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and toast, and placed it in front of Rylee.
    “So I see.” Nick couldn’t hide the smirk on his face. “Since when did you learn to cook?”
    “Hey! Comments like that will get your breakfast fed to the dogs,” Noah warned.
    “Better them than me,” he whispered loudly in Rylee’s ear, and she started laughing.
    “See, now you’re gonna have Rylee worried about my cooking skills.”
    “What cooking skills?” His laughter joined Rylee’s.
    “Smartass,” Noah grumbled, and set a plate down in front of him. “Just shut up and eat before you damage my reputation any further with Rylee.”
    They spent the next half hour eating and talking before Rylee finally excused herself and went into the bedroom.
    “So,” Noah began, “I guess I know why you’ve been so distracted for the past few weeks.” Nick sighed, and looked into familiar hazel eyes. “Yeah…she is.” He didn’t even bother to try and deny it.
    “I take it you’ve been seeing her since we left Chicago.”
    Nick shook his head. “Actually, this is the first time we’ve been together since my birthday.” At Noah’s raised brow, he continued. “Our schedules were too tight for either of us to get away, but we’ve spent more than our fair share of time on the phone these past few weeks.”
    He grinned at Noah. “Our phone bill for this month is going to be a fucking fortune.”
    Noah chuckled and shook his head. “I guess I might as well get used to it, because I suspect it isn’t going to get any better anytime soon.”
    “Listen, I’m sorry I didn’t tell you sooner that I was going to bring Rylee here. I took the Chicago job because I wanted to see her, but I hadn’t planned to bring her back with me.
    It just happened.”
    “It’s cool.” Noah stared at him for a moment. “You really like her.” It wasn’t a question, and Nick didn’t bother to respond. They both knew it was true. Noah started clearing away the dishes without commenting further.
    Nick watched him for a moment. “Go ahead and say it.”
    Noah glanced over his shoulder. “Say what?” he asked.
    “What a sap I am for getting so caught up in a woman.” Nick smiled.
    Noah turned and looked at him. “Nah” — he shrugged — “I can see why you want her.
    She’s special.”
    Nick nodded. “Yeah, she’s the one.” He spoke quietly, seriously. “You know, I used to think that the whole ‘love at first sight’ thing was complete bullshit.” Nick shook his head.
    “But since I’ve met Rylee, I see how it could happen. I get how the right person could make you feel things that you never believed you’d want, never imagined you’d need.” He met Noah’s gaze. “And, that person is Rylee.” They were both silent for a moment before they were interrupted by the sound of knocking at the front door. Nick opened the door and found his mother on the other side.
    “Leslie told me you sold Pike today.” She leaned up and kissed him on the cheek as she walked in. “That’s a great sale. Pike was worth a lot of money.” She walked into the kitchen and kissed Noah as well before she had a seat at the counter.
    “Hi, Mom. I’m fine. How are you?” Nick smiled and shook his head.
    “Oh, I’m sorry, Nicky, honey. How are you?”
    Nick walked over and wrapped his arms around her in a hug. “So, what brings you by — other than to congratulate me on my big sale today?”
    “Pour me a cup of coffee, Noah, sweetheart,” she spoke to Noah before turning to Nick.
    “The weather is supposed to be really warm today, and I thought it would be nice to have a barbeque this —” She stopped speaking in mid-sentence, her attention focused behind Nick. His gaze followed hers to Rylee, who was standing in the bedroom doorway, watching them.
     
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    Rylee figured she’d given Nick and Noah enough time to talk, and decided to go and join them again. She opened the door and stopped in her tracks when she saw Nick with his arms around a blonde woman.