CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Kaden “Mom! I told you to wait—” Kaden rushed into the pet salon after his mom and sister. All hope that Ali wasn’t there was gone when he saw her at the front counter. She looked frazzled, tired, wet… and still absolutely beautiful. But the shocked look on her face told him that she wasn’t happy at all. He couldn’t blame her. “Ali. Sorry about this. I tried to stop them.” Poor thing looked unprepared for his family to burst in like this. “We were across the way getting coffee, and Kaden mentioned that you owned a pet salon here. We’ve heard so much about you and wanted to finally meet you,” his mom said with a small grin as she looked Alison over. “Correction. My mother thought bursting in here unannounced while Kaden wasn’t looking was a good idea—not all of us,”

