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away a tear. “We’ll get a frame so you can have her with you and Sophie in your new home. We’re not leaving your mom behind, sugar.”
    His green eyes were filled with compassion. How did he so easily understand? But one glance at the tat on his biceps gave her the answer. He hadn’t left his friends that died behind either, he carried them with him in that beautiful tribute. “Thank you.”
    He smiled, then closed her door.
    Becky stared at her mom’s image and whispered, “How do I not fall for him?”

Chapter Six
    Logan looked up from chopping vegetables and damn near cut off his finger. Becky wore a striped casual dress held up by elastic that cupped her full breasts and flowed down to skim the tops of her bare feet as she walked toward him. The loose dress swayed around her long, curvy body and made him forget to breathe. For the first time today, she looked relaxed and so damn pretty.
    “Logan!” Becky rushed in and grabbed the towel off his shoulder. “You’re bleeding.” She wrapped his cut finger in the towel.
    Her scent wafted up from her freshly washed hair as she bent to check his finger. Honeysuckle, a sweet aroma that made his mouth water.
    Becky lifted her head. “It’s not too bad. You don’t need stitches.”
    She was in total girl-next-door mode with her hair drying around her makeup free face. Wait, she said something, right? “What?”
    “The cut on your finger.” She lifted his wrist to display his towel-wrapped index finger.
    Oh right, he’d felt a prick on his finger. But he was much more interested in Becky. “I’m making you dinner.” Her friend’s comments about the way Logan handled the ceremony today really bugged him. The marriage wasn’t real, but they were going to be living together for three months. He hoped Becky would want to be in his bed—he could at least treat her as he would any lover. Take her out if they could get a sitter, buy her things, be considerate.
    “That’s nice, but I’m not big on blood in my salad.”
    “Picky.”
    “Get used to it. I like the toilet seat down, too. Where are your Band-Aids?”
    “First aid kit in the drawer by the fridge.” He followed her movements as she fished out the plastic kit. “I like your dress.” Especially the way it shimmied around her sweet ass, hinting at her curves there. Curves he’d had in his hands when he’d kissed her.
    Becky dragged him to the sink for the wash-and-disinfect routine. “I made a couple of them after Sophie was born. It covered the pregnancy fat and it’s easy to breastfeed in.”
    His gaze dipped to the material stretched across her breasts. His mouth dried. It’d be so easy to slide the dress down… Lust fisted low in his belly and heat prickled his skin. The urge to pull her to him and take her mouth buzzed through him.
    “There, all bandaged.”
    He blinked, trying to clear the haze of need rushing through him. “Thanks.” He forced his gaze to his finger so he’d quit staring at her. “Nice job.”
    “I was studying to be a nurse.” She returned the first aid kit to the drawer. “I volunteered in a VA hospital in high school and college.” Adding the chopped vegetables to the salads, she looked back over her bare shoulder. “I’m hoping to go back to school after our deal is over.”
    Interest in her plans calmed his lust. “Hang on a sec while I get the steaks off the grill.” Once he returned from the back deck, he plated the two steaks and added a microwave potato to each. He and Becky settled in at the table and he asked, “How long do you have left to finish your degree?”
    She scooped out some butter to fix her potato. “About a year. I’ll work too, and I’ll have to find good childcare. But if I can do it, then I’ll have a job that will let me take care of Sophie the way she deserves.”
    He liked that she was thinking ahead. “Quit your job now and look into going back to college. Find out when the new semester starts and start going as soon