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He gestured toward the ser, and she scrambled to her feet when he moved the stereo so there was room for the tray

E off on the job, she knew her face was pink when he turned back to her, but she walked toward hinore the heat She pasted a practiced smile on her face but faltered when she noticed there were tls of soup as well as several warm biscuits

“You went to town?” she asked carefully The choas from the diner—she’d know that delicious scent anywhere

“I did” He winked “Apparently, I’urt”

“You don’t have to feed me at all”

Okay That sounded rude, but Cooper didn’t seem to notice He pulled out a box for her, and she sat down on it, accepting the war him from beneath lowered lids as he pulled over another crate for himself

“Hope you don’t ht I’d join you”

She did an wasn’t about to let him know that “Suit yourself”

After a few spoonsful of chowder, Morgan cleared her throat and took a shot at sood-awful silence and Cooper’s probing gaze

“So what’s with the beer and yogurt?” she asked, nibbling at her biscuit and pulling on the edge of her sweatshirt He followed the movement, and she immediately stopped

Cooper sed a ed “Aside from a jar of pickles and a container of e” He paused “Oh, and some sauerkraut”

Her eyebrow shot up “Sauerkraut?”

“I like it on eggs”

“That’s the weirdest combination I’ve ever heard”

“So I’ve been told”