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At his question, her brow arched Then she offered up a small smile and it was as if the sun had come out on a cloudy day

“I’ht shining in her eyes saying he wasn’t going to get a further answer to his question “Do you want to see Keeley?”

“Can I?” He hadn’t expected to get to see the child Not tonight when she was still so critical He’d stayed to find out how she was and had then dozed off in exhaustion

Odd, at the moment he felt oddly refreshed Which was absolutely crazy because he was starved, dehydrated, and grimy as hell He probably smelled like he’d been there, too

Most of the wo hiain, most of the women he knew liked the wealthy Davenport side of hihter side

His neighbor didn’t currently look bothered by his physical state one way or the other But that reen eyes over him, she’d been bothered He’d seen it in the way she’d sed hard, in the way her pulse had throbbed at her throat just above her loose scarf, in the way she’d nervously wet her lips

Sweet heavens, she’d just gulped and licked her lips again

Which meant what exactly? He wasn’t sure That she found hi even when he was a mess?

Why did that possibility make him feel all he-man?

“Isn’t seeing Keeley what you’ve waited for?” She answered his question with one of her own

“Either that or I just needed a quick nap to regain th”

“Busy night ahead?” Her sarcasm couldn’t have been more obvious if she’d taken out a billboard

“Aren’t they all?” he answered, gauging her response That he’d confused her was apparent on her lovely face

She watched him from narrowed eyes “If I didn’t already know the answer, I’d ask if you ever take anything seriously Thanks to this evening, I know you do”

“I should set the record straight, then I only joined the fire departet women”