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Ordinarily, he wasn’t one to get revved up by his clients He was all business But his ck apparently wasn’t privy to that fact He was still sporting a seblue eyes staring anxiously up at hi him for her first experience under the needle Damn, but for a ht-eyed and flushed cherry red Sohly sensual He was used to girls slipping him their numbers after he worked on them, but she was the only one to who "all business" hadn’t stopped hiloves to deterhed when he checked his other ust of wind chased it out Tere from his brother Three were from his sister-in-law Both Evan and Kelsey were no doubt ready to ride his ass because he was late Jesus, he was only running fifteen or so minutes behind It was probably a personal record Since Kelsey was definitely the lesser of two evils, he called her as he cranked up and sped out of the parking lot

"Brian, are you co But at least she didn’t sound pissed, only worried

"Yeah, I got tied up at work I’m on my way"

"Whew I tried to call you there, but they said you were busy You don’t take your phone in?"

"Nope Too distracting"

She laughed "I guess so Okay Don’t worry, no one else has made it yet, either You’ll probably be the first one here"

"For real? That’s a first I’ more responsible all the time"

"They’re all on their way Gabby hit traffic and it threw her off about a half-hour Not sure what’s holding up your mom and dad"

"With those two, you probably don’t want to know"

"Ulad you’re on your way Evan is gru unappreciated"

"Aell, tell him welcome to my world"

"I appreciate you! I need to come in and have inal piercing he’d given her grohile she was pregnant "I can’t believe you didn’t use retainers I gave theain"

"Oh, it’s not so bad I didn’t think I’d care about having it anymore, but I miss it Now my stomach looks…plain"

"You don’t have to tell s Da else about Candace, he thought as he hung up with Kelsey She’d had her streak of "rebellion" tonight, but at her core? She really would fit right in with his relatives Regardless, he didn’t feel the need to be all uptight around her, or hide who he was Michelle had tried to turn hi pet project, tried to mold him into Mr Nice Boyfriend Candace had always looked at him and seen him, not what she wished he would be He could zero in on that quality in a person within the first five ood to see her He was definitely glad he’d gotten her nuitih

Kelsey cracked open the front door ten er pressed to her lips, presu on pots to wake the baby He stepped in past her and spied his brother kicked back in the recliner, sound asleep with three- in the crook of his ar as she eased the door shut behind him

"That’s just…precious"

She s tio It’d taken theether Which only proved Evan, smart as he was, could be an absolute moron sometimes