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Rose was unlocking the door to the vet clinic when Colt showed up. She immediately blushed; part of her had hoped that he would just decide she wasn’t worth it.
Instead, he was here, smiling that movie star smile. Peering at her dogs, momentarily corralled in the Volvo.
Too good to be true! shouted a voice inside her head.
She scowled at him.
“Hey,” he said, holding up two toolboxes. “I’m not sure what we’re doing, exactly.”
“Uhhh…” was all she managed.
He walked up beside where she had unlocked the doors, and put down the toolboxes. She didn’t mean to, but she took a step back.
There was something about Colt that reminded her of him, of Jared Chalke. She wasn’t sure if it was that he was self-assured, or handsome… God, was he handsome.
But there was something about the tall, da
