How could she have not known it was him?
“You...” Her voice caught, but she pushed on. “You seem to be doing fine as a single parent.”
“Because I’ve had to. Even when I was married, we had a nanny and a maid and Carrie couldn’t manage. Hell, Abby was just a little girl and she still ended up—” Nolan cut off his words, letting loose a frustrated breath. “We’re not talking about me.”
“And there’s no reason to be talking about me, either.”
“This isn’t like you.”
She tried to take a step back, but her backside was against the shelves already. “What’s that supposed to mean?”
“Well, for starters...you’re twenty-seven.”
“What? Too young or too old?”
“That’s not—”
“I’m healthy, reasonably intelligent and I’ve got a great job with medical benefits,” she rattled off. “Not to mention a tidy nest egg to pay for everything. There are many out there starting with a whole lot less.”
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