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A few steps in, and Avery turned her head, her wide-eyed gaze asped in shock, set heron the end table, then jumped up from the sofa and rushed toward her The other woenuine hug that was filled with so much affection She embraced Avery back, and when they finally pulled apart, Raevynn had a huge lump of pure emotional joy in her throat that she had to s back
“Avery, you look a,” Raevynn said, and meant it Her friend had matured into a beautiful woman with voluptuous, sexy curves The last ti, straight, and halfway down her back, but was now cut into a cute shoulder-length fashion that was layered and styled with beachy waves
“So do you!” Avery’s green eyes sparkled as she grabbed Raevynn’s hands “Oh, ood to see you! I can’t believe you’re really here Collin was just telling ether here at the beach house” Then she lowered her voice and gri into the bedroom like that They were so excited to see Collin”
Raevynn couldn’t stop the warm flush that crept onto her cheeks, because Avery wasn’t stupid and had probably concluded that they’d slept toget
her But then again, her friend was one of the very few people who knew about Raevynn’s roo, so she tried to quell her embarrassment
“Who is that, Molanced curiously fro and pretty, like Rapunzel’s”
Collin chuckled while Avery guided her forward “This is Raevynn,” she said to her daughter, then pointed back to the little girl “That’s Harper, and the little boy who looks like a mini-me of Kevin is Lucas”
“Hello,” Raevynn said with a friendly ser version of his handsome father
“Hi!” the two of the a stranger for the first time
“Raevynn is my best friend,” Avery added
Is, not was Trying not to let another wave of eratefully “You have no idea how much thatmy best friend, Avery”
“I’ before releasing her “We have so much to catch up on!”
Raevynn glanced at thehis coffee and s at her in a sweet but sexy way that iven her this gift, and it htfulness
“Thank you” Sheup a piece of the puzzle that had dropped to the floor
“You’re welcome,” he returned in the same way, and winked at her