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Cocking his head curiously as if unable to make sense of why it was there, he swerved his attention back to me.
“Uh…” I started uneasily, not sure what to say as I tucked a piece of hair behind my ear and resisted the urge to smooth the locks down and primp for the trespasser. “Can Ihelpyou?”
Jogger dude lifted his eyebrows in dismay as if he couldn't believe I would dare ask him such a thing. Then, he blurted, “Who the fuckareyou?”
“Excuseme?” I shot back snidely, pressing an indignant hand to my chest. “Who areyou? And how did you even get in here?”
Eyes squinted in disbelief, he slowly dug a hand into his pocket and pulled up a set of keys, dangling one that looked suspiciously like the same key I had for this place with black paint coating it and a fancy red letter A on the bow.
Well, huh.
I mean, not that I blamed Thalia for sharing keys to the apartment with hotties like him, but it would’ve been nice to know I might get a surprise visit.
“How didyouget in?” he challenged with a lifted eyebrow.
“Same,” I smarted off, growing annoyed by the attitude. Gorgeous or not, the boy needed to learn some manners, so I set my hands on my hips, ready to teach him the first one.
His attention veered down by the movement of my hands, however, and he blinked at my body, successfully distracted from our conversation before his gaze settled on the words written across my chest, which reminded me that I was still in my pajamas and barely dressed at all.
“Hey!” I squawked in censure and crossed my arms over my breasts to hide how hard my nipples were.
So I guess my sense of propriety was still in working order, despite the dirty thoughts my brain kept having. Which only proved that this guy was turning me into a hot mess of contradicting reactions.
A part of me wanted to argue with him until we got worked up enough to jump each other’s bones while the other part of me was commanding me to remain cautious because he was still potentially dangerous. As a result, I suddenly didn’t know up from down.
He jerked his gaze guiltily from my breasts and frowned at me while the tops of his cheeks darkened briefly and he tightened his lips in displeasure.
“Youhave a key?” he repeated slowly, obviously not believing me. “Where?”
“Where?” I huffed out a hard laugh. “Are you serious? Okay, fine. I’ll play. Not that it’s any of your business, but it’s in my purse.” I jabbed my finger, pointing. “Right over there.”
When he glanced toward the side chair where my purse lay, I slapped my hands back to my hips. “Now would you please stop threatening me with my own damn umbrella and put it down?”
He turned back in surprise, then looked at the umbrella in his hand before complying and tossing it onto the couch.
I took that moment to dash toward my purse and scoop it up. There was mace inside if I needed it.
But when I dug my hand in, it was my rental key that I pulled up. “So, ha!” I cried triumphantly. “Looks like we both have a key.”
His eyes flared as he focused on it dangling tauntingly from my fingers. “Where did you get that?”
He sounded accusative and looked as if he might try to snatch it right out of my hand.
When he actually took a step in my direction to see it better, I curled my fingers protectively around the key and dropped it back into my purse, which I hugged to my chest.
“Thalia gave it to me,” I said.
“Huh?” Sexy Jogger Guy pulled up straight as if I’d just walloped him in the chest with a two-by-four.
“When I rented a room from her,” I added. “How did you getyours?”
Gaze frozen, he gaped at me for a good ten seconds before he shut his mouth, swallowed thickly, and then hoarsely rasped, “I’m sorry;whatdid you say?”
“I said, I rented the vacant room upstairs from Thalia. What’syourstory?”
“You rented the room…fromThalia?” he repeated carefully, watching me with eagle eyes as he spoke as if trying to catch me in a lie.
I sighed and rolled my eyes. “Yes. Why are you—?”
