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that?”
    “ That if I invite you in, we’re going to have sex.”
    “ I understand.” Levi nodded.
    “ Does that mean you want to come in?”
    She watched his Adam’s apple bob as he swallowed and nodded.
    She pulled her keys from her pocket and unlocked the trailer. She opened the door and Levi followed her inside. She put her keys on the small table and turned to look at him as he stood inside the small kitchenette. His tall body looked out of place there and she laughed.
    “ What?”
    “ Nothing. You want the tour?” Kallie asked.
    “ Sure.” He smiled as he started for her.
    “ This is the kitchen-living area.”
    They moved down the hall and she opened the door to the bathroom.
    “ This is the bathroom,” she told him.
    “ Wow. It’s tiny.”
    “ Yeah, but it works for me.”
    She turned off the light and went up the two steps into the goose neck part of the trailer where her bedroom was.
    “ This is the bedroom.”
    “ Well, at least the bed is big,” Levi joked.
    Kallie laughed. The bed used to be her favorite part of the horse trailer too, until her parents died and now every time she lay in any bed, nightmares plagued her sleep.
    “ I’m going to use the restroom,” she informed him.
    Kallie squeezed by Levi and went to the restroom. She slipped on a pair of yoga pants and a new tank top before she brushed her teeth. She piled her hair on top of her head in a messy bun and walked out into the kitchen expecting to see Levi, but he wasn’t there. She locked the trailer door, and walked up the steps to find Levi’s boots on the floor neatly beside each other. She looked at the bed where Levi was laying on his back with a pillow over his head. She smiled to herself, turned off the light and got under the covers beside him. She rolled over to face him and he rolled to his side.
    “ I thought you were asleep,” Kallie told him.
    “ I was just about.”
    “ Don’t let me keep you. I’m tired too.”
    “ Come here,” he said as he pulled her to him until her head rested on his chest.
    He put his arm around her and tickled her back as she fell asleep to the sound of his beating heart.

Chapter Four
     
     
    Kallie woke with Levi’s strong arms around her. It was daylight outside, and Levi’s phone was going off in his pocket. She stirred and he rolled over onto his back. She sat up and looked over at him. His messy hair had fallen into his face and he almost looked like a boy laying there, instead of the man she knew he was. She brushed his hair out of the way and he opened his eyes to look at her. She smiled.
    “ Good morning,” he said as he pulled her to him.
    “ Good morning to you.”
    “ How’d you sleep?”
    “ Surprisingly well. You?”
    It was true. She hadn’t had one good night’s sleep without nightmares since her parents died. Last night was completely void of dreams.
    “ I don’t want to get up if that tells you anything.”
    She laughed.
    “ Are you hungry?” Levi asked.
    “ A little.”
    “ How about this? I’ll go take a shower and meet you for breakfast in a half hour at that diner down the street.”
    “ The Pancake House?” Kallie asked.
    “ Yeah, that one.”
    “ You got a deal.” Kallie kissed him lightly before jumping up.
    Levi’s phone went off again.
    “ Someone’s trying to get a hold of you,” Kallie told him as she watched him pull out his phone.
    “ It’s probably just Travis.” He looked at it and nodded.
    He answered and Kallie moved to the living room, wanting to give him some privacy. She thought about last night and all the things he’d made her feel. Since her parents died, she hadn’t been able to feel anything. She’d just been numb, but Levi made her feel something more than just her zombie self. She felt alive, and the blood that raced through her body last night was proof. A few minutes later, Levi appeared.
    “ Is everything okay?”
    “ It is,” Levi said coming up behind her and kissing her neck.
    “ I can’t