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“I’m settling okay. Lots to learn, but I want to make this work for Aubrey. It’s the least I owe her after everything I put her through.”

Mitch poured the dark, fragrant coffee into his mug. “You don’t want this for you?”

Holding the mug up, he crossed his arm over his chest and took a sip as Madison looked at him with confusion.

“What?”

“You said this is for Aubrey. Don’t you want this job?”

Madison shook her head, her eyes dropping. “I do, yes.”

“But?”

“I guess life doesn’t always turn out how you want it to. I wanted to be a nurse when I was younger, but then I kind of went off the rails.”

“Kind of?” Mitch asked with a grin to take the sting from his words.

“No, I definitely went off the rails.” She smiled back, and Mitch realised that Madison was lost. Trying to do the right thing and failing to find herself.

Pushing off the counter, he went to move past her and stopped to lay a hand on her shoulder. “You need to be happy, kid. Aubrey wants that for you. If nursing is your dream, make it happen.”

With that, he walked towards the bank of offices he shared with the rest of the team and plopped himself in his chair. He was tired after an early start and not much sleep, thoughts of his sexy tenant keeping him awake. He needed to make the call and then get home for some sleep, maybe if he were lucky he’d run into her again.