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“I’” She unlatched the door and yanked it open
“You certainly were” The coly sexy, crooked smile
Being unprepared to see him up close and personal had her at a momentary loss for words His well-tanned ared stance on her front stoop
“U here?” She sucked in a breath, annoyed at her inability to form a cohesive sentence What was it about hiue?
A tongue she’d love to use to trace along everyshe shook her head to stop her ard thoughts
He reached behind hirin, and pulled a folded, pink card from his back pocket “You dropped this, Cinderella, in your hborly thing and return it to you” He held it out toward her, but yanked it back as she reached for it “I like it, by the way”
A tilt of her head followed by shifting her weight to cock out a hip “Like what?”
He handed her the offending piece of mail “Your name Jesslyn Jesslyn Watson I like it, and it’s a lot less aard to use in public than the aliases you gavequietly to himself
“Thank you And it’s just Jess The only person that calls me Jesslyn istheirs Jessie and Lynn” She closed her eyes and took a breath to get her serious case of diarrhea mouth under control “Sorry, you probably don’t care about any of that”
Beads of sweat trickled down her back She reached behind her to rub the area, causing a gap in her robe It wasn’t missed on her that his attention was ie breasts, barely contained behind the towel A slant of his head ca of his lips She rolled her eyes and adjusted her robe to close the opening
“So, neighbor, do I get an invite in? Sorry for not bringing over sohborhood, but you really don’t want awatt smile
She folded her arnore her body’s eager agreement to have hie men into my house”
Unfazed, he leaned against the doorfra the space and her attention “Aw, Jess, after e’ve shared, we, at the very least, need an upgrade to acquaintances”
She ran her tongue along the front of her teeth before breaking out into a large grin He had a point
“Well, it’s a little hot in here AC’s out” She stepped to the side and extended her arm “But sure, come on in”