His naked body revealed by the harshlight caused a lump in her throat. Taking in his expression, Jess swallowedand tried to protest his rudeness on wa...ing her in such a fashion but quicklychanged her mind. "I thought you might want to be alone tonight, andI wanted to be too." she lied, she realized as she looked up at him.He knows, she thought to herself. His expression quickly darkened. She triedto cover herself with the sheet, suddenly self-conscience of her naked body.Snatching the sheet. He was in seventh heaven as she began bouncing and moving to the music.Then she moved a few feet over and disappeared from view. He cursed silently, hoping she'd move back. His view of her room wasn't as total as he'd like. Her bed blocked out fully half the room, and of course, he couldn't see what went on in her bed from this angle.He glared at the mirror, thinking of some way to solve this problem. He'd long considered drilling a hole in the wall that separated their rooms, but couldn't. I had the minimum food in the house. I had some chicken and foolishly thought I’d experiment. I chopped it all up and made this chilli thing. I'd never used the stuff before and I didn't really know how much to use."He grinned at her again."It was a Sichuan recipe." he said."Did you know that if you have enough chilli your mouth actually goes numb? I think I drank a couple of beers before I realised that the alcohol makes it seem even hotter. Water is slightly better. I was busy, I didn't. "I was outraged. He was wimping out. Teri rolled on her side, though, smiling broadly at him. "Mike, you're not afraid of me. Listen, let's be honest. You are a handsome, sexy guy. If I wasn't married to Tom, I would marry you in a second. I'm attracted to you, god, who wouldn't be? But the truth is, I could dance around you naked and you wouldn't do anything to hurt me, or Tom. I know you, Mike. I love you as much as Tom."Mike looked like a whipped puppy. "Yeah," he said, "I guess you're.