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They all scattered, except for Tessa "I’ned on the dotted line," she said "Having a life looks good on you"

The ot an actual lunch break He rill They’d beaten hiazine

"It was on the table when I got here," Matt said in his defense

Josh eyed the open azine "You don’t already kno to satisfy your boyfriends in bed?"

Matt ignored this "Did either of you know there’s ninety-nine ways to give a blw jb? That’s ninety-nine nights of blw jbs"

"Look at you with the math skills," Josh said

Matt flipped hie "‘How to Give Your Hoo-Ha a Spa Day’ Huh," he said "I didn’t knooman’s hoo-ha needed a spa day"

Ford came out from behind the bar to take their order "Saw you on FB," he said to Josh

"Ty was a part of the rescue too"

"I meant with the pretty babysitter at your son’s Back-to-School night" Ford laughed "Caught by Lucille, huh? Gotta be stealth, h "Like you didn’t get on Facebook all last year when you started seeing Tara"

At this, Ford let out an unabashed grin, because they all kneas true While dating Tara, he’d found hier contest with her ex, which had been splashed across the entire town like it’d been first-line news Ford was a world-class sailing pro and had a gold medal and buckets of money, but to this day, he was endary As had the fallout, which had involved Ford breaking his leg cliirl

"At least I didn’t end up in hed good-naturedly and took their order When he was gone, Matt looked at Josh "So how’s it going with your Grace anyway? Still having fun playing house?"

He’d been working at not replaying every detail of last night in his head over and over again Working, and failing Last night had been…incredible "Says the guy who just put a rock on his girlfriend’s finger"

Matt shrugged "Turns out I like commitment Who knew?"

"Yeah? And what’s your excuse?" Josh asked Ty

Ty’s lips curved "I took a page from your book"

"Mine?"

"I like the idea of the whole fa, like you have with Toby and Anna I want that I want that with Mallory"

Their food caht of his "whole fa" He had his sister, who s and was dating a first-class asshole His son, who had spent far tooto bed without any parent at all The faht he had wasn’t what it was supposed to be, and that killed hi the practice He only hoped he’d done it in ti he could write a prescription for He couldn’t order a scan and diagnose a solution "I’ve fked it up"

"Yeah?" Ty asked "With the hot nanny?"

"No" Yes "Never reeing with yourself And trust ed a brief s ago but Matt kept his eyes on Josh Concerned

"Stop," Josh said to hi it"

"Maybe you should"

"Huh?"

"You’re wrapped pretty tight," Matt said "You should get in the ring with one of us Release so," Josh said "It’s like Extre able to walk out of the gym after a workout"

"One time," Ty said "I only needed help one tily "That’s what happens when you stop to take a call fro"

"I’," Josh said, and stood He dropped cash on the table "I’ve got to get back"

His waiting room was cal was cal forpretty good"

He eyed the schedule "What about Mrs B?"

"Oh, she’s already been seen She had some arthritic flare-up"

Josh was stunned Mrs B had never been willing to see anyone else before "And Lisa Boyles? She was bringing in her three kids for sports physicals"

"Tessa finished early and offered to see theht now"

"Okay…" He felt a little off center "I’ll go get soot to his office and sat down, the charting didn’t appeal Where was a fast-paced ER eency when he needed one? Anderson couldn’t fall off the pier now?

He saw patients that afternoon but it remained quiet and sedate Not at all what he was used to

But what you wanted…

Except suddenly he wasn’t keeping the world going around It was going around without him, all on its own

And he didn’t know if he liked it

That night for the first tiot home in time for dinner He walked into his house and blinked His living room had been turned into a fort Blankets and sheets had been stretched across the couches, tucked into the entertainment center, into shelves, anywhere and everywhere He crouched down, and yep, it was filled hat appeared to be every single toy Toby owned

He entered the kitchen to find Toby and Grace sitting on the counter, eating chocolate cupcakes Joshwhile her slow sht before

Slow hands Deep, wet, unending kisses Bodies hot and daether Heady, erotic pleasures…

"Daddy, cupcakes!" Toby said

"I’lish?"

Toby grinned

Josh pulled hi and came away a little sticky "You’re supposed to eat the dessert, not bathe in it"

This earned hi out his cupcake

Josh took a bite, and he had to ady chocolate cupcake was pretty dao for Toby’s fingers, earning hih