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“I’ aside the e dread She stood in front ofbut that towel and I needed to really feel her “Are you going to finish your shower?”

“Yeah, I’ll dry the floor first Sorry again”

“It’s fine I’ll join you”

“In cleaning the bathroom?”

“In showering,” I said, giving her a look Her eyebrows scrunched and then shot up a h

“Oh”

“Yes, oh I’ll go get some towels and join you” She s back into the shower

I ju knock atthe peephole, I opened it and cahtly mussed and a little sweaty Rachel This tis

“Hey,” I said, staring at her, my hand still on the door I hadn’t invited her I’d put o

“Hey I know you didn’t invite ot out of work early and I wanted to cook sos in her hands “Is…is that okay? I know you didn’t invite me over and I know…I shouldn’t have come” She turned to leave

“No!” I shouted, s “No, come in” With any other woman, I would have sla security know to never let her back up But she’d given me the perfect excuse I hadn’t had to call her She showed up on her own I tried not to think about her otherat my apartment I was just happy she was

I set the bags on the kitchen counter and started helping her unpack everything At the sound of bottles clanking in one of the bags, I raised an eyebrow at her

“I noticed that you like scotch, so I thought we could try a little whisky and dessert pairing”

I pulled out three bottles A bottle of Scottish whisky aka Scotch, Irish whiskey, and bourbon A lot of people didn’t realize they were all whiskies I was impressed

The labels on the bottles screa for Rhys But she was oblivious