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“I didn’t know I did”

“It’s what drew me to you from the first time we met,” she told him “You’d just been kicked in the teeth by your father when Marie and I knocked on your door And you were all about having us help you make your bed since you’d never done it before You were excited to sleep in a dule luxury—unless you counted the running water and flushing toilet in the bathroom—just because you could”

He was still watching her, not the screen, so she continued to hold on, too

“What would you have had me do?” She watched his lips move

“Exactly what you did” She almost smiled, but couldn’t quite “It’s just that I was”

“Horrified?”

“Soer everywhere, pitfalls and risks Life has always been a minefield to me Then I spend time with you and I see flower beds”

“My father raised me to expect the best out of any situation I think I probably segued a bit from his initial intent, but I learned early, probably froet through anything tough was to look for the good In everyfor it I think she showed me how to find it naturally Like she showed ht silverware,” he told her slowly, his gaze see to devour her face

“I would have liked to have one terribly dry

“You met me instead”

Yes Yes, she had He moved an inch She didn’t That hy his lips touched hers Because he’d expected her to back up and she hadn’t It was accidental And the shock held her still

Until his lips moved on hers And she responded

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

IT TOOK LIAM less than five seconds to know he’dback from Gabrielle, he became a six-foot-tall mass of panic

What had he done? How did he undo it?