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Chapter One

Zach Sullivan stared with disgust at the bundle of fur chewing on his shoelace

“No way” He shifted his foot to try and get the little bugger off, but for such a tiny thing, it was tenacious It growled a little and shook its tail as it renewed focus on his shoe His new shoe “Sophie loves dogs Ask her”

He looked up to see Gabe s since he’d wiped a grin off his little brother’s face

“Sophie’s got enough to deal with lately, between her pregnancy andto have their kid any second now Marcus and Nicola are always on the road Ryan is practically living at the stadiu if she was the last person on earth Trust me, you were at the end of my list for someone to watch the puppy while we’re away on vacation, but Summer insisted you needed to have Cuddles”

Zach almost hurled “Cuddles?”

“Summer named her” They both looked down at the puppy “I think the name fits pretty well”

Gabe was incredibly protective of Suhter Zach knew better than to insult the dog’s name, even if it was, hands down, the worst one ever

“Look,” Gabe said, “Summer is convinced you’re the perfect person to keep the puppy For soure out, she thinks you can do no wrong Don’t disappoint her, Zach”

Zach had thought Sureat for a seven-year-old Until nohen she was trying to stick hi he didn’t want for teeks Especially since there was no way a puppy was going to fit into his life for even two days

His daily—and nightly—schedule was all about fast cars and pretty wo to do with a puppy?

Shaking his head, Zach said, “You’ve really lost your touch, Gabe, letting two girls lead you around”

Zach was still surprised by how shter, too And it wasn’t just Gabe who had fallen way down deep in the bottomless pit of “true love” Chase, Marcus, and Sophie had tripped into it, too

Theirthere were babies and s on the way Zach was happy she was happy Just as long as she had no false expectations about hi in love

Because it was never going to happen

But Gabe clearly didn’t care if he’d lost his touch, or that he’d never be able to pick up a stranger at a bar for hot sex again If anything, his brother looked disgustingly happy about it

“I’y clothes or to spend all day rolling around in the grass with her I just need you to keep her fed and watered and walked while we’re on our trip So, will you do it or do I have to break Suood guy?”