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He nodded “Yeah That”

Of course she needed a shower She felt a little weird about it, knowing To naked, but she shook it off “Suit yourself I won’t be long”

“Okay”

She unlocked the front door and led the way in “Why don’t you start with the downstairs? And there should be coffee on in the kitchen I set it up to brew before I left Milk’s in the fridge Help yourself”

“Thanks”

She scooted up the stairs before he could say anything rabbed so sure to lock the door behind her She turned on the shower and stripped while waiting for the water to get hot, feeling an odd sort of awareness about her nakedness Wondering what it ht be like if he walked into the bathroom while she was under the hot spray As her pulse quickened she wondered what he’d look like if he stripped off his clothing He would be big and brawny and beautiful And he’d say her name in that deep voice of his …

Inside the shower stall she applied the puff with enough force to peel off her top layer of skin It was utterly inappropriate for her to be having these sorts of thoughts about Tom Arseneault, a man she wasn’t even sure she liked!

And who she was pretty sure didn’t like her She had to remember that part, too

She huffed out a laugh to herself as she rinsed off the lather and reached for the sha, she probably wouldn’t knohat to do with a naked To since she’d had sex she wasn’t sure the old analogy of riding a bike would even hold true Plus, if she were inclined to give it a try, Abby was pretty sure she should stick with someone a little … less potent Maybe a banker or an accountant She chuckled to herself So wheels

But the truth of the lasses, Abby knew herself well enough to know that casual relationships weren’t her thing For her, sex was about trust It was intimate, on a physical and eain, she would be absolutely sure it was right

She shut off the water and reached for the towel She supposed that made her terribly old-fashioned but preferred to think of it as gun-shy And one thing was certain To since sliced bread, but it was a long leap froether No matter how delicious he looked in his work shirt and jeans

She gave a short laugh and reached for her underwear Bes

ides, it wasn’t like he was exactly offering himself up for sex anyway

CHAPTER 7

Toh the downstairs, coffee cup in hand The house did lookAbby must have worked her ass off to accomplish so leareat and the bad stuff even worse Like the floors and rugs Despite a vacuu, they really needed to be professionally cleaned As did the draperies—if they could even be saved The ork definitely needed so to take some research