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asked.
    “Some water,” she said, rising but he waved a hand.
    “I can handle water. Ice?”
    She nodded. He set the glass in front of her. He crossed his arms over his massive chest—which was of course still bare—and frowned.
    “You look really pale.”
    She shrugged. “I’ve been feeling a little off, but this is the first time I felt this bad.”
    “Tell you what. How does some soft scrambled eggs sound? Bland but lots of protein.”
    It didn’t make her want to throw up so she nodded. With that, he smiled. God, he was so pretty. And all she had said was that she would let him cook for her.
    “Pans?”
    “Bottom cabinet to the right of the stove.”
    He clapped his hands and turned back to the stove. He pulled out the one he wanted, then placed it on the stove top before moving to the refrigerator.
    “So, is this thing with your brother going to be a problem?” he asked.
    “A problem?” she said, as she sipped at her water. “Oh, you mean with Aeden?”
    “Yeah.”
    “For whom?”
    He placed the carton of eggs on the counter and smiled at her again. “For us.”
    The way he put them together like that made her heart kick into high gear. That probably wasn’t a good thing for someone who had almost passed out just a few minutes beforehand.
    “In what way?”
    He shrugged as he opened up a cabinet and pulled out a bowl.
    “I just plan on spending a lot of time here. If there is a problem, then I think I need to have a chat with Aeden to make him understand the situation.”
    She watched him crack a few eggs into the bowl. “What situation?”
    He looked up at her, those big beautiful chocolate brown eyes narrowing. “I thought we were involved here.”
    This was not the playful lover she had been with upstairs. This was a hunter with his site set on her. And, lord help her, it gave her as much of a thrill as it did when he smiled at her. There was just something about having all his attention focused on her.
    “Well…I just didn’t know what you thought about that. I mean, it was for me. I don’t sleep around.”
    His expression cleared. “Oh good. I don’t sleep around either.”
    She laughed. “Sure, sure. Remember, I was with you in college. I heard the rumors.”
    He said nothing as he poured some half and half into the eggs. Then, she realized he was blushing.
    “Brando Santini, are you blushing?”
    “I don’t blush. I’m a Marine.”
    But he wouldn’t look up at her. She bit her lip and tried not to laugh. It was probably the cutest thing she had ever seen. She cleared her throat.
    “So, are you trying to tell me that you didn’t date that much in college?”
    “I didn’t date as much as people said. A lot of women claimed to be dating me.”
    “But you did date more than I did. I am sure that didn’t stop after college. Add the uniform and you are irresistible.”
    He shook his head. “What is it about uniforms that get men hot?”
    “I dunno. It just is.”
    “And it is the uniform. My sister is engaged and JT apparently gets turned on when Elena puts on her flight suit. Of course, that was more than I wanted to know, but JT doesn’t care. He shares a little too much with us.”
    She laughed. “Elena’s one of the other set of twins, right?”
    “Yeah. Dante just got married and they are already expecting their first child. Now, Elena will be married in just a few more months. It’s odd.”
    “And you never found someone special?”
    He shrugged as he dropped some butter into the skillet. “I wasn’t ready to settle down.”
    She rested her chin on her hand and watched him. “Never once? I mean, I find it hard to believe that in all these years you didn’t find one woman who tempted you to settle down.”
    He looked at her, his expression serious. “I did, but she was taken at that time.”
    A few long heart beats of silence, and she had to clear her throat again.
    “Oh.”
    “And, I didn’t want to do anything those first few years in the military. Some