"You're a Really Nice Guy, You Know That?"

Because what this Tuesday needs is a pick-me-up, I present to you Exhibit A: a spoiler-free sneak peek at ADA Tara Kingston and rookie cop Xander Matthews, from The Rookie (older woman/younger man opposites attract romantic suspense. Why yes, she tried to prosecute him once upon a time, and yes. He's a bad-boy hero with a dark past he wants to leave behind...)

Tara took a step toward him, her arms softening at her sides. “You’re a really nice guy, you know that?”⁠
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The urge to correct her was strong, but Xander bit it in half and said, “Just doing my job.”⁠
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“The standard answer when someone says ‘you’re a nice guy’ is usually ‘thank you’.” ⁠
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The words carried none of her usual heat, filled instead with curiosity, and hell, Xander would take her ire a million times over the beautiful, wide-open look on her face right now. “Thank you.”⁠
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Another step, and now Tara was right in front of him, close enough to touch. “How come you don’t like being called a nice guy?”⁠
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His pulse flared, but that shit about old habits was real.⁠
This time, he stepped toward her, cutting the distance between them to inches. “The standard answer when someone says ‘thank you’ is usually ‘you’re welcome’.”⁠
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“Oh,” Tara breathed. Her lips parted to release the sound as a sigh, and suddenly, there was nothing in the universe other than him, her, and the red-hot urge to claim her mouth.⁠
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“You’re welcome, Xander.”⁠

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