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I bit the inside ofThere was o for now

He sed, then asked, “Do you think if you actually likedin my room all the time?”

“Uh, no Definitely not Although it’s not likeI do these days”

“That would suck”

I nodded s you harbor for led hed

CHAPTER SIX

I popped into The Bean at precisely three thirty The aroma of freshly roasted coffee beans hit lance around the small coffee shop I didn’t see Carson anywhere He mustn’t have arrived yet, and I hoped he wouldn’t be late since it was a Sunday and they closed early I had agreed to athering With a lot of foot traffic year-round, The Bean was the perfect location for the Angel Tree It would get theon it inside the confines of the little coffee shop It ar, and the nutty aroma of their on-site roasted java Not to erbread latte

Maddie orking the counter, handing a custoe and a cup of coffee as I walked up I put my hand up in a little wave

“Hey, girl,” Maddie said “What’s up?”

“Nothing Justevasive It’s not like she wasn’t going to see me with him

“Oh, who’s the boy? Is he cute? Solittered with interest

I chuckled at her enthusiasm “I don’t know Cute is in the eye of the beholder, I suppose It’s Carson Brooks”

“Definitely not cute then, because he’s a total hottie”

Was he hot? I supposed if you considered annoying boys with broad shoulders and muscular arms hot

An ie of him as we stood toe-to-toe on his porch flickered in ht fire as I re to his chest I bet his abs were hard as concrete fro