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pillow. How about you?” She
brought her coffee cup to her lips and blew across the top of it.
He’d never thought of how a woman cooled off her coffee as ‘sexy’
before, but with her, it was a definite turn on.
    “ Uh…fine. I was up early
though.” He turned back to the TV and nodded towards it. “We’ve got
a cold front moving in late tonight. Thunderstorms tonight and then
the temps will drop, so they’re saying we’ll have freezing rain by
tomorrow morning. If you need anything from any stores, we should
go get it today.” His eyes strayed back to her.
    “ I can’t think of anything.
I’d just like to get my car, at some point, if you’re going to your
office at all.” She took a sip of coffee. God, didn’t she know her
lips were a lethal weapon?
    “ Not a problem. We can leave
here in about forty-five minutes or so. I was just going to make
omelets for breakfast, if that’s ok with you?” He stood up, heading
back towards the kitchen. He had to distance himself. Now. He’d had
enough thoughts about that mouth last night, he wasn’t sure how
much more he could take.
    “ Omelets are fine. Can I
help?”
    “ No, I’ve got it covered,”
he assured her, mentally groaning as she followed him. He reached
into the refrigerator and started pulling out ingredients. After
watching him for a moment, she muttered something about going to
get dressed. He sighed in relief when he heard her bedroom door
close. Christ, he needed to get a grip. And fast.
    He set the frying pan down on the stove and
turned the burner on with a flick of his wrist, before cracking the
eggs into a bowl and beating them with the whisk. The omelets were
ready and on the table, along with glasses of orange juice, when
she returned.
    “ Wow. A man who can cook.
I’m impressed,” she teased, taking her seat.
    “ Well, small town living
tends to do that to you.” He shrugged as he sat down across from
her. “And I hate eating alone, so I don’t go out very
often.”
    “ Oh, come on. A good looking
guy like you? Are the women in this town blind or something?” Her
eyes went wide and her shoulders shook and even from where he sat
across from her, the wheezing was audible. “I’m sorry…I mean…I’m
not…”
    Jack said her name as loud as he dared,
trying to break her focus on whatever was in her past. He needed
her here, in the moment. “It’s ok. Most of the women here are
blind. Just ask Nicole. She’s still trying to figure out how Jason
lasted until she came back to town without someone snagging him.”
He told her when her gaze settled on him. He didn’t draw attention
to her clenched fists, or the way she’d reacted to her own comment
but by the way her breathing was evening out and her fingers were
no longer gripping her fork, he knew she was calming herself
down.
    “ So while I’m finishing up a
few things in the office, what are you going to do? You’re welcome
to come back here and hang out.”
    “ I might do that.” She took
a deep breath. He didn’t hear any catches to it. “Would I be able
to use your computer? I, uh, quit the band so I’ll be needing to
find a new job. Soon.”
    “ Yeah. Help yourself to the
desktop in my office here. I don’t have a password on that one,
since I do all my legal work on my laptop now.” He groaned. “Crap.
My laptop. I forgot I locked the system up yesterday and I didn’t
think to tell Nicole about it. And Stacy’s out of the office today,
too.”
    “ I could take a look at it,”
she offered.
    “ How much do you know about
computers?”
    “ Does it matter if you’ve
already locked it up?” She raised her eyebrows. When he gave her a
mock glare, she laughed. “I have a degree in computer science. I
was a double major and I just never took a job in the field. I’m
sure I can figure it out.”
    “ I see.” He studied her
across the table. “Well, as you pointed out, I don’t have much to
lose. Can you be ready to leave in about ten minutes, then?”