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on the center table.
    Driscoll got to it first and handed it to her.
    “Thanks.” She took a sip. “How’s the song coming along?”
    He was working on a song for one of the biggest R & B singers.
    “It’s going well.” Driscoll shrugged. “It’ll be ready when she comes in a few weeks to test it out and for us to make some tweaks to it.”
    “Can I hear it beforehand?” Lila drank again. “And see you work while you write?”
    “Sure.” Driscoll looked at her. “If you want, but it’s really boring. Sometimes I swear when things aren’t going well. Other times I just sit there like a bump on a log.”
    “Still want to see.”
    “Okay.” Driscoll speared some green beans. “How was work?”
    She filled him in on her day. Driscoll commented and they talked while they finished eating. Lila went to take the plates to the kitchen, but he stopped her and did it instead. Lila stretched then curled her legs under her. Driscoll came back and when she spotted the plates he held with slices of cake on it, she moaned.
    “Dessert too.” Lila touched his leg as he stopped by the couch. “You’re spoiling me. Put it on the table, I’ll have it in a little while.”
    He set her plate down then sat with his. “I’m going to eat this then go. You need to get some rest.”
    “I don’t want you to go.” Lila leaned against him. “I bought you a gift. It’s in the bag by the TV. Maybe that will convince you to stay a while.”
    Driscoll looked at her curiously as she took his plate and gestured. He rose and went to get the bag and Driscoll pulled out the DVD then grinned.
    “ Bones —the latest season. I ordered a copy of it already.” He frowned. “It should have arrived by now. I need to have the order canceled.”
    “I know about your order.” Lila chuckled. “I give good bribe too. I asked Irene to cancel your order, that’s why you didn’t get it.”
    “What did you bribe her with?”
    “That’s between me and her.” Lila pointed. “Pop in the first disc so we can watch.”
    “You’re tired.”
    “I’m just sitting here.” Lila patted the seat by her. “Put it in and come sit with me. I won’t even tease you about ogling the pathologist.”
    “I don’t ogle. I watch and admire.” Driscoll peeled off the plastic and took out a disc before he put it in the DVD player.
    Coming back, he sat by her and Lila handed him his plate before leaning against him. As Driscoll ate the DVD came on. Lila stroked her hand up and down his thigh while she relaxed. He went straight to the menu then started the show.
    “Love this show.” Driscoll turned to her and kissed her. “Thanks for the DVD.”
    “You’re welcome.” She rested her head on his shoulder.
    The theme song played and Lila yawned, snuggling into him. Driscoll put his arm around her.
     
    * * * *
     
    Lila blinked blearily, coming awake, then stretched. She stiffened as her hands touched a firm body. She glanced up and saw Driscoll with a soft smile on his face. In that moment, she recalled that he’d come by and they had been watching Bones . She jerked her hands away from his thigh.
    “Shit, sorry. I fell asleep.”
    “And you snore so beautifully. Almost couldn’t hear the show with your loudness.”
    “I know I snore.” She stuck out her tongue. “But I’m not that loud.”
    “It’s cute. You make this face.” Driscoll made an ‘O’ of his mouth then chuckled. “I was almost tempted to take a video on my cell of it.”
    “You didn’t,” Lila said sitting up.
    “Maybe.”
    “Where is your cell?” She saw it on the side table by him and reached around him.
    Driscoll picked it up and slid it down in between where he sat and the couch. “Nope.”
    She laughed pushing her hand in behind his. Driscoll’s chuckle vibrated against her body. He put his hand on against her back.
    “You looked so precious with your innocent look in your sleeveless white housedress”—he smoothed his hand over the garment—“with