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What is it with this guy and creeping up on people?

“What is it? What’s wrong?” he shouts, his whole body as tense and taut as I’ve seen it yet

Muscles and veins rippling under his shirt, even his legs seem thicker as he’s primed for action

Ready for anything

I feel the ripple of panic inI don’t

Is there a burglar? An earthquake, what?

But no He’s just heardin two seconds flat to make sure I’m okay

Once he sees I’er and promised to have the door fixed, he asks me what made me cry out like that

I’ain, but this time from the excitement of a different kind

I can hardly contain myself as I try to explain what’s happened

“I got a job I ain, thrusting my phone out so he can see it for himself

His lip curls before he even reads the

I wonder if he’s even really interested I rand is like a million dollars to me, but to someone like Brandon and his construction coe

Whatever he thinks, I can’t contain my own excitement And I do owe him some thanks

“It’s just like you said earlier,” I gush “About getting back e put into life… Do I really need to li for peanuts in a bridal boutique?”

That seerins with encourage I leap into his arms, which hold me close

Hold me firm

Holding o

“I’ a hand down s hooked around hi to him

Clinging to the sound of his deep voice like it’s an island in a rough sea

The teht now, until I met Brandon, of course

“I’ his face back to look into my eyes

There’s only the briefeste need to do next

I thought I would wait He thought he should wait, but this energy between us is undeniable

“I want you, Brandon And I want you to want ently presses over mine