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NO.
I wasn’t her anymore.
I’d never be her again, goddammit.
I looked at the clock. Ten at night. And then I yanked on the leggings Ruth had let me borrow, shoved my feet into the slippers—also from Ruth, and ran downstairs before I could think better of it.
I knocked on the door of the bunkhouse. No answer.
Crap. I looked over my shoulder at the bigger house and suddenly felt ridiculous. What the hell did I actually think I was doing here? Just showing up like something out of a movie, and what exactly had I planned on saying? Hi, you’re sexy, wanna have sex?
God, I was such an idiot.
I took a step back from the door, about to turn around, when it suddenly swung open.
And there was Reece, looking disheveled, one hand on the hem of his shirt like he’d just yanked it on to come to the door.
“Charlie.” He looked very surprised to see me of all people standing on his doorstep. He moved his body behind the door and it was only then that I realized he wore just his boxers and the undershirt. Right. He’d probably expected his brother.
I gulped.
“Is something wrong?” he asked, looking behind me to the big house, which I knew was completely dark.
And I was just standing there frozen like an idiotic statue in the middle of the night being a complete freak—
“You’re sexy and I wanted to have sex with you.”
Oh shit. Did I really just blurt that out? My hand slapped over my mouth like it couldn’t believe I’d just said it either.
Reece just stood there, still looking stunned in front of me, one hand on the top of the door, the other on the door frame. Wow, he looked really sexy standing like that.
Holy shit, what the hell was I thinking?
Abort! Abort!
I yanked my hand down from my mouth and took a step back. “Shit. I’m so sorry. That was completely inappropriate of me. God.” I waved my arm in the air. “Forget I ever said anything. Look I’m leaving tomorrow, so we can just—”
But before I could say another word, Reece had grabbed my flailing hand and pulled me inside the bunk house.
He closed the door behind me and for a second we just stood there inside the dark bunkhouse—there was only a nightstand lamp set up on the kitchen counter beside his cot to illuminate the large space.
I blinked, my breaths short and heavy, feeling goosebumps rise but also a flash of heat making me sweat at the same time.
And then we crashed together. I threw my arms around his thick, corded neck and dug my fingers into that unruly hair of his.
And oh my God, it felt good to have a warm body against me that wasn’t Jeff.
This was a man I chose.
A man who was safe.
Although thinking that… I completely froze up. Because what if now that he had me alone in his space, I wasn’t safe? What if I changed my mind and said no? Would he stop? I was nuts to be here. I didn’t know anything about this guy, not really.
I yanked back from him.
And waited for hands to follow. I waited for his voice to turn cruel. I waited for fingers at my throat shoving me up against the wall, calling me a fucking tease.
Instead, Reece’s hands went limp, then lowered as he looked in my eyes. “Charlie? Is everything okay?”
