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in my living room. My pulse was already racing and he wasn’t even
in the house yet. Damn it Dana! Why did you have to open your big
mouth about the deck?
    About twenty long, agonizing minutes
later, there was a knock on my door. With a fleet of butterflies
swarming my stomach, I took a deep breath and went to let Cade
in.
    “ Hi,” Cade breathed,
flashing his signature, slow-motion devastating smile at me. The
front of his tank top was still damp and clinging to his
magnificent torso and he had his toolbox with him.
    “ Hi. Please come in,” I
said, trying my best to hide how nervous I was.
    “ Nice place you got here,”
Cade remarked, walking past me and strolling around my living room
as if he owned the place.
    “ Thank you.” I shut the
door and leaned against it while Cade continued to survey the
place. Once he was done, he turned his attention back to me. He
just stared at me without saying anything. It was almost as if he
knew the effect he had on me and enjoyed making me feel
uncomfortable. When I couldn't handle the heat of his lustful gaze
anymore, I rushed past him, out of the living room and toward the
deck. “Come with me," I hollered. "I’ll take you out to the
deck.”
    Once outside, I showed him the parts of
the deck that needed fixing and got out of his way. I stood by the
kitchen door while he walked around, meticulously inspecting every
piece of lumber. When he was done, he slowly strolled back to where
I was and stood uncomfortably close to me. “You know, this deck is
in pretty bad shape,” he said with his hands on his
hips.
    “ I know. I would've gotten
it fixed a long time ago but couldn’t afford to hire anyone until
now.”
    “ What about your husband?
Why didn’t he just fix it himself?”
    “ I don’t have a husband…
not anymore.”
    One of Cade’s eyebrows went up. “So,
you’re divorced?”
    I nodded.
    “ I’m sorry to hear that,”
Cade breathed, sounding insincere, almost gleeful. “What
happened?”
    I cross my arms over my chest and shook
my head. “Boy, you’re just full of questions today, aren’t
you?”
    Cade dropped his chin to his chest and
let out an embarrassed chuckle. “I’m sorry. You’re right. That’s
none of my business.” He turned his back to me and walked to the
other end of the deck to inspect it a second time. “I’m going to
need wood,” he said, his back still towards me. “I’ll have to swing
by a Home Depot to pick some up before I can get
started.”
    “ There’s no need. My ex
bought all the wood and tools he needed for the job about a year
ago. Everything is in the garage.”
    After I helped Cade get everything he
needed out of the garage, he gave me an estimate for the job. The
price he quoted me was actually half of what the contractor I was
going to hire had given me. I was very relieved and grateful that
Dana had suggested Cade do the job. I was still nervous and
uncomfortable around him, but for the price he quoted, I figured I
could keep my lust in check for a few hours.
    Once Cade was set up with all the
things he needed for the job, I went back inside the house and let
him work. Through the kitchen window, I watched him as he took his
tank top off, put on his safety goggles, and went to work. The
sight of his taut, sun-kissed muscles flexing and relaxing as he
got down and dirty was almost too much for my poor senses to
handle. It was, without a doubt, the most erotic thing my eyes had
ever witnessed. He was drilling and sawing and nailing like he was
mad at the wood. It didn't take long for his whole body to be
glistening with sweat and I couldn’t look away.
    As time passed, my lust for the smoking
hot handyman turned into genuine concern. It was almost one hundred
degrees outside that day. Cade was sweating so much, his khaki
shorts were getting soaked. He looked sluggish and dazed when he
moved and kept blinking and wiping his brow. Worried that he’d pass
out, I decided to offer him something to drink.