Theo watched Allie and her friend leave and wondered what he was doing. Yeah, she was attractive. Attractive? She was more than attractive. She was pretty, bright, and a little bit quirky. That shiny sable hair drove him nuts. He wanted so much to reach out and touch it. At her worst moment, as she ran past him, he wanted to whisk her away then hold her in his arms until the world disappeared. But the world was not going to disappear, nor was her baggage, which was why he had no business finding her attractive. But he did. He barely knew her, but she was on his mind more than he would ever admit. He couldn’t say it was love at first sight because love at first sight was for people who cried at movies and called their pets fur babies. That wasn’t Theo—far from it.
Attractive?Every time he
