Chapter 23

“Mm–hmm.” I nodded, avoiding his gaze.

Cherry seemed to notice. She stared at me with a curious, almost suspicious expression.

I switched to a longer tape and requested, “Please lift your arms and level them, Mr. Kenway.”

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As he complied, I circled behind him and realized he was nearly 6’3” tall. I was lucky to be 5’8” myself. Otherwise, I would have needed a stool just to measure him.

1 finished measuring his upper body quickly, but when it came time to measure his waist and hips, I felt a bit

unsure.

Should I measure from the front or the back?

What was even more striking was that every woman in the room had stopped talking and was now staring at us.

1 suddenly felt very nervous. The tips of my ears were burning–maybe even turning pink.

Soren noticed my hesitation and asked, “What’s the matter Miss Jones?”

You’re… tall!” I

“Should I crouch?”

no need,” I replied

so, I had to wrap the tape around his waist, which meant I

had never been this close

worked with male clients before, but I was never the one

down at me as I “hugged” him. The warmth of his breath brushed across my ear.

with something. The scent of pine forest

smelled just like his handkerchief.

pounding faster. I felt like I was embracing a ball of

yet. I still needed to measure his

from the front felt far too intimate. I couldn’t handle it anymore, so

from my hand, and I tried to catch it in midair.

grabbed something, all

wasn’t the

had happened the moment Soren

so dead! I had never made such an elementary—and utterly ridiculous–mistake

Chapter 23

work as an

quickly stepped away from

“I’m sorry!”

approached to check on

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