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“I’ll pass it along.”
    “Thanks.”
    There was nothing more to say and she left.

    ***
    The next few days passed without incident, other than a vivid nightmare in which Terrence decided not to believe Kallie’s story about calling the cops, and instead called her bluff.
    Kallie had awoken just as Terrence’s large hands had closed around her throat and cut off her oxygen completely. Gasping for air, she’d been grateful to find herself home in her nice, safe bed, as far away from Hunter’s castle as was humanly possible.
    That was the one sour note in an otherwise happy period of time at the Jameson household.
    Baby Riley was doing great—she had a huge appetite and was actually sleeping enough to keep them all sane. Kallie got up with her around six in the morning, since Nicole usually did two feedings in the night and needed to rest.
    Other than that, her job was to help Nicole with whatever she needed, watch Riley when Nicole was resting or if she and Red wanted to take some time together.
    It was a nice, quiet routine, if a little dull at times.
    Kallie was bound and determined not to continue obsessing about Hunter—so much so that she took up going to the gym every day for an hour.
    One day, while she was on the elliptical, a man got on the machine next to her and started working out.
    He was a good-looking guy around her age, with broad shoulders and light brown hair, fashioned into a crew cut. He wore sleek black shorts and a black tank top that revealed a great set of biceps.
    The funny part was that he’s propped a magazine up on the dashboard of the machine, and he was reading an article about The Kardashians.
    Kallie couldn’t help but smile as she glanced over and saw what he was reading so intently.
    He looked over and caught her staring. Immediately, a grin appeared on his inordinately handsome face. “Hey, it was the only magazine I had around the house.”
    Kallie nodded, aware that she’d been on the machine for nearly forty minutes and was sweating up a storm. “But the real question is, why did you have it in your house in the first place?”
    The guy grimaced. He was breathing heavily, but still very much able to talk as though he wasn’t moving at an incredibly brisk pace. “Shit. I have no good answer for that. I guess I have a thing for The Kardashians. I probably shouldn’t admit that to a complete stranger.”
    “I guess I’m not a complete stranger now that I know your deep, dark secret,” she smiled.
    He gave her a longer look, and his brown eyes were kind, maybe even interested.
    Am I flirting? She asked herself.
    Maybe I am. And what’s wrong with that?
    “My name’s Levi,” he said. “Since we’re no longer strangers, I figure you should at least know my name.”
    Kallie nodded, took a deep breath that was more than just from her workout. “I’m Kallie,” she told him.
    “Beautiful name,” he replied.
    “As beautiful as Kim Kardashian?”
    He thought about it. “Close. Maybe. I need time to think about it.”
    Kallie laughed. Okay, so he was good looking and he had a sense of humor. She was even feeling the tiny stirrings of butterflies in her stomach. “Okay, well get back to me when you’ve made your decision,” she told him, powering down her elliptical. She’d already been on the thing for ten minutes longer than usual.
    Toweling her face and arms, Kallie grabbed her keys and water and shot Levi another quick smile as she stepped off the machine.
    He gave her a tiny wave but kept diligently doing his workout as she went to the other side of the gym to do her weights routine.
    Kallie was on a high after the exchange. It felt like a big deal, even though she knew it was just some harmless conversation. She sat down and started doing the shoulder press machine.
    When she got to a break between her second and third sets, she had to refill her water bottle, and it just so happened that Levi got in line behind her at the water fountain.
    “Hey,” he said.