little lost for words. Good one Maddie, she inwardly admonished herself. “It's out in the garage.” Well duh, it’s not going to be in the house is it? Jeez she felt an idiot all of a sudden. “Hang on two sec's yeah? I'll just get some shoes on.”
She charged off back into the house, frantically searching around to see where she had left her sandals. Suddenly realising she had just left the most gorgeous man she had ever laid eyes on standing at her front door, she tossed over her shoulder, “Come in if you want.”
“Ahh found you suckers,” she said snagging her shoes from under a kitchen chair. Standing up she heard a deep chuckle.
“Do you always talk to inanimate objects?”
Oh she was so very embarrassed. “Only when I think no one is listening,” she giggled.
“Well you did say to come in.”
“Yeah, I know, sorry... okay, um, well I better show you to my baby then huh?”
He raised an eyebrow at her in question, then as realisation that she was talking about her car dawned on him, he nodded. “Lead the way.”
Maddie led Dex out the back door, down the stairs and out to the garage. The door was always hard to open and she didn't want to ask, so she grabbed the handle and gave it a hard pull. It didn't budge. She tried again, this time from another angle, this time it moved slightly. She heard a low laugh coming from behind her. How rude, she thought, spinning on her heel she looked up into Dex's eyes. Beautiful steel blue eyes, momentarily she almost forgot what she was going to say. Then he laughed again and it came back to her.
“If you think it's so funny watching me, why don't you be a gentleman and do it for me?”
Without saying a word he stepped forward nudging her out of the way and pulling the big heavy doors open. The slight contact of his big body with her smaller one make her skin prickle in a way that was not familiar to her and made her shiver. Standing back and folding his arms over his broad chest looking pleased with himself, he gave a low whistle.
“Now that is a sweet little number isn't it?” he said as he ran his finger over the back of her car.
“Yeah I like it, and I'd like to be able to drive it.”
“What's wrong with it?”
Maddie leant her hip against the side of her car. “Well you're the mechanic, aren't you meant to tell me that?” she asked with a smirk.
The sides of his mouth lifted in a half smile at her cheeky remark.
“I meant what's it doing? Is it just not turning over or...”
“Well it has sat here, and as far as I know it has not been started for six years,” she interrupted impatiently.
Dex raised an eyebrow in surprise. “Six years? Why has it been sitting here six years?”
Maddie was not sure she believed what she was hearing and stared blankly at him momentarily, waiting for him to recognise her face. When he showed no signs of recognition, she asked. “Don't you watch the news?” God knows she had been on every news channel for weeks. On the front page of every newspaper, every internet report. There had been no escaping the media circus that was chasing her.
Dex shrugged, his eyebrows scrunched in confusion. “Should I?”
Maybe he did not know who she was, “Wow, cool.”
“What?”
“No matter...” she smiled. Maybe she could have a normal conversation with someone for once. “So anyway, my brother bought a new battery for it, but he thought it best to have it checked over before he put it in, in case you know...” she shrugged. “In case something went wrong, he's not much of a mechanic.”
Dex laughed, a deep chuckle. Maddie liked the sound of his laugh. It was sexy and masculine.
“Okay, I will probably need to replace some hoses, change the oil and spark plugs, probably the belts.”
He turned and walked to the driver’s door and reached in pulling the lever to pop the bonnet. With the bonnet open he stood and scratched his chin, running his fingers through the short scruff that was there. Maddie's
She charged off back into the house, frantically searching around to see where she had left her sandals. Suddenly realising she had just left the most gorgeous man she had ever laid eyes on standing at her front door, she tossed over her shoulder, “Come in if you want.”
“Ahh found you suckers,” she said snagging her shoes from under a kitchen chair. Standing up she heard a deep chuckle.
“Do you always talk to inanimate objects?”
Oh she was so very embarrassed. “Only when I think no one is listening,” she giggled.
“Well you did say to come in.”
“Yeah, I know, sorry... okay, um, well I better show you to my baby then huh?”
He raised an eyebrow at her in question, then as realisation that she was talking about her car dawned on him, he nodded. “Lead the way.”
Maddie led Dex out the back door, down the stairs and out to the garage. The door was always hard to open and she didn't want to ask, so she grabbed the handle and gave it a hard pull. It didn't budge. She tried again, this time from another angle, this time it moved slightly. She heard a low laugh coming from behind her. How rude, she thought, spinning on her heel she looked up into Dex's eyes. Beautiful steel blue eyes, momentarily she almost forgot what she was going to say. Then he laughed again and it came back to her.
“If you think it's so funny watching me, why don't you be a gentleman and do it for me?”
Without saying a word he stepped forward nudging her out of the way and pulling the big heavy doors open. The slight contact of his big body with her smaller one make her skin prickle in a way that was not familiar to her and made her shiver. Standing back and folding his arms over his broad chest looking pleased with himself, he gave a low whistle.
“Now that is a sweet little number isn't it?” he said as he ran his finger over the back of her car.
“Yeah I like it, and I'd like to be able to drive it.”
“What's wrong with it?”
Maddie leant her hip against the side of her car. “Well you're the mechanic, aren't you meant to tell me that?” she asked with a smirk.
The sides of his mouth lifted in a half smile at her cheeky remark.
“I meant what's it doing? Is it just not turning over or...”
“Well it has sat here, and as far as I know it has not been started for six years,” she interrupted impatiently.
Dex raised an eyebrow in surprise. “Six years? Why has it been sitting here six years?”
Maddie was not sure she believed what she was hearing and stared blankly at him momentarily, waiting for him to recognise her face. When he showed no signs of recognition, she asked. “Don't you watch the news?” God knows she had been on every news channel for weeks. On the front page of every newspaper, every internet report. There had been no escaping the media circus that was chasing her.
Dex shrugged, his eyebrows scrunched in confusion. “Should I?”
Maybe he did not know who she was, “Wow, cool.”
“What?”
“No matter...” she smiled. Maybe she could have a normal conversation with someone for once. “So anyway, my brother bought a new battery for it, but he thought it best to have it checked over before he put it in, in case you know...” she shrugged. “In case something went wrong, he's not much of a mechanic.”
Dex laughed, a deep chuckle. Maddie liked the sound of his laugh. It was sexy and masculine.
“Okay, I will probably need to replace some hoses, change the oil and spark plugs, probably the belts.”
He turned and walked to the driver’s door and reached in pulling the lever to pop the bonnet. With the bonnet open he stood and scratched his chin, running his fingers through the short scruff that was there. Maddie's
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