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didn’t want to burn the place down with the wattage from her
flat iron so she had to settle for just the blow dryer. Thank the Lord it was
butane. Soon enough, her hair was acceptably dried and styled, hanging long
down her back, so she packed everything away and headed back down to the
kitchen.
As she was coming down the
stairs, she could hear voices. Peering down into the kitchen, she could see at
least three bodies, two of them being Alec and Nash. She thought about running
back to her room and at least changing her camisole shirt, which really wasn’t
meant to socialize in, but they spied her and she didn’t want to look like an idiot
running away. So she descended the stairs and smiled.
Nash was standing closest to her,
coffee cup in hand. He just stared at her for a moment as she came down the
stairs before breaking into an easy smile.
“Good morning, Ms. Ellie,” he
said, sounding rather pleased.
She smiled in return. “Good
morning,” she looked around the room at Ken and Steve, the other two deputies
who had big mugs of coffee in their hands. “I heard you guys played watch dog
last night.”
Nash was having difficulty
looking her in the face. In fact, it was so difficult that he was starting to
sweat. He could see that she was trying to fold her arms in front of her chest
to provide at least a measure of modesty, but no amount of arm folding could
detract from the most amazing body he had ever seen.
In her clingy black pants and
equally clingy white camisole, the woman had a figured that put all other women
to shame. Looking her in the face and not allowing his eyes to trail to her
spectacular cleavage was the hardest thing Nash had ever had to do in his life.
“Uh…,” he cleared his throat,
struggling. “I told you I was going to leave some deputies here and I just
decided to stay along with them.”
She fixed on him with those big
blue eyes and he could feel himself slipping. “Alec said your car was in the
driveway all night.” She looked around to the other deputies. “I can’t thank
you enough for making sure Alec and I were safe. That just means the world to
us. I’d love to make you some breakfast but without a stove, that makes it a little
tough. Can I please take you out to breakfast and at least feed you for being
so nice?”
Ken was the first to speak. “No
need to feed us, ma’am,” he told her. “The coffee is good. That’s payment
enough.”
“I’m sorry, but I’m going to have
to insist,” she countered. “I feel awful that you were up all night patrolling
my yard. You have to let me do something for you.”
The deputies waved her off. “My
wife will kill me if I don’t get on home,” Steve said as he set the coffee
down. “But thank you for the offer. It’s very nice of you.”
Elliot made a face; she had an
animated personality that was beginning to spark up. “I’ll let you go this
time,” she said, wagging a stern finger at them. “But next time, nobody leaves
this house until they are full of pancakes and eggs. Agreed?”
The deputies grinned as they set
the coffee cups down and headed for the door. “Yes, ma’am,” they muttered, one
after the other.
She smiled brightly at them, just
to let them know the stern routine was a joke. “Okay,” she said as they opened
the door and headed out into the early morning. “Thanks again for everything. I
really appreciate it.”
The men waved her off as they
headed towards the driveway and their patrol cars. Alec closed the door behind
them as Elliot turned to Nash.
“I suppose you have to get out of
here, too,” she said, putting her hands on her hips. “Are you going to hurt my
feelings, too, and not let me buy you breakfast?”
He grinned, scratching casually
at his neck. “I wouldn’t dream of hurting your feelings.”
“Good!” she cheered up, turning
quickly to Alec. “Go get dressed. We’re going to go eat.”
Alec waved his mother off. “I
just ate that whole box
flat iron so she had to settle for just the blow dryer. Thank the Lord it was
butane. Soon enough, her hair was acceptably dried and styled, hanging long
down her back, so she packed everything away and headed back down to the
kitchen.
As she was coming down the
stairs, she could hear voices. Peering down into the kitchen, she could see at
least three bodies, two of them being Alec and Nash. She thought about running
back to her room and at least changing her camisole shirt, which really wasn’t
meant to socialize in, but they spied her and she didn’t want to look like an idiot
running away. So she descended the stairs and smiled.
Nash was standing closest to her,
coffee cup in hand. He just stared at her for a moment as she came down the
stairs before breaking into an easy smile.
“Good morning, Ms. Ellie,” he
said, sounding rather pleased.
She smiled in return. “Good
morning,” she looked around the room at Ken and Steve, the other two deputies
who had big mugs of coffee in their hands. “I heard you guys played watch dog
last night.”
Nash was having difficulty
looking her in the face. In fact, it was so difficult that he was starting to
sweat. He could see that she was trying to fold her arms in front of her chest
to provide at least a measure of modesty, but no amount of arm folding could
detract from the most amazing body he had ever seen.
In her clingy black pants and
equally clingy white camisole, the woman had a figured that put all other women
to shame. Looking her in the face and not allowing his eyes to trail to her
spectacular cleavage was the hardest thing Nash had ever had to do in his life.
“Uh…,” he cleared his throat,
struggling. “I told you I was going to leave some deputies here and I just
decided to stay along with them.”
She fixed on him with those big
blue eyes and he could feel himself slipping. “Alec said your car was in the
driveway all night.” She looked around to the other deputies. “I can’t thank
you enough for making sure Alec and I were safe. That just means the world to
us. I’d love to make you some breakfast but without a stove, that makes it a little
tough. Can I please take you out to breakfast and at least feed you for being
so nice?”
Ken was the first to speak. “No
need to feed us, ma’am,” he told her. “The coffee is good. That’s payment
enough.”
“I’m sorry, but I’m going to have
to insist,” she countered. “I feel awful that you were up all night patrolling
my yard. You have to let me do something for you.”
The deputies waved her off. “My
wife will kill me if I don’t get on home,” Steve said as he set the coffee
down. “But thank you for the offer. It’s very nice of you.”
Elliot made a face; she had an
animated personality that was beginning to spark up. “I’ll let you go this
time,” she said, wagging a stern finger at them. “But next time, nobody leaves
this house until they are full of pancakes and eggs. Agreed?”
The deputies grinned as they set
the coffee cups down and headed for the door. “Yes, ma’am,” they muttered, one
after the other.
She smiled brightly at them, just
to let them know the stern routine was a joke. “Okay,” she said as they opened
the door and headed out into the early morning. “Thanks again for everything. I
really appreciate it.”
The men waved her off as they
headed towards the driveway and their patrol cars. Alec closed the door behind
them as Elliot turned to Nash.
“I suppose you have to get out of
here, too,” she said, putting her hands on her hips. “Are you going to hurt my
feelings, too, and not let me buy you breakfast?”
He grinned, scratching casually
at his neck. “I wouldn’t dream of hurting your feelings.”
“Good!” she cheered up, turning
quickly to Alec. “Go get dressed. We’re going to go eat.”
Alec waved his mother off. “I
just ate that whole box
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