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Liam’s leaf-green eyes shone in the lamplight when he smiled at Vivie.

“Are you ready for the wildlife rehabilitator test?” he asked.

She sank onto the couch. “I have to be, or you’ll shoot Button.”

He regarded her gravely. “Wish you wouldn’t call her that.”

She hugged a pillow. “Why?”

“Because it makes her sound like a pet.” Liam leaned forward and the outdoorsy, masculine smell of him filled her senses. Normally being alone with a man this late at night would terrify her. Instead, she felt alive and jittery, her stomach fluttering.

“If you pass tomorrow—”

“When I pass tomorrow,” she interrupted, lifting her chin despite her nerves.

He studied her, his strong face handsome. “When you pass tomorrow, you need to start thinking like a rehabilitator. If you treat the bear like a house pet, I’ll have to remove her.”

The thought of it knocked the breath out of her. “Button is going to make it here.” There was no way she’d let him take her bear...