slow. Sex is all well and good, but when you develop into arelationship, men seem to
forget all about decency.”
“Relax,Mom,” Hailey joked. “Gage is nice and sexy as all get-out. We had a nice
weekend, and we’re having dinner here tomorrow night. No one’s saidI do,and I’m on
the Pill. No babies coming my way.”
“Good.” Sydney breathed a sigh of relief. “Just keep telling yourself that and you’re
all set. Now, I have to know. Does he know what to do with his equipment?”
Hailey just looked at her friend and Sydney cursed.
“Dammit. You have all the luck. I have to go. There’s a triple-chocolate cheesecake
out there just crying my name.”
Hailey laughed and hugged her friend, then watched as Sydney left her home. The
quiet soon irritated her though, and all she could think about was Gage. What was he
doing? Was he still working? No, the sun had set. Was he at home, doing a terrible job of
cooking? When she’d seen the vast amount of frozen and pre-prepared dinners in his
refrigerator, she’d been shocked. No wonder the man had no fat on him. He could barely
boil water.
Maybe she shouldn’t have been so keen to give them space. She could have made
time for him tonight. Take it slow, Sydney had said. Hailey sighed. She needed to stop
obsessing over the man. Surely he had better things to do with his time than think about
her every five seconds.
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Suddenly depressed at the thought, she fixed herself a cup of tea and plunked down
to finish her half-read romance. The hero had blond hair and green eyes, so maybe she
would have a few minutes of her Monday without Gage’s face superimposed over
everything.
“Put the phone down, shit for brains.”
Gage glared at Derrick. “You know, if you’d get a woman of your own, you’d be
much less of a pain in the ass. Do you want Sydney’s number or not?”
“Not if it’s an excuse for you to call your new girlfriend. Damn it, Gage. You agreed
