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“Come inside, Mandy, and we’ll get started.”
“On what?”
“Your rebuild.”
“I quite like aspects of me,” she said in that serious way she had.
So do I.“But then some aspects are not so good, right?”
She nodded again. Ted turned, and she followed as he walked through his rooms.
“Hey, Branch, how’s the diet?”
“Does everyone know my cat’s overweight?”
“Rory’s my friend and his vet, but yes, I think they do.”
Ted grunted.
“You’re really messy.”
He didn’t apologize. He had someone clean for him once a week; today was that day.
“Really messy,” she added looking at the piles of newspapers, and clothes scattered everywhere.
Ted looked over his shoulder and noticed her frowning.
“I would have thought you were a neat freak.”
“How did you figure that?”
“You dress neat, and you do that corporate raider, in-control thing well.”
“Therefore, I should be neat in here?” He opened a door and motioned her through. “Take the stairs up.”
She did, and Ted followed, trying manfully not to look at the sweet curves of her butt.
“Yes, it usually goes hand in hand that if you dress neat you are neat. Look at Rory.”
“Who dresses messy and is messy?”
“She has her own style, but yes, she can be messy.”
“I bet she and Jack get on just fine then, because I know he’s messy.” Reaching around her, he opened the door they’d arrived at. “You’re smiling.”
“Yes. I like that they found each other.”
“I never took you for a romantic, Mandy Robbins.”
“I think everyone is born with romantic tendencies, but depending on our circumstances that can change.”
“Maybe. But I don’t think I’ve ever been a romantic.” This was the second conversation Ted had shared with Mandy. He liked seeing another side to her. “Now, step through that door.”
She stopped just inside, so fast that he walked into her. Bracing his hands on her waist, he steadied her, then released her quickly.
“Wow.”
“Pretty cool, right?”
