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“Consider it done. What am I looking for?”
“Two Chiweenies.”
“What the hell is a Chiweenie?”
“A Chihuahua Dachshund hybrid.”
“How does that even happen?” I jerked a hand through my hair. “Know what—doesn’t matter. Text me the address and I’ll leave right now.”
Cora’s relief was a physical thing, fluttering through the phone into my ear. “Oh, you’re the greatest. Truly. Thank you. Thank you so much.”
“Don’t mention it.” I hung up with a grin. Nice to know I’m appreciated by one female at least.
Then my grin broadened.
Talking of that particular female.
In a few hours, I’d have another two dogs that would need excellent health care.
And I knew just the vet to do it.
CHAPTER FIVE
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Vesper
“I’M SICK.”
I pressed my cheek against the cold stainless steel of my patient table and closed my eyes on the spinning room.
Ugh, make it stop.
Polly came up behind me. Her cool hand landed on the back of my neck. “Oh, you are a bit hot.”
I groaned, hauling my aching body upright and pressing the back of my hand to my forehead. “Think I have a temperature?”
She pursed her lips. “Either that or you’re flushed because Ryder Carson hasn’t been in today.”
I scowled. “I’m glad about that. Not sad.”
“Uh oh, the rhyming has started. A sure clue to the flu.”
I rolled my eyes. “You annoy me every day.”
She grinned. “That’s my job. And don’t try to change the subject. I heard you two flirting yesterday.”
“What?” I dropped my hand to my chest, acting the perfect damsel. “I was not flirting.”
Was I?
Okay, maybe a teensy tiny bit.
“There was a lot of wiener and cock talk.” Polly giggled. “If that wasn’t the pre-dance to some seriously hot and filthy sex, I don’t know what is.”
The room spun faster as an image of Ryder naked and bending me over a table erupted in my flu-foggy brain. “Oh, stop.” I groaned. “I’m not feeling well. And that just makes me feel worse.”
“Worse because you want it so bad?” Polly jiggled her eyebrows. “Go on. Think of me as your therapist. I’m sworn to confidentiality.”