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Georgia had always taken care of herself. At forty-seven, freshly divorced and living alone in the sprawling house that now felt far too large, she moved with a quiet confidence that made strangers assume she was in her mid thirties. She told herself the glow came from freedom. She tried not to admit it flared brightest when her ex-husband’s son was near. Her ex-stepson had no reason to come by anymore—at least, none that couldn’t be handled by a contractor. But Georgia had called him anyway, her voice soft, almost breathless, asking if he could “help with something heavy in the upstairs bedroom.” He’d agreed without hesitation. When he arrived, tall and devastatingly handsome in a fitted T-shirt, the air shifted. Georgia greeted him barefoot, a pink medi dress hugging her curves, her hair done up just so. She saw the flicker in his eyes as they traveled—too quickly, but not quickly enough. “It’s this old wardrobe,” she said, leading him upstairs. The hallway felt narrower with him behind her, the heat of his presence brushing her back. Inside the bedroom, sunlight spilled across the polished floors and over the unmade bed. Intimate. Private. They stood close as he examined the wardrobe. Close enough that she caught the faint scent of his cologne, clean and masculine, stirring something low and restless inside her. When he reached past her to test the weight, his arm grazed her waist. The contact was accidental—barely there—but it lingered like a spark. Georgia’s breath hitched. She turned, too quickly, and found herself inches from him. The silence between them thickened, charged and dangerous. She could see the tension in his jaw, the restraint. “Thank you for coming,” she murmured, her voice softer now, threaded with something she could no longer hide. He didn’t step back. And neither did she.