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My fingers fly over the letters and I fire off a reply before I can contemplate the consequences of my actions.
Me: Yes! Come get me! We need to go to the store!!!
Rhenn: Three exclamation points? This must be a dire food emergency!!!
Me: Hurry! We have to go shopping.
Rhenn: I hate shopping.
Me: Me too, but I don’t have a choice. I need more food.
Rhenn: Then more food you shall get, my lady. I’ll be there in five.
Me: I could kiss you.
Rhenn: I like the sound of that. Do I receive my reward before or after the store?
Me: It was rhetorical. I’m not actually going to kiss you.
My face flames with embarrassment. I can’t believe I said that.
Rhenn: Pity. I distinctly recall how wonderful it is to kiss you.
I stare at the screen, having no clue how to reply. Or if I should. I definitely shouldn’t. Hell, I shouldn’t have even mentioned the “k” word, even in general passing. Mostly because I’m not sure that our shared kiss was a smart move. Okay, I’m pretty sure it wasn’t. We do have to work together, you know. But mostly because I can’t stop thinking about it. Or reliving it. My lips still tingle. My jaw still aches from his whiskers. My skin still burns from his fingers.
“Are you sure you’re all right? You’re all flushed and panting.”
“What? I’m fine,” I reply to my sister, clearing my throat and straightening my back. I thrust all thoughts of Rhenn out of my mind like they’re hot and get down to business. Food. I need more food for dinner.
And Rhenn is going to help me…
I groan in frustration before I can even reel it back in.
Harper reaches forward and places the back of her hand on my forehead. “Stop it,” I say, swatting her hand away.
“You’re not fevered,” she says just as Rhenn comes strutting around the corner.
“Ready to go?” he asks.
Harper looks between him and me, a knowing smile spreading wide across her face. “Now I get it.”
“Shut up.”
“You called Rhenn,” she singsongs.
“Zip it,” I hiss.
“He’s going to help you.”
“Enough.”
“Even though you could have asked me to go…” she starts, but I grab her arm and pull her aside.
“Fine, yes, I asked Rhenn to help me. Stop making a big deal of this,” I beg.
“Making a big deal of what? The fact that you asked a hot guy to help you? A hot guy who clearly likes you, even though you refuse to see or acknowledge it?”
“Why are you torturing me?”
