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off her and give her room to breathe but her legs were still wrapped around
    him and her fingers were still firmly embedded in his back. She didn’t seem to mind his
    weight.
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    A mischievous smile spread across her face and she pushed back a lock of hair that
    had fallen across his forehead. “We could have been doing this for the past seven
    months,” she murmured.
    “Don’t remind me. I’ve been walking around with a permanent hard-on since I
    moved in.” He grinned as he covered her mouth with his. As their tongues danced with
    each other, her words sank in and he couldn’t help but wonder if she might be
    interested in something more serious.
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    Michaela groaned and pushed her plate away. “I can’t eat another bite. That was so
    good.” They’d finally gotten around to cooking dinner. Well, Scott had cooked. She’d
    watched and drank wine. Her favorite type of “cooking”.
    “You’ve got to keep your strength up because we’re just getting started tonight.”
    The small grin that spread across Scott’s face made her heart squeeze. He so rarely
    smiled and it made her happy that she was able to pull one out of him.
    She started to say something else when his cell phone buzzed. Again. Other than
    the sounds of them eating, her house was quiet so she knew the buzzing had to be his
    phone. Her cell was in her purse.
    “I’m sorry.” He reached into his pocket and started to turn it off, but she reached
    across the table and threaded her fingers through his free hand.
    “That’s the second time. It might be important.” She owned a business too so she
    understood getting calls at random hours. Usually it was someone calling out because
    of a sick kid or because they were sick themselves.
    As if on cue, it buzzed in his hand again.
    He gave her an apologetic look but she shook her head. “Seriously. Answer it, it’s
    okay.”
    Scott frowned at the caller ID then flipped the black device open. “Hello… This is
    he… What? Are you… No. I can’t… I’ll be there tomorrow. I don’t care…” He glanced
    at her and motioned that he was going to step outside.
    Even though she was curious about his conversation, she took the opportunity to
    put their plates in the dishwasher. There was a ton of shrimp and pasta left over so she
    stored it in a plastic container. As she was putting it into the fridge, the back door
    opened and Scott stepped back inside. “Is everything okay?”
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    His expression was a virtual mask and his nod was curt. “It’s fine. Here, let me
    help.” He started to move for one of the dirty pots, but she placed a hand on his
    forearm and stood between him and the stove.
    “What’s going on?”
    His Adam’s apple bobbed up and down once. “That was the hospital. My father
    died tonight. Hit-and-run accident.”
    With his words, it was as if all the air was sucked from the room. Her eyes
    widened. “What?”
    His jaw ticced once and he shrugged, but the action didn’t come off as casual as she
    guessed he wanted. “I need to claim the body but it can wait until tomorrow. That son
    of a bitch never…” He trailed off and shook his head. “Forget about it. I don’t even
    know why I said anything.”
    As she stared into his dark eyes, her heart twisted at the grief she saw there. Her
    parents had both passed away. Her mom from cancer, then her father had passed
    months later from heart failure despite being reasonably healthy. She’d always thought
    he simply couldn’t live without her mother. But she’d loved them both dearly and had
    been heartbroken without them. Even though it was obvious there was no love lost
    between them, the man had still been Scott’s father. She didn’t want him to have any
    regrets.
    Her hand tightened on his arm. “Let’s go now. Come on. I don’t want you doing
    this by yourself later.”
    He frowned at her. “Michaela—”
    She could hear the