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quickly stepped out of the shower and hurriedly dried herself with a thick velour towel.
    First last night, and now this. It’s bad enough being isolated out here with the man, without starting to have sexual fantasies about him. Girl, you better get your act together.
    Stepping into her robe, she tightened the sash at the waist just as the doorbell chimed. She walked out of the bathroom to the living room.
    “Who is it?” she asked, peering through the tiny glass peephole in the door. A hot ache grew in her throat. The flaps of a shirt gaped open and a dark, muscular, hair-covered chest dominated her view. She sucked in a quick breath. It was as if her fantasies had zapped Justin to her doorstep.
    “It’s me Lorren, Justin.”
    Lorren reached a trembling hand for the doorknob. Her palms became sweaty. Her mouth felt dry. Slowly, she opened the door.
    Justin stood before her dressed in a pair of outlandishly sexy swimming shorts and a camp shirt. Somehow she managed to speak. “What do you want, Justin?”
    Justin’s gaze swept over Lorren. Even with her hair damp from a recent shower and her face scrubbed clean of makeup, she was breathtaking. He would bet the keys to his Vette she wasn’t wearing anything under her robe. X-ray vision was something he’d give just about anything to have at the moment.
    “Good morning, Lorren. I happened to be in the neighborhood,” he teased as a smile touched his lips, “and was wondering if you’d like to join me in an early morning swim?”
    Lorren looked at him, trying not to notice how the hair on his chest tapered down his sides, spreading out again along his navel until it disappeared beneath the waistband of his shorts. She marveled at the splendor of his trim flanks and long muscular legs. There wasn’t an ounce of spare flesh on him.
    “I—I can’t,” she stuttered, forcing her gaze from his body to his eyes.
    Justin smiled. “What is it you can’t do? You can’t join me, or you can’t swim?”
    “I—I can’t join you because I haven’t had breakfast yet,” Lorren answered, her tongue stumbling over the first excuse she could think of.
    Justin’s eyes twinkled. “Never fear, the doctor’s here.” From behind him, he produced a bag. “It occurred to me, since you’d just arrived yesterday, you hadn’t had a chance to go to the grocery store. So being the friendly and considerate neighbor that I am, I decided breakfast would be my treat to officially welcome you to the neighborhood. With your permission, I plan to take your kitchen by storm.”
    Lorren had a feeling that wasn’t the only thing he would take by storm if given the chance. Common sense told her to refuse his generosity. However, it suddenly dawned on her that common sense was something she seemed to lack around him.
    Whether she liked it or not, he was living next door, so she might as well follow his lead and try to be neighborly. Besides, she really was hungry. “How can I reject such an offer?” she said, stepping aside.
    A subtle hint of pure male, and the crisp, clean scent of aftershave, permeated the air as Justin swept past Lorren. He turned to face her, his gaze moving from the top of her damp head to the polished toes of her bare feet peeking from under her robe. His gaze slowly retraced its path. “I’ll fix the main course.”
    Lorren nodded. “All right. And I’ll make the coffee. I noticed a full can last night.”
    Justin followed Lorren into the kitchen. She tried to concentrate on taking the cups out of the cabinet. Spinning around and colliding with the hard wall of his chest, she slowly lifted her gaze to his. There was something about his features she hadn’t noticed last night. His sculptured cheekbones added a greater dimension to his already dark handsome face.
    “Sorry. I didn’t realize you were so close,” she said, swallowing hard. She turned to the sink to pour water in the coffeemaker. Even with her back to Justin, she was aware of his blatant