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Once done with that and clad in my jammies, I filled my lungs with a

deep and hopefully energizing breath and returned to the bedroom.

I didn’t know what I had expected to find, but I was surely not prepared

for the sight of Aaron in only a pair of sleeping pants. They hung low on his

hips—so low that I could see the waistband of his underwear—and they were

a dark shade of gray that complemented his skin.

My gaze trailed up, and there it was. That glorious chest that I had

witnessed shining under the sun with droplets of sweat that—

Jesus, no, no, no.

I needed to stop gawking. Eating him with my eyes as if I had never seen

a naked chest before. It couldn’t be healthy. Good for my mental health.

Turning away from him a little too briskly, I fumbled with my discarded

clothes. Out of the corner of my eye, I watched him slip on a short-sleeved

shirt.

Good. That was definitely good. Cover those chiseled pecs and abs,

stupidly flawless man who loves Up.

I opened the drawer of the narrow dresser and stared into it. Realizing I

didn’t need anything from there, I closed it again. I threw open one of the

wardrobe doors and realized the same damn thing. Cursing under my breath

at my evident show of stupidity, I sensed Aaron move behind me.

My hands twisted the clothes I was holding into a ball.

A soft brush on the back of my arm derailed my inner pep talk,

immediately lighting on fire my attempts to convince myself I was cool and

unaffected.

“What’s wrong?” He skimmed those fingers up and down the back of my

arm. “You are fidgeting.”

“Nothing is wrong. I’m okay,” I lied, and I heard my own voice shake.

“I’m … cool.”

I so wasn’t.

Aaron flickered his fingers one last time across my skin as I remained

with my back to him. It felt like he was waiting for something, and when the

silence that followed my comment stretched, he sighed. “I’ll sleep on the

floor.”

His voice had sounded all wrong, so I finally turned to face him. He was

walking away, so I reached for his arm, wrapping my slender fingers around

his wrist. I could feel his pulse against my skin.

“Don’t,” I whispered. “I told you, you don’t have to. We will sleep on the

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