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out a cookbook.”
“I think that’s nice.” Tyler smiled. “My two favorite women spending time together.”
“If I were your favorite you wouldn’t kiss women on national television when I’m watching and stand me up for countless dates,” she shot back.
“It was a surprise kiss. I had no idea she was going to do that.”
“Yeah, right.”
“Honest. She’d been flirting with me a lot, but I wasn’t returning the sentiment. I haven’t been with anyone since we were together the night before Seth and Morgan’s wedding.”
Michelle looked at Tyler. She opened her mouth to respond but the sudden sound of the fire alarm blaring in the kitchen stopped her.
“Oh crap!” She made a mad dash into the kitchen.
“Is something wrong?” Tyler yelled after her.
“No!”
Michelle rushed into the kitchen and saw the flame coming out of the pan. She was barely able to turn off the stove and frantically searched the cabinets looking for the fire extinguisher. The flames were getting higher and looked like they were going to spread to the wall behind the stove. She grabbed the pan lid and was trying to get close enough to smother the fire with itwhen Tyler appeared with the fire extinguisher.
“Michelle, get out of here!” he yelled.
She ignored him and tried to get closer but Tyler jumped in front of her with the extinguisher and put the blaze out.
A few minutes later Tyler set the extinguisher down. White foam was everywhere and the kitchen was a mess. He turned off the fire alarm and Michelle promptly punched a code into the security keypad on the wall. Michelle went to the sink and splashed cold water on her face to calm the panic welling up inside her but it wasn’t enough to stop her from bursting into tears when she looked around the room. A scorching black mark draped the white wall near the stove.
“Hey.” Tyler placed his hands on her shoulders and turned her to face him. “Are you OK? Did you get burned?”
“I almost killed us and blew up my best friend’s house,” she said, trying to hold back tears.
She didn’t protest when Tyler pulled her into the safety of his arms. His grip was strong yet tender. It was strange how someone who brought her to the brink of such confusion could also make her feel so blissful. It occurred to her how easily the comforting came, because he wasn’t attached to anything. “How the hell did you get out of those handcuffs?” She scowled.
He held up her necklace with the keys. “This isn’t my first rodeo.” He kissed her.
“You stole that from me when we were…”
The doorbell rang. It was not a shock that the fire department and a security patrol from Regency responded to the alarm even though Michelle had punched in the correct code. They wanted to make sure everyone was OK. An hour later the fire department was gone and Tyler was talking to the Regency guy, who’d arranged for a professional cleaning service to come in the next day.
Michelle went into the bathroom and searched for some aspirin. Between the crying and humiliation, she had a splitting headache. She didn’t want to face him again. She heard him call out her name from the hallway, so she quickly closed the bathroom door.
There was a light knock. “Michelle.”
“Go away, Tyler.”
“I just wanted to make sure you were OK.”
“No, not really.” She snatched a few tissues from a box and dabbed at the corners of her eyes.
“It was an accident. It could have happened to anyone.”
“Morgan is going to kill me. I almost burned down her lovely home that she hasn’t even had a chance to visit yet.”
“She’s going to be more relieved that we’re not in the hospital. Now come on, open up the door.” Tyler turned the knob.
“If you have to use the can, there are three more in this house.” She looked in the mirror and started crying some more. She looked like a raccoon with a hangover. There was no way she was letting him see her like this.
“It would do my
“I think that’s nice.” Tyler smiled. “My two favorite women spending time together.”
“If I were your favorite you wouldn’t kiss women on national television when I’m watching and stand me up for countless dates,” she shot back.
“It was a surprise kiss. I had no idea she was going to do that.”
“Yeah, right.”
“Honest. She’d been flirting with me a lot, but I wasn’t returning the sentiment. I haven’t been with anyone since we were together the night before Seth and Morgan’s wedding.”
Michelle looked at Tyler. She opened her mouth to respond but the sudden sound of the fire alarm blaring in the kitchen stopped her.
“Oh crap!” She made a mad dash into the kitchen.
“Is something wrong?” Tyler yelled after her.
“No!”
Michelle rushed into the kitchen and saw the flame coming out of the pan. She was barely able to turn off the stove and frantically searched the cabinets looking for the fire extinguisher. The flames were getting higher and looked like they were going to spread to the wall behind the stove. She grabbed the pan lid and was trying to get close enough to smother the fire with itwhen Tyler appeared with the fire extinguisher.
“Michelle, get out of here!” he yelled.
She ignored him and tried to get closer but Tyler jumped in front of her with the extinguisher and put the blaze out.
A few minutes later Tyler set the extinguisher down. White foam was everywhere and the kitchen was a mess. He turned off the fire alarm and Michelle promptly punched a code into the security keypad on the wall. Michelle went to the sink and splashed cold water on her face to calm the panic welling up inside her but it wasn’t enough to stop her from bursting into tears when she looked around the room. A scorching black mark draped the white wall near the stove.
“Hey.” Tyler placed his hands on her shoulders and turned her to face him. “Are you OK? Did you get burned?”
“I almost killed us and blew up my best friend’s house,” she said, trying to hold back tears.
She didn’t protest when Tyler pulled her into the safety of his arms. His grip was strong yet tender. It was strange how someone who brought her to the brink of such confusion could also make her feel so blissful. It occurred to her how easily the comforting came, because he wasn’t attached to anything. “How the hell did you get out of those handcuffs?” She scowled.
He held up her necklace with the keys. “This isn’t my first rodeo.” He kissed her.
“You stole that from me when we were…”
The doorbell rang. It was not a shock that the fire department and a security patrol from Regency responded to the alarm even though Michelle had punched in the correct code. They wanted to make sure everyone was OK. An hour later the fire department was gone and Tyler was talking to the Regency guy, who’d arranged for a professional cleaning service to come in the next day.
Michelle went into the bathroom and searched for some aspirin. Between the crying and humiliation, she had a splitting headache. She didn’t want to face him again. She heard him call out her name from the hallway, so she quickly closed the bathroom door.
There was a light knock. “Michelle.”
“Go away, Tyler.”
“I just wanted to make sure you were OK.”
“No, not really.” She snatched a few tissues from a box and dabbed at the corners of her eyes.
“It was an accident. It could have happened to anyone.”
“Morgan is going to kill me. I almost burned down her lovely home that she hasn’t even had a chance to visit yet.”
“She’s going to be more relieved that we’re not in the hospital. Now come on, open up the door.” Tyler turned the knob.
“If you have to use the can, there are three more in this house.” She looked in the mirror and started crying some more. She looked like a raccoon with a hangover. There was no way she was letting him see her like this.
“It would do my
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