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His intentions were honorable, the kiss declared.

She was his, the kiss said.

Everything was right in the world, the kiss proclaimed.

Nico backed away as if nothing had happened.

“Is any of this stuff going back to the house with us?” He was pleased that he sounded so casual and normal when all he wanted to do was take her into his arms and kiss her for a week. Or a month. Maybe a year would be long enough.

“No.” She cleared her throat and stared up at him for a long moment. “I’m done. For now.”

“Great.” He lifted her coat from its hook behind the door. “I had one of the kids bring my car around to the front.”

“You really think ahead.” She stood and held on to her desk.

“I do,” he confessed. “Sometimes too much.”

“Well,” she said, putting her arms in the sleeves of the coat as he held it. “I would think that was a good thing. As a chef.”

“I like to be prepared,” he said. “To know I have everything I need when I want to cook. And then sometimes there’s the challenge of having only a few items and needing to make a meal out of them. Do you cook, Grace?”