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said it with a hopeful tone He wanted to find a woman who enjoyed at least some of the things he did.  Chinese food being one of those things, along with surfing, camping, and definitely spending time on the beach. Erin didn’t enjoy any of the things Rowan did and he was fine with that.  He had buddies he hung out with and enjoyed those things with, but when she wouldn’t even try Chinese food it put a strain on their relationship.  Of course, it didn’t break up the relationship, she did that all on her own, but she didn’t like it and so they would never eat it.  If he ever wanted it, he had to get it on his lunch break at work and that didn’t happen often since he rarely took a break. 
     
    “Are you kidding? I love Chinese.  Especially spring egg rolls.  Yum.  Please, tell me you brought egg rolls.  In about ten minutes, my stomach is going to love you.” 
     
    Rowan stood amazed at Madison.  She’d just revealed all he needed to know about her, for the moment.  The eggs rolls were always his favorite also and he always made sure to get an extra order.  Thankfully, he brought two extra orders and was he ever glad.  He was happy that Madison liked what he brought to eat, but honestly, there was no way, no matter how taken aback by her he found himself, would he be sharing his egg rolls with her.  He wasn’t even sure that if he ever got married he would share with his significant other.  He was damn serious about his food. 
     
    Rowan’s heart did that smiley thing again and he couldn’t ignore the fact that Madison caused it.  In just the short time they had spent together earlier and the time she consumed his mind while away from her, he’d smiled more and felt more at ease than he had since the morning of his wedding when Cade and Tessa broke the news of Erin’s actions. 
     
    “I’m sorry, I don’t normally get so excited over food, but I got so busy unpacking that I didn’t stop to eat.” 
     
    “No need to apologize.”  Rowan looked around the living room and took inventory.  Every box he’d seen earlier still sat in its place unmoved; untouched.  He hoped the boxes that were unpacked where the ones littering the kitchen.  He didn’t mind helping her, but he did feel a little enclosed with them all surrounding him. 
     
    “What did you unpack?”  he asked with a smirk on his face. 
     
    As soon as her pale creamy skin turned the rosy red he was quickly coming to adore, he realized it was the one room in the house she probably didn’t want him to see.  And the one room in the house he’d like to be in right now with her. 
     
    “I…” Madison turned away, wanting desperately to avoid any eye contact, “I haven’t slept in my own bed in well over a week, so I spent all day getting my bedroom in order.” 
     
    “Ah, I see.  Moving can be difficult and honestly it’s probably the first room I would have unpacked,” as much as he enjoyed the coloring of her skin, he did feel some compassion for her that she’d probably not had a good night sleep in a while,  “Well, how about we just move some boxes and we can eat on the floor?  Do you have an extra blanket we could use?  If not, I can run home and get one.”
     
    “I’ll grab one,” she said as she reached into one of the smaller boxes sitting close by and pulled out a green and white oversized blanket, laying it on the floor.  
     
    They sat, eating in silence for most of the meal. Madison smiled as she watched Rowan devour the egg rolls and laughed when he’d explained his obsession with them.  She would never get over how some men reacted when it came to food.  Her mother had always told her the way to a man’s heart was through his stomach, though her father was always quick to argue the point.  She had been privileged to see firsthand, however, the many times he would get a spark in his eyes when her mother would make his favorite dishes.  He’d kiss her on the neck or hug her from