Chapter 7

He gulped down that first mug of tea and prepared his bowl. I sat again at the table and glanced dolefully at the open laptop. Much as I wanted to latch onto any excuse to avoid gawking at the fine-looking pecs on display across from me, I wasn’t going to be rude. And certainly, in different circumstances I’d be just as happy conversing as I would be engaging in the more solitary pursuit of reading.

I trained my gaze on his face. “What are your plans today?”

“Buy a coffee maker.” He grinned and peered at me with a much more casual regard than he’d managed last night. “Otherwise, I’ll look through your food stores, if that’s okay, and top things off with a trip to the grocery store. That seems fair since you’ve already got stuff here that I’m eating. I’dlove to go with your plan to split the grocery bill going forward, though.”

“Yeah? That’d be great.”

“I’ll try to get those boxes of books and stuff emptied out, too.”

“No huge rush if your errands take too much time.”