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"Grr!"
Her patient yanked at her wrist, drawing Ruby's attention She paused at her scaling, raising her brows at Niki
"Where were you, Ruby? You wanna drill a hole in ?"
Ruby chuckled behind her mask She expected her patient to be a bit difficult today, and she was right
"Don't be such a baby, Nikita Now stop groaning and let me clean your teeth properly Did you really floss and brush like I told you to?"
"Heck yeah! What a?"
Ruby laughed "Okay, I'irl, hold still and don'tto drill a hole in your tooth"
Nikita , which Ruby didn't care to translate into English Her friend groaned and opened herher teeth
Ten minutes later, when Ruby was finished, Nikita said, "Who are those fro to the bouquet of perfect white roses and a box of Cadbury Rose chocolate
Her station cleaned, sanitized, and packed up, Ruby turned to her friend "What?"
"The roses and chocolate"
Ruby chuckled as she picked up her bag and tossed it over her shoulder "Another e proposal"
"Really?" Nikita said "I swear to you, Ruby, ever since you got your braces off, you've had more proposals than I can count"
"I know Wouldn't it be nice if one ca, hunky man? Like the Australian dude?" Ruby looked at her friend, her eyes twinkling
Niki chose to ignore her re her
Ruby continued, "But most ofattention and pronto" She picked up the bunch of roses and chocolate "Must adh"
"Did you say yes?" Nikita asked curiously as they headed out to the e, and everyone had gone home for the day Ruby purposely stayed late at the clinic, where she worked part-time for the past three years, to scale her friend's teeth
"I told him I'd think about it," Ruby said
"Good answer," Niki co my teeth"
"No probleet some dinner"
An hour later, Ruby glea woood of Nikita to share her flashy, inner city apart any rent--since she couldn't have afforded to pay it anyway
"Bought dinner," Nikita announced as she displayed the plastic bags in the air for Isabella to see
"Is there Char Satay?" Isabella queried eagerly, spotting the fa that said SAN Restaurant
"Yes, my dear There's Char Satay just for you," Nikita replied "I knew you'd hit the roof if we didn't buy you any"
"Thanks, Nik Oh, Alex is on Skype"
After kicking her shoes off, Ruby rushed into the open plan living area, threw herself on the co on the coffee table onto her lap
"Hey, how are you?" she said to the laptop
Alexandra Stewart, who, at that preciseCentral Park in New York City, grinned back at her best friend through the laptop screen
Ruby recalled Alex and Jayden's wedding over a year ago It was fantastic, full of life and fun It was also quoted as "the wedding of the decade in New York City" Ruby--as the maid of honor--was very proud of her best friend indeed She had to aded to find herself a rand as Alex's How could it be? Alex ible bachelors--not to est o, Ruby could never have iined that shy, down-to-earth Alexandra Steould ever meet and fall in love with a man like Jayden McCartney Life was eternally full of surprises
"I have news," Alex announced Her voice hinted a sort of exciteious
"What is it? Tell us!" Nikita shrieked excitedly as she propped herself coht next to Ruby Isabella sat down at Ruby's left--a bowl of Char Satay with rice in her hands All three girls faced the laptop screen expectantly, waiting for the important news
After a nant"
"Holy cow!" Nikita shouted "Now, you're pregnant for real"
"That is so cool," Isabella exclaimed "I'm so happy for you"
Ruby butted in "Do I get to be godmother?"
Alex laughed "Of course"
Nikita pulled the laptop from Ruby's lap and put it on hers "How about your hunky hubby?"
"He's over the moon," Alex replied "And naturally, so was Beth e told everyone"
Ruby stole the laptop and placed it back on her lap "Hey, Alex, I won't be here next time"
"Oh yeah So are you nervous? It's gonna be great I have so to London at the end of the month If a
ll goes according to plan, we can meet up there with you"
"Oh gosh! That's sounds great I'land for a week, and then off to Scotland for another week after that Week three, I'm in Ireland, four in France, and then, last, but not least, week five in Rome I'll be back in London after that"
"Right I will have to ask Jay about thewith his new business partner He's Scottish"
"Woo!" Nikita laughed "Hot! Hot! Hot!"
On the screen, Alex turned to look behind her "Jay? When are weyour future business partner?" She turned back to her friends "Most of whoed men I assume this one is no different"
"Aw!" Nikita groaned in disappointhed
A moment later, hunky Jayden McCartney appeared on the screen next to Alex The girls sighed dreaazed at him Was it possible that he looked evenAlex?
"Hey, girls" Jay waved at the
The girls waved back, all three in silent awe
"Don't worry, Ruby, we'll make sure we meet up with you in London Just email Alex the details"
"Sounds good," Ruby replied, nodding furiously
"What's his na kisses at the nape of her neck "Not in front of ht-heartedly
Jay chuckled "Sorry, girls"
The girls giggled knowingly
"His na a charity party at the end of the ee relief in Africa and Cambodia You should come with us, Ruby You and Alex are both half-Cambodian"
"Okay," Ruby replied, thinking that she was already a fan of Jayden's future business partner
"Anyway, you all have a good day Bye, girls" He nodded as he left
Alex o Ruby, please eirls"
"Bye," the three girls said in unison Once Skype was logged off, they eneral About an hour later, exhausted froht to her friends and drove home
"Oh my God, Ruby, just relax," Amethyst, or known si over everything You know I can handle it The houses will be fine The family will be fine"