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about him.¡±
¡°Okay, fine, whatever. Even if hypothetically, you¡¯re right and all I need is to get laid
by some random guy,¡± I said, ¡°I can assure you I¡¯m not going to be meeting him in my
office.¡±
Ellen smirked. ¡°She says that now. Wait ¡®till she sees him.¡±
She and Lizzie both giggled like they were back in high school and this man was the
new hot kid in class. I rolled my eyes. As if this guy was somehow going to be so hot, that
he was going to snap me out of my depression.
There was a knock on my door followed by Kelly saying, ¡°Doctor Parks? Isaac and
Buddy are with me for their appointment.¡±
¡°Great, send them in,¡± I said with my back to the door, taking one last glance at
Buddy¡¯s paperwork in case I missed anything important. When I heard the door open,
footsteps shuffled inside, then the door shut, I began to turn on my toe and say, ¡°Hi,
Isaac. I¡¯m Doctor¡ªwhoa.¡±
Thoughts of Travis trickled away as my mouth gaped open.
The first thing I noticed wasn¡¯t anything about his appearance. It was the range of
emotions that flashed over his face the second our eyes met before resuming nonchalant.
If I blinked, I would have missed it. First, there was something that looked like relief
when he saw me, then it quickly turned to surprise, then just¡ pleased. Then, nothing,
aside from a concerned dog-father.
Trying to save myself from embarrassment, I pretended to cough into my elbow before
gently clearing my throat and patting my chest. ¡°Whoa, excuse me. Choked on my coffee.¡±
He seemed to accept my lie and gave me a polite smile. ¡°I¡¯m Doctor Samantha Parks. But
you can call me Samantha, or Sam. Or Sammy. Or¡ anything.¡± His smile grew and I
began feeling warm, praying I wasn¡¯t blushing.
God, his face was perfect. Like a piece of architecture, his jawline chiseled with perfect
angles and symmetrical. He must have spent a lot of time outside because his skin was
tanned but the complexion was glowing, like his skin thrived in the heat. Even though I
grew up in Arizona, I couldn¡¯t spend more than an hour outside without getting burnt.
¡°Hello, Samantha. I¡¯m Isaac.¡± The way he said my name sounded so smooth coming
