charlee Harris Charlee, that’s Warren, Connor, Grant, and Jason” He points to each ht

A chorus of “Hey, Charlee!” and “nice to oes around so I offer a little wave in response

Todd goes back outside, saying he needs to finish washing the rig, and the other four turn back to their game

Drew pulls the tray of lasagna out of a bag “What can I do to help?”

I suddenly feel hyperaware of our audience, so I do what I know best and put inary chef hat on “If you can preheat the oven to 375°, that’d be great”