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Avery
If my ringing of the office doorbell awoke the handsome doctor, he was polite enough not to point it out. He accepted the filthy kitten and promised to take good care of him before quickly ushering me out the door.
Once I got home, I answered my mom’s probing questions about my day, without telling her about my interactions with the two gorgeous men. Thanks to the small-town grapevine, she’d already heard all about Scout’s fall through the ice and the upcoming custody battle for him, so that kept her distracted from asking me about any potential love interests.
I sure didn’t want to tell her about tomorrow’s planned date with Noah, or she would immediately start planning the wedding. I could practically hear her now… “Oh, a doctor and a lawyer. You two will be unstoppable, and
