Later that afternoon, Tessa smiled as she picked up the but-
tons of Micah's shirt from the floor. Jared's wife, Mara, had
kindly load her a pair of yoga pants and a shirt that she said
were too small for her anyway, and had left the guesthouse
a short time later with a look that told Tessa she definitely
wanted to know the scoop on her and Micah being shacked
up together. But Mara had been too polite to ask.
She took the buttons and set them on the kitchen table
along with the clean shirt that she'd washed, refusing to
throw it away. She'd put the buttons back on, and if Micah
didn't want it, she'd keep it. Or maybe she'd just ask him.
He'd said she could have it. The shirt had good memories,
and that would eventually be all she had of her time with
Micah Sinclair.
She turned to see the guesthouse door open and Micah
coming through. He looked well recovered from his migraine,
and almost boyishly excited.
As she looked ad saw the dog he was crooning to at his
side, her jaw dropped in surprise. She didn't know that he had
a dog, much less one that looked like it belonged to a ques-
tenable pedigree. In easier terms, she'd say he was a mutt,
maybe with some Border collie and Labrador. The canine was
adorable. Though, with poppy ears and an intelligent stance as
he sat and looked up at Micah with something making to hero-
worship.
"I didn't know you had a dog," Tessa said excitedly as she
approached the dog and man. "Is it friendly?"
Micah grinned at her and handed her the leash. "For you,
he definitely will be. He's yours."
She shook her head in denial, but at the same time
dropped to her knees and sunk her fingers into the dog's silky
coat. "He's adorable." She wasn't lying. The animal might be
a mixed breed, but his brown-and-white coat was well-groo-
med, and when his dark eyes turned attentively to her, she
smiled."I've always wanted a dog, but I always traveled too
much when I was younger. When I got older, I was so busy that
it didn't seem fair to leave an animal home alone so much." She
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Novela JuvenilAfter a troubling childhood, wealthy Evan Sinclair likes his life orderly and controlled. he rarely gives in to spontaneous urges--until he begins a chance correspondence with a mystery woman who sounds like his complete opposite. She intrigue...
