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“Ian,” she breathed, pulling back slightly and looking up at him… and saw his upturned, shy smile.
“What? Guys can dream and have fantasies, too. Not everything I dream about has to be dirty, you know… just like eighty percent of it.”
“Ian!” she laughed, wiping her eyes.
“Okay, okay. You caught me. It’s closer to eighty-five percent,” he smiled, and touched her face. “I sure like that smile a lot better than those crocodile tears, my little Minx.”
“You are a good man, my friend,” she breathed openly. “Thank you for listening.”
“Thank you for sharing – and I’m not that good of a guy. You make me want to be better. I’m trying, but I still have a long way to go.”
“You’re alright in my book.”
“Now, can I blow your mind and you can scream at me again?”
“Sure,” she chuckled nervously, “But I don’t think I’ll scream at you.”
“Okay,” he began, taking a deep breath and looking at her. “I want to put an offer in on this house if you can see yourself here… with me.”
June stared at him – and then stuck her finger in her ear, wiggling it. She held up her hand, opened her mouth, put her hand down, turned around… and then turned back to him, pointing a finger, before putting her hand down again.
“Can you repeat that?” she finally asked, staring at him in disbelief.
“Do you like the house?” he repeated, grinning happily. “It’s that simple. Do you like it, and could you see yourself here with me?”
She hesitated – and her phone rang.
“The realtor. I forgot to call her, and we should have just left.”
“Go ahead and answer it.”
“I’m not sure I should.”
“Tell her we are in discussions about the house now, and doing another walk through.”
“But we aren’t.”
“Answer the phone, June.”
She slid her thumb across the screen and stared at him as he put his hands into his pockets and stood there, waiting.
“Hello?” she began and hesitated. “No, we are still here and he’s considering an offer. Yes. I know it’s late. Why don’t I email you in the morning with the results after he talks it over with the other person – okay. Yes, goodnight.”
She hung up the phone and stared at him.
“Well, ‘other person’ – what do you think?” he smiled. “It’s awfully big for just me, and I would hate for it to sit empty while I’m gone.”
“Is this why we are here?”
“Maybe?”
“But you don’t even know me, and I just got half your shirt wet crying over another man,” she exclaimed, holding out her hand in disbelief and pointing at her face. “I know my makeup is ruined, you’ve been patting my head like I’m two… so now my hair is a mess, and…”
“All that’s left is your clothing to muss up,” he grinned and rubbed his hands together happily, causing her to bust out laughing in disbelief.
“Are you insane?”
“Maybe? I’ve never been tested –oh wait– I think the military does test you, but then they send you to boot camp and maannn, that’s tough. Maybe I ‘cracked’ there?”
