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Jason:No picture of you?

I rolled my eyes. Sexy or not, he was a stranger. I wasn’t going to send him pictures of me.

Sloan:Do you think how I look is going to have any bearing on my ability to watch your dog?

The three little dots started jumping, letting me know he was typing a response. I smiled. I’d kind of liked talking to him yesterday. I sat up and tucked my feet under me as I waited for the reply. “Your dad’s a flirt,” I said to Tucker. He looked up at me with those soft copper eyes and then put his chin back in my lap.

Jason:You’ve seen pictures of me. I don’t think it’s that weird to want to put a face to a name. You’re watching my favorite person in the world and I don’t even know you.

I twisted my lips. He had a bit of a point. But still.

Sloan:You’re a stranger. You could be a pirate.

The dots began jumping again.

Jason:Aye, that be true.

I laughed.

Jason:Do you like games?

Where was this going?

Sloan:It depends.

Jason:On?

Sloan:On whether someone ends up drunk or naked at the end of it. I don’t like those games. I always end up the sober one, driving all the drunk, naked people home.

Jason:Not that kind of game.

Sloan:I’m listening.

Jason:Every day I can ask you one question to get to know you better. And if you don’t want to answer it, you have to send me a picture.

I shook my head while I typed.

Sloan:What kind of questions are we talking about? The yes-or-no, check-a-box kind?

Jason:Lol! No, too elementary school. Real questions. I can ask anything I want, and you have to answer it truthfully.

Sloan:Do I get to ask you a question every day?

Jason:Of course.

Sloan:And if you don’t want to answer it?

Jason:I’ll answer it.

Sloan:How about if you don’t want to answer it, you have to let me keep Tucker an extra day.

There was a pause between texts. The ceiling fan made a steady clicking noise above me while I waited.

Jason:Deal.

Sloan:Deal.

His questions were going to be perverted. I was almost certain. He wanted a picture, so he’d probably ask me things he thought I’d never answer. But the game was too alluring. And I liked the idea of asking this good-looking mystery man about himself. It was kind of fun.