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you’re an only child and never even had a single cousin.”
    “Hey! I babysat.”
    “Mh-hm, that’s exactly the same thing.” She laughed walking toward the front screen door that filled the house with a cool breeze.
    “I’ll see you Saturday at Caleb’s grand opening, right?” I called out.
    “Try Friday. I need your help finding the perfect dress. And I expect to have the full scoop on the new neighbors by then.”
    My gaze wandered back to the window when I heard the rickety screen door slam shut.
    New neighbors. That would be a change I’d have to get used to. I wondered what the family’s name was, or more precisely what the gorgeous man’s name was. He didn’t appear to be more than thirty; maybe I was overstepping assuming the little boy was his son. He could be his nephew, or even a family friend.
    I looked down at my hands resting on the table, and shook my head laughing at my unrealistic, yet wishful thinking. What’s the matter with me?
    After a few more minutes of enjoying the peace and quiet, I stood and walked to the sink, placing my empty glass inside. I was in desperate need of a cold shower, not just from the scorching run, but also from the sweltering image forever engraved into my mind of the new mystery man.
     
     

Chapter Two
    First Impressions
     
    I awoke to the echo of hammering seeping through my open window. Rolling to my stomach, I buried my head in the cluster of pillows and groaned. I already hated having neighbors.
    Slowly the noise began to fade away and my eyes slid shut. The haze of sleep was eager to claim me once more and I was more than happy to comply when an unearthly roar filled my room terrifying me wide-awake. I leapt out of my once cozy bed whipping my head to face the window, chest heaving. The sound could only be described as a jackhammer, but what the hell would anyone need that kind of machinery for first thing in the morning?
    “Ugh!” I stomped my foot, irritated, on the cold floor dragging myself out of the bedroom. My fingers ran through my disheveled hair, pulling out any knots they found as I headed down the short hall to find out what exactly was causing me to lose sleep.
    I stopped in my tracks and grimaced at the grandfather clock in the corner of my living room.
    Damn.” That couldn’t be right, it read eight fifteen.
    My internal alarm had always awoken me first thing every morning at seven sharp for my run. Annoyed, I brushed my hands over my sleepy eyes and sighed before continuing to the kitchen at the back of my house.
    With a silent but wide yawn, I trudged to the window and pulled open the dull green kitchen curtain decorated with faded embroidered flowers that I’d been meaning to replace. My gaze instantly landed on the young woman standing near the pool in the Miller’s backyard.
    Her long light-brown hair laid stick straight down her back. A trimmed body in tiny white shorts and low-cut pink tank top told me everything I needed to know. Damn it!
    She belonged to the beautiful mystery man I spent my night dreaming about. No wonder I overslept. My internal alarm had been too busy enjoying the free show the nameless man put on for me last night. It had been months since I’d experienced any type of sexual dreams—due to the lack of stimulating men in my town—and this was by far the most memorable.
    I groaned. Some people had all the luck. I wondered if someone stole mine away or perhaps I was suffering the consequence of a past life and was doomed watching everyone around me fall in love and live happily ever after while I sat alone baking birthday cakes for their kids.
    Whoever this girl was, she must have been amazing in her past lives because she had too much going for her. Even the estate she was now living in would fall under the category of dream house for half the country.
    She appeared to be barking out orders, one hand on her hip, the other pointing to different areas around the yard. I found her surprisingly irritating. It