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Ivy’s eyes filled with pain. “I don’t think I’m meant for that,” she mumbled.

“Well, that makes two of us,” he said, needing instinctively to erase that pain.

“Really? You don’t want a family of your own?”

“The way I look at it,” Ryan explained carefully, “I already have one. My students mean a lot to me.” He smiled. “You might even say my devotion to my work has gotten a bit out of hand. I spend most of my time occupied with coaching, administrating and just spending time with the students. Some of them desperately need an adult who will listen.”

Ivy tilted her head. “Is that enough for you? Listening to someone else’s kids? I used to think work was enough, too.”

“Not anymore?”

She pondered that before shaking her head. “No,” she said softly. “Not anymore. Family is everything.”