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and add on a can of diet soda. I’ll give
you the address.”
    Alyssa
turned to him with amazement. He’d ordered the diet soda for
her. There was plenty of regular soda in the fridge, but he knew from
lunch today she liked diet and she barely knew this guy. She doubted
Jake even knew what she drank. Her gaze took Brad in one more time
from curly blond head, to sock-covered toes. There was definitely
something to be said for nice guys, especially when they were smart
and tall with such a nice ass.

Chapter 5
    Thirty
minutes or less later, Brad sat cross legged next to Alyssa on the
carpet with the pizza box open in front of them on the coffee table.
He was more than happy to see her chowing down on her second slice.
    “ Hey,
Brad? Do you have a girlfriend?” Alyssa broke into his
thoughts.
    He
tried not to look surprised at her question. “Um, no. Not right
now. I was dating this one girl for about six months, but we called
it quits a few months ago.”
    “ Your
decision or hers?” she asked.
    Boy,
she didn’t pull any punches. He considered his answer. “Mutual,
I guess. Why?”
    She
shrugged. “Just wondering. You’re such a nice guy.”
    Nice .
Great. Nothing a guy likes to hear more.
    “ Thanks.”
He managed to keep the sarcasm from his voice.
    Alyssa
tried and failed to stifle a yawn, looking embarrassed. “I’m
sorry. It’s not you. I just haven’t really slept in like
three days.”
    “ It’s
okay. I understand. Believe me. You relax while I clean this up and
then I’ll drive you home. I don’t want you driving
yourself. You might fall asleep at the wheel.”
    She
got up off the floor and sank into the cushions of his couch. “You
don’t have to drive. I’ll be okay in a few minutes.”
    “ We’ll
see.” He smiled as her eyes started to flutter shut. He took a
throw, draped it over her legs and then started to clean up.
    After
deciding that Alyssa was probably out for the night, he was just
laying out a brand new toothbrush and fresh towel in the bathroom for
her when he heard a faint song emitting from her big red bag.
    Glancing
over to make sure the sound hadn’t woken her, he grabbed the
whole bag and took it quickly into his bedroom. After what seemed
like a really long time, he finally located the phone in the damn
thing. He saw that the caller ID display read “Jane” as
he flipped open the phone and whispered, “Hello.”
    “ Who
the fuck is this?” Jane demanded loudly into his ear.
    “ Um,
hi, Jane. You don’t know me, but this is Brad Morgan. I work
with Alyssa?” He was reconsidering the wisdom of answering
Alyssa’s phone more with every passing moment.
    “ Yeah,
I’ve heard of you. Brad the Geek. Where’s Lys and why are
you answering her phone?”
    Brad
raised an eyebrow. Brad the Geek, huh? He tried not to be too
insulted since he did work for a company with the unfortunate name of
Computer Geeks-R-Us. What did he expect? Although things were not
looking very promising if Alyssa thought he was both nice and a geek.
    “ Alyssa
and I are at my place. We were here working on a project together and
she fell asleep on the couch.”
    “ Good,
keep her there with you no matter what. Her asshole ex-boyfriend Jake
has been staking out her apartment all night. When she never came
home after work, he actually came to my place. He nearly knocked down
my door looking for her.”
    Brad
swore softly. “I’ll make sure she stays here and I’ll
go with her if she wants to go back to her place in the morning to
change before work.”
    “ Good.
And don’t tell her I called or what I told you. It’ll
just make her crazy.”
    “ Okay,
no problem.” Brad didn’t like the thought of lying to
Alyssa, even if it was for her own good and at her best friend’s
request, but certain situations demanded it he supposed. Such as
stalker, cheating ex-boyfriends.
    “ Thanks,
Brad. You’re a nice guy for doing this.”
    Great,
Jane thought he was a nice guy too.
    “ No
problem.” Brad