“I asked if you were okay.”

Luke shrugged and gestured vaguely with the half-peeled cucumber still in his hand. “You seem flushed. Need me to turn the AC down?”

More like a cold shower. But Megan couldn’t say that, and she couldn’t admit that it had been so long since she’d been in a man’s company that something as mundane as watching him chop vegetables was enough to get her hot and bothered. So she shrugged and turned back to the window. “I probably just got a bit too much sun at the splash park today, that’s all.”

He nodded, but she could feel his gaze lingering on her, as if he wasn’t quite sure of her answer. No doubt he’d had plenty of chances to hone his personal lie detector abilities dealing with hordes of schoolchildren. Hopefully she was more adept at covering her feelings than they were.


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