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His kiss had felt reed that a relationship between them would never work She didn’t have time for a relationship Particularly not with ato get hurt and wasn’t that Oz’s reputation omen anyway? To leave them brokenhearted?
They were better off as friends Besides, being his friend was nice
She rubbed her cheek against the soft cotton of his T-shirt, breathed in his spicy scent, liked that his ar low on her back
Lately, everything came back to Oz in one way or another
She couldn’t escape him at work She couldn’t escape him at home as Addy chatted about him incessantly She couldn’t escape him at Dr Talbot’s
Maybe they could just be friends
And, if they couldn’t, Lord, protect her heart
“I’ht”
They stood next to Blair’s car with Oz holding a sleeping Addy in his arone into the house so Blair could bid hiht Addy had still been asleep curled next to him and hadn’t wakened when Oz scooped her up to take her to the car for Blair
“I enjoyed tonight, too” Blair glanced up at the sky, at the brilliant stars sparkling down at her She rand sche so near Oz with her daughter safely tucked into his arms, she could believe the world evolved around thislink to connect the broken lines of her heart and make her whole
She’d obviously lost her mind
“Dr T enjoyed seeing you” Oz smiled down at her “He always perks up when you and Addy visit”
“We love hi that Oz was procrastinating saying good-night Did friends do that?
“I’ll see you in the ? At the Heart Association center to help Stephanie?” He shifted Addy’s sleeping body in his arms
“We’ll be there by nine”