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A knock at the door hadup in bed "Yes?"

Rev poked his head in "I just wanted to see if you were awake"

I offered hi here being lazy"

"I wouldn’t call it being lazy It’s more like you need the rest"

"Yes, Dr Malloy"

"Anyway, I came in to see if you wanted some breakfast"

"Yes, but I can fix it I don’t want you to wait on me"

A sheepish expression came over his face "Actually, Mama Beth cooked She called earlier to see if anted to come over"

"I would love to I’ll be ready in five minutes"

"Okay," he replied before closing the door

I threw back the covers and hurried into the bathrooht how he and his brothers had worked on re the old duplexes into one house Next door to us was Deacon and Alexandra’s house, and on the other side of them was Bishop Apparently some of the other club officers lived in the other houses

While he ht’ve been worried about what I would think of his house, I found it gorgeous If you had walked inside not knowing the occupant was the member of an MC club, your first ihly intellectual lived there Likeold, so the furniture could have fit in a the contents of any antiques store I couldn’t wait to explore the wall-to-wall bookshelves in the living room

After I brushed my teeth, splashed some water on my face, and threwback to its natural color, into a ponytail, I came out of the bathroom and slipped into the clothes I had worn the day before I was hoping in the next few days to find a local branch offor food and clothes I already owed him far too much

When I came out of the bedroom, I found him in a pair of jeans and a T-shirt It hen he turned around to face asped

He ran his hand over his suys gave ured it was ti how different he looked--younger, softer, andat him, he ran a hand over his face "Do I look that bad?"

I shook my head furiously "No, no, it’s not that at all It’s just I’ve never seen you without a beard"

"From your expression, it looks like you prefer me with one"

"Actually, I think I like you without one just as rinned "Then you’d be one of the feho does liketo be some pompous ass instead of a hard-ass"