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Jude’s brow crooked “Not a doctor yourself?”

“Oh, Lord, no That rand plan”

Kate didn’t elaborate She greeted Andreho gave her a kiss on the cheek Regardless of it being a chaste one, Jude’s left ared her a bit closer to hiainst his hunky body

A curious warh her But rather than dwell on Jude’s sexy power play, she said, “Lovely to see you, Andrew”

“And you Wow… That is one red dress” His short laugh held no hu, they never would have e into soh Andrew’s term would be respectable

“Jude,” she said, “ton Andrew, this is Jude McMillan He’s an industrial risk attorney”

“I saw your name in the paper recently,” Andrew coins & Dobbs explosion, correct?”

“I represent the insurer”

“Right, of course That’s a substantial case”

“It’s tragic, is what it is,” Jude said, tension suddenly radiating fro rigid

Her extensive psychiatric training kicked into gear But she couldn’t grill Jude at the moment, so instead, she tamped down the multitude of questions that instantly popped into her head

Admittedly, she was fiercely protective of Jude’s mental health, the way he reacted so rapidly and vehee, even if he did exert a hell of a lot of effort into sed emotions But she knew in instances such as this, she had to let him ebb and flow… Not create additional strife for hi on her therapist’s hat—in public, no less

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ew solemnly replied, “There were a few survivors who ended up atburn treatirl—”

“Yes, well…”