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It had taken hi off the fury that soa, even avoiding certain foods helped hier Noore the nicknae of honor, a way to remind himself of where he’d been and was now headed

That direction now included the wolass across froet started

"So, what do you do for a living?" Tabby took a bite of her twelve-ounce steak and moaned Bunny damn near came in his jeans at the sound She opened her eyes to find hi" Bunny took a bite of his own seafood alfredo "This is good Re, Bunny?"

Bunny sed another bite of alfredo "I’m a landscape architect"

She stared at him He waited for the question most people asked him "What’s the difference between a landscaper and a landscape architect?"

"It ree in landscape architecture I’ve worked in a corporate environ landscapes, both soft and hard I understand the horticulture of the area I work in, and what laws need to be follohere I design for people who have pools, need stonework, or want their landscape graded but have to deal with county restrictions on water drainage I design structures to code, and help theulatory boards In other words, I’on, and I’rown a second head Finally Tabby gulped "Is that Bunsun with an ‘e’ or a ‘u’?"

He smiled He was surprised She didn’t look like so Maybe she had a relative working for him?

They had branches all over the United States, and he’d pegged her accent as Deep South right fro "U My parents are Will and Barbra Bunsun"

"Holy hell" Tabby sat back and stared at hiht your nao too far, I live off es, notabout this for a while "And not even that right now I’ve decided I don’t want to do corporate any residential"

Tabby stared at Bunny in shock "Bunsun Exteriors Daht I’d meet one of the Bunsuns this far north"

"I’m surprised you’ve heard of us" Most people not in the business didn’t even knoho Bunsun Exteriors were From the sound of her accent, she had to know his naon branch They had some southeastern branches, but they were s further up the east coast, but it was going to take tiht "I have an uncle orks for your coo Froia, or one of the Carolinas Maybe Tennessee? All of the like the corporate offices they had on the west coast "Dad’s coone cold "Tabby?"

She blew her bangs out of her eyes "Guess you should know I’ a those who lived in Pride or Pack fa pack-minded, didn’t have nearly the sa Bears were roups and, unlike wild bears, the males stuck by their mates "Mind if I ask why?"

She bit her lip, that s every protective instinct Bunny had "I was seeing the son of the Alpha Micah He eet, and kind, and liked being around ht I was trouble"

She shrugged "Maybe I was, maybe I wasn’t I liked to dye my hair different colors, I had some trouble in school, and I had a tattoo"

She had a tattoo? He couldn’t find one on her ars or shoulders He’d definitely have to explore that later