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And not all of them were related to his new business.

“Thank you for this,” he said a few minutes later.

“For what?”

“For listening. Most of the people I’ve talked to just tell me what they think I want to hear. You’ve made me think and…I appreciate that.”

Smiling up at him, she said, “Glad I could help.”

They turned to head back to his truck. “Are you hungry?”

“I wouldn’t say no to a little something to eat.”

“Then how about we go back to my place and I whip us up some lunch and then we crawl back into bed until dinnertime?” He said it in such a way that she knew exactly what he was getting at and he loved the way she got a little breathless at his words.

“Counterproposal…”

“O-kay…”

“We go through the burger drive-thru, eat in the car on the way home, and immediately crawl back into bed.”

Squeezing her hand, he started to jog back to the truck with her trailing behind him. “Sweetheart, you’re on!”

ChapterEleven

That night over dinner with her sister and Tessa, Ryleigh laughed so hard she practically peed.

“Okay, okay, okay!” she said between fits of laughter. “No more! As it is, we will never be able to look at Liam the same way again!”

“Oh my goodness!” Ari said as she tried to catch her breath. “It’s true! There is no way I can look my brother in the eye knowing that he…”

“It was just a dance!” Tessa said before cracking up again.

“A naked dance while holding your little teacup dog!” Ryleigh reminded her as she wiped tears of mirth away. “We are going to have to have girls’ night at least once a week! This is awesome!”

“Now you guys have to share something!” Tessa said, pouring herself a second glass of wine. “That was the deal!”

“Well, actually, it was supposed to be something embarrassingwe’vedone,” Arianna reminded her. “You totally threw Liam under the bus with that story.”

“And it was awesome!” Ryleigh told her.

“Come on, you guys…”

“If we’re going to make it something embarrassing the guys have done, then I’d have to say…I love daring Will to role-play,” Arianna said in a comically loud whisper. “Most of the time I get him to do it when I need something specific done. He played a construction worker when I moved into my first apartment and needed stuff hung. But he’s played at being a cop, a masseuse…and I make sure he’s always shirtless. It’s awesome!”

“That’s more adorable than embarrassing,” Tessa murmured.

“Ugh…fine,” Ari whined. “Will and I totally had sex in Liam’s apartment when we were secretly dating.”

“Dude, everybody knows that,” Ryleigh told her before taking a sip of her wine. “Try again.”

Pouting, her sister took another minute to think. “Okay, but nobody better ever repeat this to Will…”

“Right, because I want Liam knowing that I told his sisters about his sexy, naked kitchen dance,” Tessa mumbled.

“Yeah, okay,” Ari agreed. “You know Will and I have always had this ongoing truth or dare thing and I dared him to sing.”

“Boo…” Ryleigh called out. “What’s so bad about that?”

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