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“Yes, I am. Why do you seem surprised?”
“I’m not. I just wish I would have known you when I moved here. I would have had you decorate my house for me.”
“Where do you live?”
“Venice Beach. My twin brother and I moved here from Boston a couple of months ago.”
“You’re a twin?” she asked.
“Yeah. My brother’s name is Gabriel. He’s an internal medicine doctor over at the Kind Medical Center.”
“Just how many ‘Kind’ doctors are there?” Her brow arched.
“Jackson and his brothers, Conner, and Nathan, own the center. Jackson, as you know, is a neurosurgeon. His brother Conner is an orthopedic surgeon, and his brother Nathan is a plastic surgeon. Their other brother, Christian, is a cardiothoracic surgeon at Cedars. My cousin, Sebastian, has a wife named Emilia. She’s a pediatrician at the medical center, and Jackson’s wife, Georgia, is an OB/GYN/Fertility Specialist there. Also, Conner’s wife, Charlotte, is a Clinical Psychologist with a practice there as well.”
I waited to see her reaction because she knew I saw her walk into Charlotte’s office that day.
“I didn’t realize that practically the whole family worked there,” she said. “I’m sure you’re wondering why I’m seeing Charlotte. I know you saw me walk into her office that day we saw each other at the medical center.”
“The thought did cross my mind,” I said.
She got up from the table, grabbed the wine bottle, and poured a glass.
“I have some issues I’m working on,” she said as she sat back down.
“Everyone has issues, Ava. It’s nothing to be ashamed of.”
“I’m not ashamed, Grayson.” She brought the glass to her lips.
CHAPTER6
Ava
“Back to your new house. Did you decorate it or have someone do it for you?” I asked to change the subject quickly.
“I had someone come in and do it for me. His name is Lars. Do you know him?”
“I do.” I smiled. “He’s excellent. I’ve done some work for him before.”
“Did you work for him?” Grayson asked.
“No. I’m a freelance interior decorator. He doesn’t like to take on smaller projects, so he contracts them out. We met a couple of years ago. He liked my portfolio and asked if I’d be interested in doing some smaller projects for him. I’d love to see what he did with your house someday.”
“I can arrange that.” A grin crossed his handsome face. “But, like I said, had I met you a couple of months ago, I would have hired you instead.”
“You’re sweet. Thank you.” I smiled as I took a sip of my wine. “So, do you and your twin brother live together?”
“No. But we do live next door to each other. We live on the beach with the rest of our family.”
“What do you mean?” I furrowed my brows.
“Let me break it down for you because it’s a lot.” He chuckled. “Our cousins, Sam, Stefan, Sebastian, and Simon, are brothers. They also have a brother named Shaun from another mother. Jackson, Conner, Nathan, and Christian are brothers and also our cousins. We all live next to each other on one stretch of the beach. They’re all married, and most of them have children. It’s one big happy Kind family over there.” He grinned. “We’re all really close and have a lot of fun.”
“Wow. That sounds really nice.”
“How about you? Do you have any siblings?”
I hated when men asked that question because I could never tell them the full truth.
