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My heart thunders in my chest at the deep, deliciously male sound of his voice, andall over the place This ets down deep insideraw and untouched, which I doubt is about hiered this emotion incrushed by my father have up to this point I’ht now Not this soon after … everything

“Go away,” I call out

“Not a chance”

My elation and my fear over his reply collide, and I am weak in the knees “How did you find me?”

“Your employment file”

After what he put h today, that hits a raw nerve I unlock the door and yank it open “You can’t do that I have a right to privacy”

“I can and I did,” he says, advancing onain kicks the door shut “You were supposed to wait for me”

“I never agreed to wait for you,” I counter, stepping backward and darting away fro space and structure between us “And I’ht to come here”

“Why wouldn’t you wait for me?”

“We had ourto sound flippant “It passed”

“A moment?” he asks drily “Is that e had? Because I’m pretty sure it was a lot more than a moment”

My brow crinkles “I wasn’t being literal”

“Neither was I” He glances around the roo in this place?”

“Why are you here?”

A knock sounds on the door He arches his brow “Expecting someone that’s not me?”