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evidence of that. Perhaps she should revise her no man policy. For the children, of course.
    Closing the door three quarters of the way and blowing kisses through the crack, she and Hunter headed back to the living room.
    Okay, now what? Without the children to buffer them, Suzie hesitated, at a loss as to what to say to Hunter. Had she become so socially inept in the three years since the kids had been born? Sure, she could hold her own in a discussion of Max & Ruby versus the Backyardigans , but she didn’t see her hot neighbor being that interested in kids’ shows.
    “Um, would you like a drink or something?” she offered lamely.
    “No, I’m fine, thank you. Do you need help with anything else?”
    “Oh no. You’ve done enough today. I can’t thank you enough. If there’s any way I can repay you,”
    she said with an inquiring look. Oh yes, she could think of many ways to repay him. Unfortunately, all of them involved him naked. She really needed to get some sleep.
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    “My pleasure,” he said, his deep, baritone sending a shiver through her body. His eyes looked smoky again in the dim living room, and Suzie felt herself leaning toward him, like a plant seeking the light.
    He cleared his throat, and the moment passed. “Well, I guess I’ll leave you to enjoy your evening. If you need anything, just knock. I work odd hours, but leave me a note if you need any help.”
    Oh nice, Suzie, scare the nice man off, she chastised herself. He probably thinks I’m some sex-crazed single mom.
    “Yes, well, thanks again,” said Suzie, walking him to the door, the front door this time. He waved as he strode across the front lawn to his place, and watching him, Suzie had an irrational urge to chase him down and drag him back. She’d enjoyed his company today, something that hadn’t happened in a long time. He had an easygoing presence about him, and his patience with the children verged on the level of sainthood. But getting involved with a hunky neighbor. . .Suzie shook her head. Bad idea. She’d come here to escape from one man, and if she wanted to give the children a stable home life, she should restrict her dating—if she chose to date again—to men well outside the neighborhood where she wouldn’t have to run into them if things went wrong.
    But still, it had been a long time since a man had made her feel so attractive, and on that thought, she went to work organizing the little knickknacks that still needed a home. Her thoughts filled with what if’s involving her hot new neighbor.

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    As soon as Hunter got home, he jumped into a cold shower. He needed one after spending time with the sexy Suzie next door. He’d come so close to kissing her in the living room. She’d looked so perfect with her long brown hair wisping around her face as her pony tail came apart, and her full lips, sensual and inviting. He knew what he’d like those lips to be doing!
    As they’d worked together, he’d found himself sneaking peeks at her bottom when she bent over, its round fullness begging for a playful slap. Her full breasts, stretching the cotton of her T-shirt, a tempting duo that would fit so nicely in his hands.
    By the higher powers! Had he turned into a randy teenager again with a hard-on every time a woman smiled at him?
    Come on, think of something different. How about her children? Cute and precocious, he’d quite enjoyed interacting with them. He’d never really been around kids before, and he had to say that the experience with the twins had made the idea of settling down eventually not as scary as he’d once thought it.
    Something that would please his mother to no end. She’d been subtly hinting for years that he should settle down.
    As he imagined his own little troop of children running and playing while he and their mother—who looked an awful lot like Suzie—lounged, he fell asleep.

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    A few kilometers away, while the city slept, a man in a dark cloak pushed through a thin spot in