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subway. But now she could feel every one of his tight muscles pressed against her. She could actually feel the beat of his heart against her chest. She didn’t even want to think too hard about anything else she could feel.
    She pushed back and scrambled to her feet. ‘Sorry, I should have been paying attention. I got distracted. It’s just that—’
    He stood up next to her and shook his head. ‘We’re fine, Katsuko. You’re babbling.’
    Her reaction was instant. She wrinkled her nose and put her hands on her hips. ‘I am not.’
    Her cheeks started to flush. Maybe she had been babbling just a little. He grabbed her hand. ‘Come on. Let’s find the kids’ books. There has to be a caterpillar in here somewhere.’
    She was trying not to focus on the fact that his hand was encircling hers. She was trying to completely ignore the tiny sparks that were shooting up her arm directly into her chest.
    The kids’ section had huge signs hanging above it—some in Japanese and some in English. It didn’t take long to find the children’s picture books. They had a number of little sets and the caterpillar book was among them. Avery smiled as he picked it up. ‘She was right, you know. Mainly green and yellow with a red face and purple...things.’
    Katsuko laughed. ‘That would be antennae, Captain Flynn.’
    â€˜Yeah, yeah. Well, I’m a doctor, not a vet.’
    She frowned for a second. ‘So how come you’re so good with kids? You said you don’t have any of your own—does someone in your family have kids? Are you really Avery, the fun uncle?’ She was curious.
    He gave a visible shudder.
    â€˜What?’
    He gave his head a shake. ‘Thankfully, my sister doesn’t have kids.’ He put his hand on his chest. ‘I do however, have a number of good friends who have children. In fact, two of my friends seem to be having a competition of fitting in the most number of kids under the age of five.’ He raised his eyebrows. ‘It’s currently a draw.’
    â€˜How many kids do they actually have?’ She was leaving the sister comment, even though she was still curious. It was clear that was for another day.
    â€˜Tess and Ray have four—a set of twins of eight months, a son of two and a son of four. Jamal and Aiysha have four too. They’re like stepping stones. Four, three, two and one.’
    â€˜And what are you, chief babysitter?’
    He gave her a beaming smile and nodded. ‘Of course I am. It helps that I’m a big kid myself. Letting any of them get a few hours for dinner, or an evening to themselves, is no big deal. It might take me a few days to recover but it’s worth it.’
    He pulled some money from his pocket. ‘How are you going to get this to Abigail?’
    She thought for a few seconds. ‘It should be easy enough. I’ll just take it out of the box and pretend I found it in the ER and wondered if it was hers. It’s almost true.’
    He paid for the boxed set and they walked back to the escalators. He gave her a wicked smile and gestured towards the moving stairs. ‘After you. Don’t want to land on you again.’
    She stepped onto the escalator and turned to face him again. ‘What if I like living dangerously?’ She leaned back a little and held her hands up as they travelled downwards. ‘Hey, look at me, I’m going to fall. Woo...!’ She gave him a cheeky wink. ‘Don’t worry, you’re safe. I knocked you down and now you did the same to me. I think we’re even.’ She spun around just as they reached the bottom and stepped off sharply.
    â€˜I’m not sure we’re even,’ murmured Avery. ‘I’m sure both times it was your fault.’ He had a mischievous gleam in his eye that she’d no intention of falling for.
    She planted her hands on her hips as they walked back out