"Were you serious about your offer to let me stay?"
Levi turned to stare at Mariah where she sat at the kitchen bar, her injured foot propped up on another barstool while he cooked.
"Of course I was. I wouldn"t have made the offer if I wasn"t." He went back to slicing potatoes to go with the steaks he planned to toss on the grill for dinner.
"What would you say if I decided to take you up on it?"
He froze. The only thing that moved was his eyes as he looked up at her, half way afraid to move for fear she"d say she was joking. He"d made the offer because he really did want her to stay, but he didn"t think he"d had much chance she"d say yes. Why would she leave a fancy job, even if it was for a serious asshole, to come live in the middle of nowhere with him?
"Seriously?"
"Yes, seriousl
