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She slid reluctantly fro better than to stay in bed with hiet his house cleaned up before his parents arrived from Portland She also wasn’t sure she had the savoir-faire to handle a naked-between-the-sheetsafter She tiptoed to the closet and pulled out jeans, T-shirt and an oversized flannel shirt she had pilfered from Grant’s closet so to use up all the hot water Grant would have to shower, and they needed to get a ht of the Cortezes’ arrival Having them around for Christmas would help make up for her own parents’ defection She dried her hair and pulled it back in her typical French braid, leaving so coffee, she padded back to the bedroo brew for Grant
He was sitting on the side of the bed when she walked in He grabbed the sheet and yanked it across his lap She sh she was sure she would have done the sa herself “A little late for that, isn’t it?”
The save her in return looked a little forced “Maybe”
If he was already regretting giving in to his desire for her she was going to screaht
“I’ll leave you alone to shower” She set the coffee on the table next to the bed “This will help you wake up”
“Thanks”
She couldn’t resist She leaned forward to kiss hi the roo the stubble on his chin instead Zoe’s insides froze Last night had been a mistake She could see it in the ay he watched her
She straightened and moved away froht want to et to your house, the sooner we’ll have everything cleaned up and ready for your parents”
She turned around and started fro hi Just frozen pain The way she’d felt when her dad had told her he’d sold the ranch and her parents wereto Arizona to retire Ranchers did not retire But hter as a corip on her ar she had that he had followed her out of the bedroolorious naked inch of hi on?” Fury laced his words
She felt the pain building “You tell ht you ild inaway frolared at hie to cry “You don’t even remember, do you? You were just so hot, you said whatever you had to say so I wouldn’t stop”
The dull red on his cheeks confirled for release “Let o”
“No Explain what you ret e did last night”