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Because he hadn’t wanted Tino to question his sudden interest in Ruby’s whereabouts until he had some plausible answers that made sense And look how spectacularly that had backfired on him now He frowned at the puppy that stared back at hiuileless brown eyes He didn’t knohat had possessed hi past the ani papers and being instructed on brands of puppy food

‘You know, I have a mind to call back that fancy-arsedof curse words under his breath ‘Guy wouldn’t know a carburettor from a custard tart’

Sa fro them

Ruby for a whole three days with his brother and fiercely protective sister-in-law in tow

‘God, I’ine ru

‘So about the weekend’ Saht his behaviour was strange or not

‘Yeah?’ Tino looked at him curiously ‘What about it?’

The puppy squir over his shoulder Sa aboard and his heart did a weird flip inside his chest She looked confident and radiant, her long hair pulled into a haphazard ponytail, a dazzling s her soft pink lips He’d rarely seen her without olden and youthful and oddess come down to earth to shine just for him

Catching the uncharacteristically poetic sentiment, he shook his head It didn’t seem to matter to his brain that she was completely off-limits to him She excited hiht not like that on an elemental level, if he was completely honest with himself he didn’t want it to stop either

Ruby didn’t notice Sam until she had both feet planted on the boat If she had when she’d only had one foot on board she ht have turned and run As it was she could only stop and stare at him

He wore aviator sunglasses, his long, lean body encased in a T-shirt that emphasised his flat belly and wide shoulders, and fitted board shorts that hugged his hs His feet were jammed into boat shoes, his arms full of an exuberant black and brown puppy with one adorable ear folded forward Both their gazes were trained on her It struck her almost immediately that she had never seen Saerous to her this way than in a custo that last night he had been so arrogant she’d wanted to throttle him