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daydreaming.”
    “Oh-kay…” Jace paused for a moment and then much to her relief, turned back
    to his breakfast prep, letting it go. “Well, where are you running off to anyway?”
    “I"m not running off just yet,” she said. “You didn"t think I was serious about
    skipping out on one of your gourmet specialties, did you?”
    “Better not, baby doll.”

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    “I am taking off soon, though. Gotta go down to San Diego for a volleyball
    tourney. I won"t be back until tomorrow night.”
    “I don"t remember you having any games this week.” Jace turned and placed a
    plate of fresh-cut oranges on the table, then went back to the stove.
    “My team doesn"t, but USD needs a spare, and you know I"ve got the best spike
    in the state.”
    “Modest much?” he teased.
    Alec stumbled in wearing nothing but low-slung shorts, bed head, and bare
    feet. What was it with these guys and their bare feet? And why were they making
    her heart stutter in her chest and her whole body run hotter than a Texas summer
    day lately? It wasn"t like she hadn"t seen them before. Who knew she"d develop a
    foot fetish?
    “Hey,” he said, voice gruff and so damn sexy.
    “Morning, sunshine,” Jace sang as he turned around with two steaming plates
    in his hands and placed them on the table. “Sit.”
    “Damn, that smells good.” Alec dropped into his chair. When Jace turned back
    to the stove to fix his own plate, Alec looked over at her and winked. Tonight was
    the night. Hopefully, if all went well with him and Jace, the three of them could sit
    down tomorrow night and set their new living arrangement into motion. And then
    Melody could act on all those crazy images in her head of the three of them together.
    If he said yes…
    Pressure on Melody"s knee distracted her from the worrisome thoughts. She
    looked up and met Alec"s eyes. He mouthed, It’ll be okay , then gave her knee
    another squeeze. She nodded and smiled.
    She dug into fluffy eggs scrambled with smoked salmon, avocado, and
    tomatoes and almost creamed her panties right there. “Oh my God, Jace.” She
    moaned and rolled her eyes. “You"ve done it again.”

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    He watched her through hooded eyes as he reached for his glass of juice and
    tilted his head. “Thank you, my dear.”
    “Ditto,” Alec said.
    They ate in silence, and when Alec"s plate was spotless, he leaned back in his
    chair with a mischievous expression on his face.
    “So Jace,” Alec said nonchalantly, “I gotta work for a while today, but since the
    girl"s away, the boys should play. What do you say? Up for a little man action
    tonight?”
    The mouthful of juice Jace had just taken did an about-face and exited his nose
    in a glistening orange shower.
    Melody tried to hold back her laugh, but then she made the mistake of looking
    over at Alec, and they both burst out in hysterics.
    Point to Alec.

    He had to be joking around, Jace thought as he hooked his heel over the barré
    and leaned into his knee, stretching his hamstring. Alec was straight, and even
    though Jace had been picking up some contradictory vibes lately, he still couldn"t
    believe his roommate had meant the comment the way he"d taken it. But if he did,
    well… Jace smiled. After tonight Alec would be his lover, and Mellz would be his
    laundry wench.
    Mel.
    He couldn"t stop thinking about the kiss they"d shared on Roomie Night and
    how her lips had felt against his. More confusing was why he kept thinking about it.
    He didn"t do girls. Granted, Mellz didn"t classify with the rest of the female
    population, but still.
    “Hey, Jace.” Mel walked a few feet into the studio, gym bag over her shoulder.
    “I"m outta here. The kitchen is all cleaned up.”
    “Thanks, honey,” he said. “Show "em how a real woman spikes.”

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    “You know it.”
    Mel stood there looking at him with a contemplative expression on her face for
    a long moment. She bit down on one side of