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Now she didn’t bother trying to disguise her smirk as she looked at the good doctor and held out her hand. “Pleasure to meet you,Dr. Matthews.”
He rolled his eyes as he broke out into a grin when he took her hand. His hand was soft, but his grip firm, and his smile made him even more handsome.
“Please call me Aiden, Ms. Douglas.”
“I will if you call me Dakota.”
He held her gaze while he slowly released her hand, as if he were reluctant to let go.
“Done. Dakota. That’s an interesting name.”
“My parents are hippies. My sister is Utah, and my brothers are Denver and Phoenix.”
“Very cool.”
“We’re an eclectic group.”
“I’m curious. What are your parents’ names?”
She laughed. “Tim and Christine.”
“Not very bohemian.”
“No, but they met at an anti-war rally in the early seventies when they were both at Berkley.”
“Okay, that’s pretty hippy-ish,” he conceded with a chuckle. “You said,arehippies. Are they still?”
“Well, they did sell out and move to the suburbs, but they compost, do yoga, and drive hybrids to try to make up for it. I think they’ll always be flower children at heart. I attended my first No Nukes demonstration when I was still in diapers, and they still go to rallies for causes they’re passionate about.”
“What about you?”
She cocked her head. “What about me?”
“Do you still go to protests, now that you’re an adult and have a choice?”
“Of course. How else do you effect change?”
He snorted. “You can’t be serious. You really think that makes a difference?”
“I think everything we do, big or small, makes a difference.”
A cocky grin slowly formed on his handsome face as he shook his head, like she amused him.
Dakota wanted to wipe it right off him.
With my lips.
Whoa! Where did that come from?
It had to be his pheromones. That could be the only explanation.
That also had to be why she was still standing there talking to him instead of leaving for her hike with Barney.
“What’s so funny?” she asked with her hand on her hip.
“Just people who think any of that makes a difference. At the end of the day, it all comes down to money. Who can afford the most successful bullshit campaign to make the public want to believe their point of view. Look at what the tobacco companies did for years.”
“Then people affected change.”
