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"That social worker is hot Or hadn't you noticed?" Zoe asked

Focusing on the more positive aspects of Ryan wasn't difficult after that heated kiss Of course she couldn't entirely ignore the disco Ryan when he didn't have her family's best interest at heart

Ari raised an eyebrow "I hadn't actually I have ot your eyes open"

Zoe shrugged Her feelings about Ryan and their first kiss were too new for her to want to discuss them even with her sister

"He's definitely different than anyone you've been attracted to before"

"So I've noticed"

"He's much more…How shall I put this delicately? He's much more like me than like you Which makes sense since opposites attract Just look at me and Quinn"

Ari and Quinn were the ulti Zoe's lust for Ryan to her twin's love for her husband didn't make a lick of sense Also not a conversation Zoe intended to have now

"If you ulations, then, yes, I can definitely see why you'd think you two had sohed, a true testament to how far their relationship had come since Ari's return last year

"Where're Mom and Sam?" Ari asked "I want to drop off a blouse I borrowed"

Zoe glanced around "Good question My guess is that Mom has spa appointments and I know Sam went next door for a little while"

Ari shifted her purse strap higher onto her shoulder "I left the blouse on the kitchen table Can you just let her know?"

Zoe nodded

"Oh and by the way, I got the guidance position at Ocean Isle High," she said casually, but Zoe kne ed her sister

"The hours are perfect for me and it's so close to home"

"You don't miss Vermont at all?"

"Not at all It was a place I ran to It wasn't horinned "Home is where Quinn Donovan is, huh?"

"And you, too And Mo of Quinn, have you spoken with hi, but he called earlier and we're ood Good," she said, relieved all would be out in the open between the on?" Ari asked, suddenlyher arm over her sister's shoulder "Go talk to Quinn and we'll catch up later"

"I' to like this, am I?"

Zoe shook her head and Ari shivered

But it wasn't Ari's reaction that had Zoe the most concerned What bothered herrelationships, she was starting to fall for a man as rown up in and the close-knit family she adored

AFTER THE KISS, Ryan retreated to his hotel room He needed a cold shower, but first he wanted to call the private investigator he'd hired and ask hiet more info rmation on the Costas clan