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I slid under the covers with hi to ot to finish”

“Next tiood” I kissed his forehead, and he fell asleep a few seconds later

As I shifted a bit to settle in, I sighed contentedly I had no idea which version of hi to wake up to, but it didn’t really matter The buttoned down doctor from work and the cute little rocker boy who took over in his free tireat

The nextI sahen I raised an eyelid This ti me with a stick

He was dressed in a neatly pressed suit with every hair in place, and he was sitting in an upholstered chair by the , reading a paperback He’d pulled back the curtain just an inch, and a swath of sunlight drew a line diagonally across his face, frolossy hair past his thick eyelashes to his full lips I took a few moments to openly admire him before I sat up

As soon as I moved, his eyes darted to me There orry in them Predictably, he tried to hide it as he quickly set aside the book and stood up “Hi,” he said “Um, how do you take your coffee?”

“Saar”

He headed for the door “Meet me in the kitchen whenever you’re ready It’s at the back of the ground floor No hurry I’m not due at work for another forty minutes”

I got out of bed and stretched Then I called, “Look out,” a second before he bounced off the doorfra to do with the fact that I was naked, and he’d been watching me over his shoulder

“I’ain This tirin as I went to get dressed

A few minutes later, I dropped my backpack in the foyer, then went in search of the kitchen It turned out to be vintage and char, hite cabinets and a blue mosaic backsplash Like the rest of the house, a lot of plants were clustered in front of the s in the dining area

Theo handed me a cup of coffee as I looked around curiously, and he asked, “Would you like some breakfast?”