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good.  Shocked, Devin stumbled away from her.
    “What the hell?”
    Shepherd grinned at him.  “Now we’re even,” she quipped.
     

CHAPTER 9
     
    As soon as Shepherd dropped her suitcases, her phone dinged, signaling an incoming text.  She knew before looking at it that it was from Devin.  Last night they had decided to see each other, with the stipulation that they take it very slow.  But they both had different definitions of slow.  He had wanted to see her the upcoming weekend and have her fly to Atlanta the weekend after that.
    She had agreed to him visiting her, but she was still undecided about her visiting him.  There was a possibility of her falling in love with him and she wasn’t ready for that yet.  He still had to prove to her that he wanted the same thing she wanted and that he was willing to commit one hundred percent to her.
    Shepherd checked her text, he wanted her address.  “Oh, he must be sending me some flowers,” she muttered to herself while sending him the information.  She pulled her luggage into her laundry room and debated whether to do her laundry.  “I’ll do it later.  I need to rest,” she decided.
    She strolled up to her bedroom, stripped down to her underwear, turned on the TV then changed it to Lifetime.  Fifteen minutes later she was asleep.  A couple hours later the ringing from her cell phone woke her up.  “Hello,” she answered her voice heavy with sleep.
    “Hey girl, just checking to make sure you got home okay,” Mackenzie chirped.
    Shepherd pushed herself up and built a mountain of pillows for her to recline on.  “I’m here.  I was resting.  I was so tired.  Why aren’t you tired?”
    “I just woke up,” Mackenzie admitted.
    “Did you want to stop by—?” Her doorbell pealed.  “Wait hold on, somebody’s at the door.”  She hopped off the bed and trotted down the stairs to the front door.  She peeked through the peephole.  “Oh my God!” she said.
    “What’s wrong?”
    “Let me call you back later.”  She clicked off her phone before she pulled open the door, Devin stood on the other side. “What are you doing here?  You’re supposed to be in Atlanta,” she sputtered.
    “May I come in?”
    “Of course, come in.”
    Devin strolled in and Shepherd led him to the living room.  “Nice house.”
    “Thanks.  What are you doing here?” she blurted.
    Devin sat down on the couch.  “Sit next to me.”  Shepherd sat down beside him.  “I wanted to talk to you in person.”
    “Okay,” Shepherd said, her stomach fluttered nervously.
    Devin grabbed her hand.  “I want to apologize again for what I did to you.”
    “Thanks.”
    Devin made little circles on her hand with his thumb and Shepherd shivered with desire.  “I had a good time this week…a really good time and it was all because of you.”
    “That’s sweet Devin.”
    He took a shaky breath.  “I couldn’t let another day pass without telling you that.”
    “You could’ve called me baby.”
    “No.  Then I couldn’t have done this.” He lowered his mouth to hers and passionately kissed her.  Shepherd gently nudged him until he was on his back; she crawled on top of him.  She cupped his face between her hands and began kissing him, they both groaned loudly as they enjoyed each other.  Moments later they broke apart.  “Another reason I flew in is because I want you to see how committed I am to us.  And if you want me to, I’ll fly or drive over every weekend to see you,” he said earnestly and Shepherd laughed her heart happy.
    “I believe you.  How long are you staying?”
    “Until you get tired of me.”
    Shepherd grabbed his hand and guided him up the stairs to her bedroom.  “I don’t see that happening for a
long
time.”
     
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