she thought about the times she saw him throughout the day-when he was freshly showered in the morning , with his hair wet and curling slightly around his ears ; when he was heading out to work , wearing his jeans , boots and cowboy hat ; when he came in for dinner , looking tired and dirty but still appealing , always appealing ; at night , when he buried himself in his office and his jaw was just beginning to show dark stubble after a long day .