Page 21 of Falling for Brody

Rhea held her phone out to Brody. "Do you... would you check and see what you think?"

"Sure." He gestured to the kitchen. "Aunt Helene went to see Avalon this morning and take her breakfast. She made more than enough for you and Chip. Do you want me to warm it up for you?"

She hesitated. Debating.

"She made it hoping that you would eat before you started your day."

"I don't want to be a bother."

"Rhea," he lowered his chin and looked into her eyes.

He stole her breath right then.

There was just something magnetic about him.

She couldn't deny that.

Her heart was pounding in her chest, faster than it would be with a hefty dose of caffeine in her blood.

"The breakfast was made for you, for both of you. Go and get Chip and I'll warm it up. Then, as soon as you're both fed, we'll go take a look at the list of places for rent. I can make a pretty informed guess about which ones you can start with."

"And you don't have anything else to do today?"

"Helping my new partner sounds pretty good."

She didn't want to say yes, and she didn't want to say no. She was stuck in that limbo where she didn't want to upset anyone or ask for too much.

"Rhea?"

Her head snapped back so she could look at him and realized that she'd turned away. "I'm sorry. I'm always thinking."

"Over thinking, maybe?"

She smiled at him. "Yeah. It's my superpower."

"Well, I'll try to make things simple. I have the day off like you would since you're on my shift. And normally, I'd go run some or do a hike. Sometimes I do errands for the Moms or Kay... I like helping. So, today. Let me help you. I'll show you around town, or... If I'd be a distraction, I can take Chip to the park and keep him busy while you're going to see the properties."

She lowered her chin, letting his words tumble in her head a little. "So I'm not taking you away from anything?"

"From boredom, maybe?" His smile was infectious, and she found herself giving in just because she wanted to. Something she hoped that she didn't regret later.

"Okay. I'll go get Chip."

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Brody was having toomuch fun.

House hunting? Apartment shopping?

There was a laundry list of things he was sure he'd never find fun.

Blood draws. On himself. He was really good at drawing blood from other people. Then again, he didn't think of it as fun.

Modern day vampire? Sure.

Organizing files? Nope.

Detailing cars? Never.

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