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friends, his fitness, and of course his family. If he had some
predestined perfect female coming his way, he wasn’t going to turn her away,
but he certainly wasn’t going to go out of his way to get her either.
     
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    Tyler
stepped up to the front doorstep of Trenthy Vet
Clinic with an injured dog in arms. Unfortunately for the dog but very
fortunate for him, when he’d called his mum an hour ago to ask about her
animals, she’d been on her way out the door to the vets. She informed him that
poor Cotton had been in a fight with a pit bull just that morning and had come
off second best.
    He
opened the door and stepped into the clinic, the overly sterile smell of
surgery assailing his nostrils. Yuck!
    “Can
I help you?” A cute woman with freckles and red hair asked him from behind the
desk.
    “Ah,
yes.” He walked forward, holding Cotton in his arms.
    “She
got into a fight this morning and has a cut on her front leg, hind leg teeth
punctures, and a ripped ear.”
    Cotton
began to struggle a little and he held the dog more firmly against his chest,
soothing the warm lump with murmured sounds.
    “Oh, poor little thing. I’ll get the nurse for you.”
    “No!
Ah, I’d like to see the vet, Laura, if that’s not too much trouble.”
    The
woman stared at him for a moment, then smiled. “Doctor
Laura’s a little busy this morning, but I’ll ask her if she has time to see
you.”
    Tyler
put as much warmth into his eyes as he could. “Thanks heaps. I appreciate it.”
    He
sat down on one of the uncomfortable, white plastic chairs. His ass was almost
numb by the time he was called into a small examination room fifteen minutes
later.
    The
second door to the room opened and Laura walked in, her spectacular hair tied
up into a bun and wearing a pristine, white lab coat.
    “Hello,
it’s nice to meet…it’s you.”
    Her
green eyes went wide and her pupils dilated as she stared at him.
    She’s attracted to me. Thank God
for that.
    “Ah,
I brought Cotton in to see you. She got in a fight this morning.”
    Tyler
placed the injured pup down on the stainless-steel table, putting his hands in
her soft fur when she whimpered.
    “It’s
okay, pretty girl.”
    Tyler
could feel Laura’s eyes boring into him as he concentrated on the dog.
    Laura humphed and stepped forward, running her hands over
the dog and connecting with Tyler’s.
    “Oh
my God, what is that?” Laura jumped backward.   She was shaking her hands out in front of her
frantically as though they were burning, which Tyler could identify with. His
skin was tingling and he could feel her touch like a permanent tattoo.
    “What
is what?” Tyler asker her, not wanting to assume she felt the same tingles he
felt running through his body.
    Every
part of him was awake and alive. He wanted to grab her, hold her close, and
kiss those beautiful lips. But he withdrew his hands from the dog’s
bloodstained coat and clenched his hands into fists behind his back.  
    “When…when I touch your skin. I…I can’t explain it.” Laura was
shaking a little and Tyler hated seeing her like that.
    “It’s
okay, I promise. Would you consider going somewhere with me this afternoon?”
    Laura
stared at him for a moment, then looked down at the
dog.
    “Step
aside for a moment.”
    Tyler
moved back as Laura stepped forward, running her hands expertly over the
whimpering dog, examining her from head to tail.
    “She
needs a shot for the pain and the possible infection in her hind leg. I’ll put
some glue over her leg and ear, they aren’t deep.”
    Tyler
nodded, happy to sit back and watch with a sense of pride as she moved about
the room. She was so efficient, so intelligent and capable—everything he wanted
in a mate.
    She
was also very beautiful, with amazingly clear skin and such luscious lips. To
think that fate had designed this woman for him and his brother made him look
closer, allowing him to see the lovely curve of her cheek, the elegant neck, the incredibly