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"Yeah"

Trevor leaned against the sill "That could get complicated He doesn’t know about the two of you yet, does he?"

"No I ht and uncouess And now"

"And nohat? It’s uess I don’t know" Tucker looked out theand sipped his tea, still wishing like hell he had a whiskey or a shot of tequila This ay toofor iced tea

"So if you’re not into her, don’t go to dinner with her parents Seeh solution"

If only it were that easy "Yeah, I’hed "That’s always the problem The ones we’re not into are the easy ones The ones we fall in love with? That’s where it gets complicated"

Tucker looked at him "I didn’t say I was in love with her"

Trevor patted his shoulder "You didn’t have to If you weren’t in love with her, you’d have said no"

Shit Trevor was right He hadn’t even realized it He’d never potentially jeopardize his job unless he had true, serious feelings for Aubry He looked over at Trevor "Well, hell"

Trevor laughed "Good luck, Cassidy You’re gonna need it"

AUBRY SHOULDN’T BE NERVOUS ABOUT HAVING Tucker at her parents’ house for dinner It was just dinner And her parents had both oing to grill hi They knew him

But still, she knew her father and his stance on her datinganyone This was going to be a hard sell She hoped he would go easy on Tucker because he was part of the Rivers teauy

She had planned to prepare her dad in advance by telling his all day and her mom told her he wouldn’t be home until late If she’d known that, she’d have told him about Tucker sooner As it was, it was possible both her father and Tuckerto have to hope it all went as she expected it should--no big deal