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She said she barely saw Hunter since he was her boss at a higher level.
Natalie worked in customer relations and during working hours she was always talking to people.
“I guess it’s dating,” he said. “We’ve had a few dates. How did you find out?”
“Not from me,” his mother yelled from the kitchen. “Though I heard too.”
He let out a sigh and looked at his father who only lifted his eyebrow at him.
He should be used to this by now. It was the second time he’d eaten out in public with Avery and now both times he was noticed.
But he’d told her it wasn’t a secret if Seth or Ava wanted to know in regards to Adele and Josie being friends.
If that was the case, the least he could do was talk about it with his family, but he was going to play it down because there wasn’t much to say.
“Who is it?” Grayson asked.
“You didn’t tell me how you found out,” he said. His brother moved back to the island not that long ago and was working for Rex Knight.
Another family member. Rex had married Hailey Bond a few months ago. Grayson had been working in Plymouth as a financial adviser trying to make a name for himself.
He thought for sure out of his siblings, Grayson would be the one to move off the island and never return.
Grayson had made a name for himself and was killing it in his eyes. At least his brother was doing a great job with Carter’s money and he couldn’t be more thrilled.
But something caused him to decide to return to the island that he’d never said.
Rex had been more than happy to offer him a job knowing those Plymouth clients would come with Grayson and Rex was based more in Boston and toward New York City and beyond. It was a market that expanded even more for Rex’s business and gave him another full-time employee on the island.
“One of my clients mentioned they saw you out on Thursday,” Grayson said. “Everyone knows you on the island.”
He wasn’t so sure everyone knew him. “What did they say?” he asked.
“Since when do you care all that much?” Grayson asked, grinning at him.
“I don’t,” he said. “Just wanted to know what was said.”
“I’ll tell you what I know if you tell me who it is.”
“Yeah, who is it?” Natalie asked.
“It’s the new vet on the island,” his father said.
Guess there were no secrets in this house. “How do you know?” he asked his father.
“Because I told him,” his mother said, walking into the room. “And I only guessed. When I heard you were out with someone Thursday night I assumed it was the same person from a few weeks ago.”
“That was a thank you dinner,” he argued.
“It was the way you said it to me,” his mother said. “And the look in your eyes. The way you talked about her.”
Jesus. Since when had everyone watched himthismuch? “Whatever. Yes, it’s Avery.”
“Tell us about her,” Natalie said. “Other than you are bonding over animals. That is so you.”
He wouldn’t take offense to that. He knew his sister didn’t mean anything negative by it because other women in his past thought he cared more for his pets than anything else.
“Not much to say,” he said. “She’s new to the island.”
