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Avery frowned, shifting the chart in her hands. “Maybe socializing isn’t such a good idea with me being your physical therapist.”

“Why not? Because you said everything outside of the office was fair game.”

Her face flushed. “That’s not what I meant and you know it.”

His male instincts urged him to stalk closer, crowd her in and make her admit she was just as attracted as he was. Instead he forced himself to remain still, using words to reel her in. “Come on. You want an adventure. I want to help you find one. Let’s talk about it over dinner.”

“Well…” Her flush deepened, but she also straightened her shoulders. “I guess I could do dinner one night.”

As he came to his feet, Avery’s quizzical little smile distracted him. He saw nothing else. Not taupe walls, nor yellow scrubs. Just pale blue eyes and bow-shaped lips as she moved closer.

Before he could reach for his cane, his legs gave him the old heave-ho and collapsed. Avery had moved close, too close to miss out on his game of timber. Down they both went.

“Sweetheart, you’re the softest landing place I’ve had in a while.”

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The Renegade Returns is part of the Mill Town Millionaires series from Dani Wade.