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“Gotcha Okay, thanks,” Penelope said, cursing her now puckering nipples

He gestured at the hallith a flick of his chin “The bathrooht Take a shower, a bath, whatever you want I’ll make us breakfast”

Penelope nodded, staring into the warmth of his eyes Mostfor one thing—which, usually, she was too—but this guy didn’t seem like someone ould stop once his own itch was scratched Darryl seemed like the type who took his time with a woman because he cared that she left his bed satisfied

Not why you’re here!

He slowly arched an eyebrow “Problem?”

“Nope, not a single one,” she said, and strode past him

One night Then she’d be outta there Easy-peasy

The upstairs water running through the pipes turned off, and Darryl placed another log into the wood-burning fireplace in his s roole parent, had purchased the property back when Darryl was five years old, and he’d lived in the house ever since Minus the tie then police academy, but with all its little quirks like creaky floorboards and loud pipes, this was home The three-bedrooood bones and old-fashioned chare stone fireplacethe wrap-around front porch

The firewood crackled and popped when a sudden creak caht clothes The T-shirt hugged Penelope’s body, accentuating every luscious curve, drawing his full attention Her hair was damp around her ht she’d grown into a beautiful woman before, but all natural seemed ever better Fresher Realer, so toward the kitchen off to the right of the living room

“Cream only,” she answered behind him

He stepped into the sed since Darryl was a kid After taking aoff the bamboo countertop, he hurried toroorabbed the plate with a blueberry muffin and cut-up fruit He found her on the brown leather couch in front of the fire, with the fuzzy blanket his sister bought hiaze, disappointingly, was not on him; it was on Ebenezer, who death-stared at her from the chair across from her

“He’ll only bite if you sit on his chair,” Darryl said, handing her theand plate

She lifted a single eyebrow at him “He can have that chair, and the rest of the house for that matter Is he always so mean?”

“Yup, he was that e found him”

She watched Ebenezer while she sipped her coffee then lifted herat Darryl after her sip “Thanks for breakfast, by the way”