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Heading into the pantry to get the cocoa powder, Brit froze. She shouldn’t have said anything about her past. She stood there a moment, hoping he didn’t ask about it. Grabbing the cocoa from the shelf, she headed back to the stove, and avoided looking at him.
“What else do you need?” Luke asked.
She took a deep breath. “Um... a measuring cup would be great.”
Luke went about searching for one and she was thanking her lucky stars he didn’t bring it up. She went to grab a whisk from the utensil container next to the stove and yanked a little too hard when he said, “So, what did you do before this?”
The whisk went flying and landed on the table behind her.
“Whoa! I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to startle you.”
A nervous giggle escaped past her lips. “Umm... you didn’t. It just got tangled on something.”
Luke raised his brows. “Oh? Well, that makes perfect sense. Here’s the measuring cup.” He set it down on the counter.
“Thanks...” Brit mumbled and picked up the container of cocoa, pretending to read the directions on how to make something she knew by heart.
“Can you see if there are any marshmallows in the pantry?” she asked.
“Ah, sure.” He went to the door and stopped. Turning to look at her he said, “I bet I can guess what it was you used to do for a living.”
Alright, she would play that game.
“Feel free,” she said, giving him a small smile, turning back to the stove. She added the cocoa then started to whip the tasty brew while he ducked into the pantry. Coming out with a bag of marshmallows in his hand, he closed the door. “Were you a model?”
Brit whipped her head around and looked at him. “What makes you think that?”
“...Because you look like you could be one? Wait.” He sat the bag on the counter and took her by the arms, turning her to face him. “Did I offend you? I’m sorry if I did, that wasn’t my intention and all... It’s just that you’re stunning.”
Brit didn’t know what to say or how to react with him staring into her eyes so intently. But she did see the shift in him. With one blink, they went from genuine concern to a fevered look. One that she was all too familiar with. When he started looking at her lips and leaning in to where he was mere inches away from her face, that was when she had to put a stop to it. The only thing in her arsenal was the whisk she was still holding onto. Not thinking about it, she placed it between their mouths just as his eyes fluttered shut.
“What the shit?!” Luke’s eyes sprung open as he backed up and saw the metal utensil, he'd just locked lips with.
Dropping his hands, he ran them through his hair then turned and took a step away, only to spin back around.
When he looked at her with his hair all in a wild mess, she wanted nothing more than to lunge at him and kiss him senseless. But she couldn’t. She couldn’t face it when he found out she had been nothing more than a very high paid call girl.
“I’m sorry!” she said. “It was just a reaction.”
Luke rubbed the stubble on his jaw as a sly smile broke out on his lips. “It’s fine. I shouldn’t have done that.”
It wasn’t fine because she wanted to know what those lips felt like on hers. “I ah... I need some time. I’m still processing... stuff.”
And that was not a lie. After what she had gone through at the emu farm, anyone in her shoes would feel the same way.
His gaze softened as he looked at her just then remembering how they met. It was when his brother had found her at the emu farm. Him, Desi, Ava, Tim, and Dean had all come through the trees into the yard of the house and saw Brit dangling from a broken tv tower. He had raced over and caught her just before she hit the ground.
“I’m sorry, I forgot...”
“Don’t be. It wasn’t your fault.” Turning the burner off, she moved the pot onto an oven mitt that she had placed on the counter. Taking a deep breath, she steeled herself for what she was about to do.
Turning, she stepped towards him and said, “I never did say thank you for catching me that night. I—”
“Ah don’t mention it. You would have done the same for me.”
She laughed at the visual his words played in her mind. “The only thing I would have been able to do is break your fall and my back.”
“True.” He smirked.
