He turned, grabbing a wooden spoon. “It’s just metal and engines, nothing glamorous like your projects.”“Glamour is overrated,” she shot back, and their eyes met. The air between them seemed to thicken, grow hotter. He took a step toward her, and Kethlen’s instinct was to retreat, but her feet stayed rooted to the floor.“Is it?” he whispered, moving close enough for her to feel the heat radiating from his body again. He raised his hand, and for one electrifying moment, she thought he was going to touch her. Instead, he reached for a knife from the block beside her, his fingers brushing hers in a fleeting graze. A shiver raced up her entire arm. “I think everyone likes a little shine, Keth. Even if it’s only on the surface.”He stepped back to the counter, leaving her there trembling, the point of contact where his fingers had touched burning like fire. She stared at her own hands, then slid one of them discreetly downward, over the fabric of her skirt, pressing against the warm fles
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