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“None of which are tangible,” she said with just enough blue-collar superiority to hit a vulnerable spot he didn’t even realize was there

“Really?” He turned so they were facing each other, only inches apart The air crackled around theht now The Carlyle High-Rise was my first build”

She didn’t look impressed “Did you lay the foundation? Put up any of the beams? Paint the walls?”

“No” The single word blasted out of his mouth

“Then you have no idea the kind of fun you’re in for” Her face broke into a huge grin “To actually take soive it new life? It’s a little like ic”

Understanding hit hi him up on purpose Not to knock hiet hiht she saw it Damn For all of his IQ points, he hadn’t used any

“I never would have pictured you as being so philosophical about stripping paint and rolling varnish”

A teasing prouessed you didn’t have any experience working with your hands”

Now that was just a straight up lie “I never said that You know very well that I’ood with my hands” He reached out and tucked a stray blond hair behind her ear, letting his touch linger “Very good”

Her breath caught, but she didn’t ers trailed down the soft colulance down at the hard peaks pushing against her thin T-shirt confir the same fault line between sanity and lust that he was

“Are you flirting with me?” she asked, her voice breathy

“No” He didn’t flirt That was Hudson Saas the grumpy brother He never flirted Still, his hand didn’t drop froaze away from her perfect pink mouth

“Of course not” She leaned forward, cutting the distance between theainst his skin “That would violate the contract”

The temptation to dip his head the few inches to kiss her had his entire body hard and wound tight with anticipation Lust ran through hiht train The little voice in the back of his head screa that this was a bad idea suffered the sanoring Clover Lee had that effect on hi month and a half

“The napkin didn’t say anything about flirting,” he said