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“I like it,” I repeat and close the few steps between us so I can hook a soft strand behind her ear

She shivers

I grin down at her

“I guess we can’t forget to rearrange those letters,” she says and licks her lips

“Do I make you nervous?”

“Don’t you make everyone nervous?”

I smile softly “No”

The woocentric, arrogant way that isn’t flattering to them They just don’t hold my interest

Aubrey, though, is sweet and…norood when I’m with her

“When you’re not arranging my letters into crude, inappropriate words—which I ad”

“Because of my celebrity status?”

Her ain “Well, of course Yes But also because you’re—” She gestures vaguely to me “You’re that”

“I’m what?”

“You knohat”

God, she h “I don’t Use your words, Aubrey”

A startled giggle escapes her, and she shakes her head “You’re hot, Zane”

I gasp and clutch at my non-existent pearls “Me? Hot?”

She rolls her eyes and drags the stepladder over to start rearranging my letters When she’s three steps up, I’m at eye-level with her breasts

Not a bad place to be if I’m honest

“Hold these” She takes letters down and passes them to me She’s up and down on the stool as she has to move it side to side to put the letters on the wall I should take over for her, but da her move on and off the ladder

Fifteen ed in the correct order, and when Aubrey turns to get down, she stu forward I wrap my arms around her middle to catch her

My face plants right in her cleavage, and her arms wrap around my neck

We don’t ood five seconds

“I’ainst my shoulders I let her slide slowly to the floor, but I don’t loosen rasp on her

“Easy there” I watch her mouth as she licks those lips once more I want to taste them I want to feel herelse “Aubrey, I’d like to kiss you”

“Oh” Her brown eyes widen, and her breath quickens