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Her heart was racing more than it had in the presence of any other man. There was a tiny part of her that felt like this was a date even though she knew it wasn’t.

“If you insist, then I’d love it. I haven’t tried anything you’ve cooked yet. I suppose that sounds horrible, doesn’t it?”

“Not really,” he said. “You haven’t worked for me long and when you’re working you don’t seem to be eating.”

Lots of people grabbed something quickly while they worked but not like a full sit-down meal. She wouldn’t take advantage of it either.

Besides, who had time?

“If I’m hungry, I grab something quick like a piece of bread.”

That was probably why she was thinner than she’d been in years. It’s not that she didn’t want to eat or didn’t like food.

Nope. The stress of her messed-up life caused her to lose the weight. And now that she was working so much, she didn’t have time to eat much more than filling a need.

When she was home, she didn’t want to cook much for herself, but she did eat.

The few times she’d had dinner with her parents she’d stuffed her face. Maybe she did it so they didn’t comment on how thin she was, but she was just trying to get through.

“What do you like?” he asked. “Brunch food wise? Though by the time I’m done it will be close to eleven and we can have an early lunch. You tell me. I can eat anything.”

It was about ten forty-five at this point. “Brunch is good,” she said. “I’m not a fussy eater. You make me what you want. I don’t know what you’ve got in the house.”

He laughed at her. “I’ve got pretty much everything. Do you like burgers?”

“Yes,” she said, trying not to sound confused.

He grinned at her. “I’m going to make us brunch burgers. This is one of my favorite things. I’d put it on a menu, but I don’t have a brunch menu.”

“What’s the difference between a brunch burger and a regular burger?”

She was booting up her computer while she sat at the island and he was moving around the kitchen grabbing all sorts of ingredients. Beef, eggs, bacon, potatoes, cheese.

“This burger is smaller and on an English muffin served with an over easy egg, bacon, cheese and hash browns on the side.”

Her mouth started to water. “I’ll peel the potatoes for you,” she said. “You shouldn’t have to do all the work. We can talk while I do it.” He hesitated and she added, “Or isn’t anyone else allowed to do anything in your kitchen? I understand if you say that.”

“You can peel them,” he said. “Just do it in the sink and the garbage disposal will take care of it. We only need those two and I’ll get the burgers ready.”

He opened a drawer and handed her over a peeler and she stood up to move next to him. He pulled a spice rack out from under the island and started to grab all sorts of things.

“That’s convenient.”

“Everything in this island is an ingredient or a cooking utensil that I use often.”

Not surprising. “While we work, should I start with what I’ve put together? I’ve got a few different ideas because I’m not positive what you are looking for. I’ve found options are always better.”

“We can do that. But first I want to let you know that I met with Kelsey yesterday morning.”

“Kelsey?”

“Oh, sorry. My twin sister.”

“You’ve got a twin sister?” Why didn’t she know that?

“I do. My mother and she own a CPA firm. Kelsey does the books for your parents. Obviously for me too. She is the one that put us in contact.”

“I didn’t know that,” she said. He frowned at her. “I don’t talk business with my parents much. I knew someone did the finances for them and all, but we didn’t get into how this whole thing got set up with you.”

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