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be

nutes at O'Malley's down the street." Jason moved into her doorway, Rebecc

rected it quickly, blush touching her cheeks. She stood up and smoothed down her skirt, her eyes remaining on Jason. "I think I'll probably

ssing his arms, he lifted his eyebrow. "You're going to work on yo

as doing for the weekend, and yet without a doubt, he had something else he wanted to add to the end of his questi

ong-sleeved shirts made it obvious that he worked out most days of the week, but his gym bag forever around did so as well. He was taller than her, but not too tall, maybe 6'2" at most. A laid b

her resolve she would eventually give in and find herself involved with someone that she worked with, and worst of all, she'd have to pick up her m

e old one jacked me around, so hopefully thi

desk and placing his hands on the shiny wood

uff and go have fun with everyone. It's been

blushed again, hating the way he studied her. She felt like she was eighteen again and standing before some

de

ught of him

ith those rough-neck guys all my life. I'll pretend to be your brother or your boyf

the entire walk-through meeting staring her down like a hungry hyena. She'd taken four showers that day just

didn't go so well." She shrugged and sat down, leaning back and crossing her legs. She watched his eyes r

s into you

mile. He moved back toward the door. "I'l

t-thirty? I want time to walk aroun

tions about work and want to get some clarity on what's left on th

with her and driving all the way out to get her. The least she could do was go to breakfast. Besides, he just

her eyes staying on his face. The last thing she needed was to give him f

his stomac

y were just having breakfast. This was what happened when you didn't allow yourself a steady

t a kid

? You

s abs, which probably made it look like she was looking at his crotch. She fel

week. I just faded out." She smiled and reached up to run her fingers through her lo

thinking about things other than work or building houses. She would have t

miling at her. "You sure you don't want to come tonight

lder. "Don't push this thing between us. We're business associates.

ing at the absurdity of her being his mother's age. She realized then that he probably did