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Why in the heck was he spouting out all this information? It wasn’t like him But this was the et to know each other a little, right? It had nothing to do with the fact he was experiencing sos of attraction for a fellow parent

But instead of see taken aback by his infodump, she nodded “I knohat you mean I don’t knohat I’d do if I didn’t have my mother to cover my back She lives with us and I work fro or can’t get away Speaking of which…”

She paused again What was she thinking? The way she bit her bottom lip hinted at some kind of quandary

“If you’re ever in a bind again, you could always call me Just put me on Mariana’s authorized pickup list I’ether, don’t you think?”

Well, that answered one question he had Single? Check Helpful? Check, check “I irls are already best friends” He glanced at his watch “In the uez She’ll be frantic when the bus arrives without Mariana”

“Well, it was nice to meet you, Alex Sorry about before”

“What happened before?” Lizzie’s eyes brightened as both she and Mariana studied the adults

He loved the blush that crept up Cahter’s question “Nothing, I, uh, just nothing”

“Yeah, nothing” It really hadn’t been a big deal, but if Ca Lizzie that she’d sla lot and dumped her purse all over the sidewalk, as he to say? It was their little secret And he liked having a secret with the blonde-haired singleblue eyes

He escorted Mariana out the door, whipping out his phone to dash off a quick text to Mrs Rodriguez His sitter confirized for not being able to fetch his daughter

They settled into his SUV “Now are you going to tell me what really made you miss the bus?”

“Nothing, Daddy I really did forget my project”

He wasn’t buying it She and Lizzie were cooking so up He just knew it At the same time, he was co ten

As he popped his phone into the holder on the dash, he remembered he hadn’t asked for Ca best friends Yeah that was it HeCameron “Shoot”

“What is it, Daddy?” Mariana threw hi look in the rearview mirror