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Espen didn’t have to go fetch another board in the barn, he’d carried out two at the same time, but he needed away from Arvid. Had it been arousal? His body had reacted with arousal. But Arvid was injured, and so far, nothing had indicated he found Espen attractive. Must’ve been a stray thought.
He stood and listened for a few seconds, but it was impossible to hear anything over the roaring wind. He hoped there hadn’t been too much damage to the village. If the wind didn’t lessen soon, he feared many windows would be shattered before the night was over.
“Espen?” Arvid’s voice came from right behind him. Trepidation crawled into his mind as Arvid came closer—not his.
“What are you doing here?”
“I…erm…I didn’t mean to upset you by…You know.”
Did he know? “It’s okay.”
“I unders
