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“It’s not like I can board them up”

“No, but we can get alarms for them”

“I can’t afford alar this place–”

“They don’t have to be fancy or expensive The et in, or to alert your neighbors that soo look at them tomorrow and then you can decide if you want them Will that work?”

“Why are you doing all of this for me?”

Zeke shrugged, forehead wrinkling slightly “No one deserves this And if I can help, I will”

She was going to push the issue, press hiht of arguing left, along with the air between them His eyes were fixed on her lips, the line of his body drawn tight

“Viv, I’ve got no da to kiss you So if you don’t want that to happen, you’d better tell me”

Wow Those clipped, factual words should not have been any kind of turn-on Too bad her nerves frizzled somewhere between her clit and her brain and she just stood there du

Did he ever

He was shockingly gentle Fingertips grazed the coluainst her collarbone His lips brushed hers, tentative until she sighed and herher anywhere but where his lips and fingertips were The lack of contact ue caressed her lower lip and she could only wait in breathless anticipation for hi his hands in to her hair, and take the kiss he must want—

“I’ll call you tomorrow Lock your door”

It wasn’t until the door closed that sonized that she was still standing in her apart erratically—utterly alone

He finally got up the balls to call Vivian around nine thatIt hadn’t been easy He hadn’t slept worth shit, the ie of her parted lips, flushed ch

est, and take-ht He had no doubt that if he’d waited around any longer, they would have ended up in bed And as te as the prospect uided sense of appreciation, or worse, hero-worship