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“Are you co to eat your dinner?” he called “Or should I come join you in the bedroom?”

“No!” Kirsty squealed “I mean, I’ll be there in a second”

He saw herrooet back in and deal with her guest A few seconds later, Kirsty appeared Lake wiped his face of all emotion, tried not to think about how funny this was and smiled at Kirsty

“What were you doing in there, anyway?”

Panic flashed in her eyes She hadn’t even prepared a story to excuse her disappearance

“Folding laundry,” she said at last “I can’t get it out of my head if it sits there, and I want to concentrate on you”

She sat down elegantly at the table

“You ate my steak,” she said incredulously

“I thought it was going to waste Cold steak isn’t as good Plus, ht?”

She scowled at him It was cute She put her phone on the table beside her and played around with her reen beans Lake waited her out He definitely wasn’t going to s easy for her

The phone buzzed

“Excuse me,” she said “This could be important”

She read the text, her lips practically lanced from the screen to Lake Whatever it was, he was about to be distracted again Excellent She put the phone down and stood up She began gathering dishes that were still half full of food

“Co You’re helping”

Lake picked up what he could and did as he was told The kitchen was conveniently located at the back of the flat—well away from the s that overlooked the street and his shop As Kirsty put the dishes on the sink, her phone buzzed again She read the e and looked at him nervously He wondered if she even knew that she bit her botto worried her