Marco (The Men of Indecent Exposure #1)

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earlier. I grabbed a bag and headed toward the front of the store to check out.
    Lines were almost always long on Sundays because of sales and people stocking up for the week. Today was no different. While I waited, my mind went back to the conversation I had earlier with Brynn and I felt much better about everything now that we had a chance to talk. She knew where I stood; I knew where she stood. We’d get through this.
    Now that the air was clear, a small part of me was starting to get excited. Just a little. Knowing me, as soon as we found out the sex, I’d be buying up clothes for the kid left and right. I hadn’t been around a baby since my niece, Isobel, was born, but I remembered the extreme need I felt to protect her. I could only imagine I’d be at least that bad when my own finally got here.
    “What’s got you smiling all hard?” came a soft voice off to my right, making me aware of the expression on my face. I glanced that way and paused, surprised by who stood beside me. Long, brown hair with gold streaked through it cascaded over Elena’s shoulders and it was like time had stood still. She looked exactly the same as last time we ran into each other years ago. Her bronze-toned cheeks had a twinge of pink spreading beneath them.
    “Oh wow! What’s up? How’ve you been?” I finally said, hearing the shock in my voice as I greeted the one and only woman I ever chased in my entire life. The soft skin of her bare arms went around my neck as she squeezed, holding me for a good five seconds. I hugged her back with my one free arm, the other still gripping the bag of bananas.
    Elena stepped back and looked me over, letting her green eyes drag up my biceps and chest. For years, I tried to get at her, but, for whatever reason, she never gave in. We were the same age, but she was always one of those girls who was into older guys. So, she passed me up for dudes with money and cars—two things I didn’t have back then.
    Her folks used to own a house around the corner from my parents’. So even after me and my other two sisters went to stay with Lucia, I still visited the old neighborhood… mostly so I could see this girl.
    “I’ve been good!” she answered, her eyes again trained on my chest. She drew in a breath and smiled like she hadn’t been caught. “And you!” she said excitedly, gesturing toward me with her hand. “I heard you’ve been doing well, too. Word on the street is you got your own shop now. That true?”
    I smiled back at her, but not nearly as big as she did. “It is. Been in business for a little while.”
    “ Fantastico! Good for you! ” The corner of her mouth twitched with a smile and the red in her cheeks deepened even more. “And uh… you’re still doing your other thing, too?”
    I laughed a bit, rubbing my hand across my chin when I nodded. “Yeah, I’m still there, too.”
    “ Indecent Exposure , right?”
    “You’ve got a good memory.”
    She glanced away, grinning, looking everywhere but at me. The line moved up a foot or two and Elena followed, although she wasn’t ready to check out. Her empty cart told me so.
    “Last I heard you moved to Colorado or something like that.” I couldn’t remember where the info came from, but that was the most recent update I had on her.
    She nodded to confirm. “Yeah, you heard right. My job transferred me.”
    I nodded, checking her out less discreetly than she’d done while looking at me a moment ago. It was no secret I thought she was fine—then or now. “So, you’re just here in Houston visiting?”
    She shook her head. “Actually, no. I’m moving back in a few months, but I had to fly in the last couple weekends to get some things in order first.”
    I nodded as I listened, feeling bold all of a sudden.
    “We should—”
    “Let’s get together soon,” Elena blurted, beating me to the punch. We both smiled.
    “Yeah… I’d like that.”
    She licked her lips and gave a small nod. “So would I.” Reaching

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