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Cassidy lifted their joined hands.

Tim pretended to study their fingers, his straight-cut nails and her purple-tipped ones. “It’s me touching you, something I wanted to do all evening.”

She didn’t smile or shoot back some pithy remark guaranteed to make him grin. Instead, she pulled her hand from his.

“You don’t have to do this, you know,” she said softly, her expression serious.

“Do what? Be nice?”

“Pretend to be interested in me.” Cassidy stopped at the edge of the driveway and faced him. “While I appreciate it, we both know you’re only hanging with me now because of the bun.”

Tim cocked his head. Sometimes it was as if she spoke a foreign language.

“In the oven.” Cassidy patted her flat belly.

He almost grinned but pulled the smile back at the last second.

Her blue eyes were so serious and there was an uncharacteristic frown between her brows. He also saw fatigue and weariness in the way her shoulders, normally so straight, drooped.

He raised his hand and cupped her cheek. “I’m with you because I like you.”

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Rx for Love: Just following doctor’s orders…