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“Uhm... I don’t think so.”
Now she seems angry. Is this kind of mood fluctuation a normal thing for women, or am I doing something wrong?
“You swear you haven’t communicated with Nora?” She folded her arms.
“I swear I don’t know what you’re talking about. I didn’t even know you had a roommate until you mentioned her, and this is the first time I’ve heard her name.”
“Were you eavesdropping when she and I were talking earlier? About you and I...” She made air-quotes with her fingers. “Spending time together?”
“You talked to Nora about me?” His grin went so wide it hurt his face. “No, I didn’t hear you talking, but I’m glad you did. And for the record, I’d be happy to talk to her if she’s concerned about me. I know some roommates are protective.”
“Liam, that’s not what I meant—”
“So tomorrow, would you like to go snowmobiling?”
Her jaw dropped to the floor. “I... I don’t know how. I’ve never been.”
“That’s okay. I can drive.”
“You have an adaptive snowmobile here?”
“AEP had an entire array of adaptive sports equipment shipped here for the convention.” Down beside his leg, Liam crossed his fingers. “Do you want to go?”
She blinked those sparkling silver eyes, her mouth opening and closing like she was trying to decide what to say, while he held his breath.
“Okay.”
Her voice was so quiet he barely heard it. But he saw her lips move, so it wasn’t his imagination.
I can’t believe it! Maybe she likes me after all.
“Great! We’ll make plans at breakfast. I’ll walk you to the dining room in the morning.” Liam turned to go. “See you at seven.”
“Seven o’clock. I’ll be here with bells on.” Despite her bells-on statement, her tone held no enthusiasm. Maybe she didn’t like breakfast.
“Oh! I almost forgot. No pressure or anything, but the reason I stopped by was to invite you to work out with Bran and me before breakfast.”
“Of course you did.” Carly rolled her eyes. “What time is the workout?”
It was Liam’s turn to be surprised. “You’re going to do it?”
“How could I possibly refuse?” Her tone had a bite of sarcasm.
“We’d love to have you, but don’t feel obligated. I have to warn you we’re working out at 5:00 a.m.”
“5:00?” Carly slumped sideways against the door frame. “I’m going to need some coffee... lots of it!”
CHAPTER 9
CARLY
When her alarm went off at 4:50, Carly crawled out of bed and stumbled to the bathroom. Emphasized by a bald head, bloodshot eyes stared at her from the mirror.
This is insane!
Though Nora had vehemently denied any collusion with Liam, it hadn’t stopped her from laughing so hard at Carly’s predicament that she’d choked herself into a coughing fit. Her only remark?“I feel sorry for Liam. He has no idea how scary you are in the morning.”
Remorseless, Nora had confirmed her expectation for Carly to join the guys for the exercise session and accept any other invitations Liam might extend.
