As he primed his travel mug with instant coffee and waited for the sink
water to run hot enough, Mandi said, "You don't exactly seem absolutely thrilled
about me being here."
With a short laugh, Cade looked at her in the wall mirror and shook his head
unbelievingly.
"What?" asked Mandi. "You don't."
Giving her another long look as he stirred his coffee, Cade grinningly said,
"I'm minding my manners, that's all. There's a beautiful woman in my hotel room
and I don't want to say or do anything that will make her leave in a huff."
Mandi gave him a skeptical look, then zipped her suitcase shut and set it on
the floor. Picking up the shampoo and the folded robe, she took them to the
bathroom alcove and set them on the counter, then turned to Cade.
"Say or do what, exactly, Ed? We talked about certain things in the bar,
didn't we?"
Nodding, he said, "We talked, but that's all. I don't remember being
specifically invited to do anything."
With a somewhat incredulous gaze, Mandi softly repeated, "'Specifically
invited..?'"
"Yup. We discussed. We inferred. That's all. Men and women don't communicate
all that well sometimes, Mandi.
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