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"It’s fine," Cannon cut in, then added, "as long as you stop now"

A palpable silence throbbed in the air

Mindi s, she took in the cluttered garage "So what is all this?"

Knowing Mindi addressed Cannon didn’t stop Yvette fro "It’s inventory for the shop"

"Tipton’s leavings?" She peered into the box closest to her "Have you found anything interesting?"

"Much of this is froone through Tipton’s storage units yet?"

Not liking her nosiness, or the farandfather’s na vaguely, "One thing at a tioing now If you change your --please let me know"

Cannon moved to her side and took her arm "I’ll walk you out"

Oh, noait a lanced over his shoulder at her "Be right back"

CHAPTER ELEVEN

OF ALL THE More than a little furious at being dish the interior door into the house, but resisted the urge to slam it shut She didn’t want Mindi to know she was bothered

Choosing not to wait for Cannon to finish his private talk, she went into her bedroom, locked the door, then into the bathroo as he wanted She didn’t care

Or rather, she didn’t want to care Daant as Mindi, she didn’t even try After drying off, she put on lotion, took her long hair out of the braid and dressed in an oversize logo T-shirt and cutoff shorts

When she left her roo, also freshly showered and dressed in shorts and a T-shirt They were both barefoot But that here the similarities ended

Unlike her shirt that fell loose around her body, his fit his muscled torso to perfection

Whereas her cutoffs reseo shorts went down to his knees

With the braid out, her hair hung in long ripples He’d finger co it ruht have shaved

As he chopped an onion, she watched the movement of muscles in his back and shoulders It was seriously unfair that any ood

"Come on in," he said "I’ll have dinner ready in a few e for a cola, but when she saw his big icy pitcher of sugarless tea, she chose that instead