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Teddy, on the other hand, was oblivious to the pun. He just grabbed his sleeveless sweater and glanced at it.
“Thanks. I found it in my house. There are so many good ones,” he said.
“It really suits you,” I said, studying his face, the way the baby blue wool hugged his body, the big muscles poking out of the sleeves as if they were desperate to escape. It was so androgynous. The soft, almost girlie sweater worn by a literal giant.
And it made him look even sexier. And sweeter.
“Thanks,” he beamed at me, and those icy blue eyes became utterly hypnotizing.
Gosh. Ruby was right. I had nothing to worry about. He was looking at me the same way the lovebirds next to us were. Therewas no chance he was interested in anyone else. Which only made me wonder for the hundredth time, why me?
“I think I know who Zach likes,” Teddy whispered to Ruby and me.
“Darling, I think the whole town knows,” she said. “And you keep looking at my brother like that, the whole town will know about you too.”
“Ruby!” I shouted, but Teddy laughed.
“What can I say? Your brother has stolen my mind,” he said.
“Among other things, sure,” Ruby said, and I had to drag her away from there before she made a complete fool of me.
“Say hi to Bear for me,” I told him, putting as much distance between him and Ruby as possible.
“I hear wedding bells,” Ruby said once we were in the clear.
“You should get your ears checked.”
“That man is smitten.”
“He’s not,” I said, but I knew that was a lie.
He was smitten with me, wasn’t he? I was too. I might not understand why or how, but I liked it. And I was going to enjoy it while it lasted.
TWENTY-FIVE
TEDDY
Iyawned.
“Am I boring you, Mr. Olson?” Wesley asked, and Bear giggled next to him.
I snapped out of it and turned to Wesley with my most serious expression.
“No. Never!” I said.
Bear laughed again.
“Relax, Teddy. It was a joke!” Wesley answered and punched my shoulder.
“It’s just work. I’m exhausted,” I continued as we walked down the footpath to the entrance of Duke’s Sanctuary.
Wesley gave my back a quick pat, but it didn’t seem like Bear noticed. He was too busy looking at the ground.
“How is it going working with Zach though?”
I shrugged.
This was the second weekend I’d worked with him, so I couldn’t really make a proper assessment yet, but he was an easy boss and an even easier friend.
