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    Jane’s hazel eyes widened. “Oh, um… I, um… I brought my lunch. But thanks.”
    Adam knew he should drop it. He’d done his due diligence and extended an olive branch. She didn’t want to go. End of story.
    Yet he still found himself insisting with a smile, “Come on. It’s my treat. It’s the least I can do for you putting up with me this week.”
    Her brow furrowed as she shook her head. “Putting up with you? I didn’t… I mean…you weren’t… It was fine.”
    His grin grew wider. She was just so damn cute. “Thank you, but I haven’t been the best office mate. I was kind of an ass. I can get that way when I work.”
    He did have a tendency to lose himself in his work, but that had nothing to do with his behavior the past five days. Nope, that wasn’t the reason he’d been surly and withdrawn. The girl who was currently dismissing his lunch invitation held that distinction.
    “Um…” Her cheeks flushed as she licked her lips.
    Adam had to swallow the groan of appreciation that rose from his chest. “Please?” He smiled, knowing full well he was flashing the dimples that were a trait that ran in the Dorsey men.
    Use what ya got, right?
    Taking in a shaky breath, Jane nodded uncertainly. “Okay.”
    As she gathered her purse, a thought occurred to him: the attraction he was feeling might not be one-sided. Growing up, Adam had sort of been a dorky kid, and as a teenager, his life had kind of gone off the rails when he’d been placed in foster care. Girls hadn’t been his priority—not that any had been knocking his door down. In fact, he hadn’t even had his first girlfriend until his senior year of high school.
    Once he’d joined the military and started working out, things changed. For a couple of years, he’d enjoyed the attention his new physique provided. But then he’d met Alexis and every other woman in the world had disappeared from his radar.
    Even during the few years he’d played the field in his late teens and early twenties, he hadn’t quite gotten the hang of it. Not like Levi, who seemed like he had been born to be a modern-day Casanova. Adam had always been the quiet one. In his head. Analytical. Not exactly panty-dropping material.
    “Ready.” Jane’s eyes were dilated and her face was even more flushed.
    Or maybe it was , Adam thought as they made their way outside, into the warm summer day. The leaves rustled, and the slight breeze was the perfect companion to the eighty-degree heat.
    “So, when did you start wearing contacts?” Adam had no idea why he’d asked that question. He knew she didn’t. The last thing he wanted to do was embarrass her. So what in the hell was wrong with him?
    “What?” She looked up at him like a kid caught with their hand in the cookie jar.
    “Nothing.” He shook his head, wishing he could kick his own ass for having started his apology lunch off on such an awkward foot.
    As they waited at the only four-way stop in hope falls that had traffic lights in Hope Falls, Adam searched his mind for something, anything, to say to turn this around.
    “I don’t wear contacts,” Jane blurted out.
    Adam’s head turned towards her, his brow furrowed. He knew what he’d just heard her say, but it made absolutely zero sense to him.
    Staring down at the ground, she spoke rapidly as she explained, “On Monday, I came in to work early so that I could get some work done before…well, I fell asleep at my desk. Nikki woke me up, and when I stood, my legs were asleep and I fell down. That’s why I was on the floor.”
    “Oh.” Adam wasn’t quite sure what to say.
    Jane looked up at him, her jaw set, radiating determination. The sun highlighted the golden flecks in her eyes, causing them to shine brightly. “When you walked in, your ears must’ve been burning because we were talking about you and the fact that you were starting that day. Then you asked what we were doing and that’s why I said that I wore contacts. Because