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and
thanks for asking.” I opened the door and nearly got tapped on my forehead—raising
his hand to knock was Nik. He looked from Saffron to me and back.
    “Hi Sah-sha,” he started. He looked hot, unbelievably hot, but he didn’t
look happy at all. His brow was furrowed and his eyes were glaring at me with a
look that said please explain.
    “Nik!
What are you doing here?” I asked, swallowing. I knew exactly what he was doing
here. He wasn’t happy at my date turndown by text.
    “Hello.”
Saffron brightened, and turned to me with a raised eyebrow. “You sure you’re
cutting Friday night?”
    “Um
Niklas this is Saffron, Saffy meet Nik,” I introduced them.
    “Hi
Nik, good to meet you. Got to run,” Saffron said, and with that she was out in
the hallway. I saw her look back to admire him and she gave me a thumbs up.
Then she was gone and I was alone with Nik, again. I looked down the hallway
but couldn’t follow her, bummer, there was no escape.

Chapter 4
     
     
    We stood at the door staring
at each other. I didn’t want to invite him in because I had a fair idea where
that would lead. I tried really hard not to admire how good he looked in the
team track pants, a fitted long-sleeved t-shirt and his runners… hot as hell.
His hair was still damp from the club’s showers, his shoulders were so broad
and his body tapered to lean hips and… focus.
    “Did
you get my text?” I asked him.
    “Yes, Sah-sha, that’s why I’m here. I don’t
understand it.” He met my eyes with a cool blue gaze and blinked, waiting to be
enlightened.
    “But,
it was simple English, oh hang on, pull the pin, didn’t make sense, sorry.”
    “I
understood the term.” His eyes flashed. “I don’t understand why.” His voice had
turned to ice, which instead of chilling me, made me super cranky. Why the hell
did I have to explain anything to him?
    “So,
you can’t take no for an answer?” I frowned at him.
     “Apparently
not.” He cleared his throat. “If you are saying no to the date because you think
we’re jinxed, then I’m going to prove that’s not true,” he said. “But, if you
are saying no to the date because you can’t see how manly, handsome and
adorable I am Sah-sha, well we have a
problem.” He had just the hint of a smile as he crossed his arms and leaned
against the door frame.
    I
tried not to smile but it didn’t work. I stood aside and he came in. He pulled
his phone, wallet and keys from different pockets and put them down on my
entrance table. I stayed near the kitchen open plan bench and watched as he wandered
around the room, glanced up to my bedroom loft and traced the stairs from the
top down until he landed his gaze back on me. I could smell his freshness—soap,
shampoo, deodorant, cologne, so manly. His presence in the house was
distracting.
    “Was
that one of your friends or a client?” Nik asked after my sister.
    “Why?
Want to ask her out?” I asked.
    The
man just shook his head. “No, Sah-sha, I want to ask you out but I’m not
having much luck.” He continued his tour of my place which he didn’t cover in
as much depth last night and looked out the windows.
    “She’s
my twin sister,” I said.
    Nik
spun around to look at me. His hand went to his heart. “No, there’s two of
you?”
    I
gave him a wry look. “Yes, but we’re very different, not identical.”
    “I
got that,” he said, and lowered himself to sit on the windowsill stretching one
long leg out in front of him. He added a nice touch to that corner, and I
wondered if I could talk him into staying there. I moved to lean on a stool in
the living room where I could keep him in sight, just in case.
    “There’s
actually five of us,” I said, “I have three brothers as well… triplets.”
    “Fuck,
really? Are your parents rabbits?” Nik asked with a serious face. I grinned at
the thought.
    “Yes,
they are, Mr. and Mrs. Bunny.” I rolled my eyes at him and he gave me a winning
smile. That man belonged on