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Accidentally All of Me Ghosting Over
Raina“Hey, Harry.”Is that what I sounded like? My voice echoed around my head, and I tried to keep myself from slamming the phone down and forgetting this whole thing. I didn’t want to have to do this, but I didn’t see what choice I had. I was worried about him, and I needed to hear his voice again before I lost my damn mind. I took a deep breath and forced myself to keep talking.“Hey, Harry,” I repeated. “I just wanted to check that you got my message the other day. I miss you. I wanted you to know that I’m thinking about you, and I can’t wait to see you again.”I paused for a moment. Was that enough? It was going to have to be. Before I could talk myself into more of a corner, I hung up the phone and slumped against the wall outside the clinic. It was done. I had done it. Now I just had to find some way to get on with the rest of my day without my head exploding.I knew that I was overreacting. It had just been a few days since I had heard from him last, and he had to be crazy bu
Accidentally All of Me The Way We Were
RainaSpeaking of the man I loved, a moment later, he emerged from the kitchen and gave me a kiss on the cheek in greeting. Winnie pulled away, dashing off with Tink to give us some privacy.“Good to see you,” he murmured, and he brushed his nose against mine.I felt like my knees were going to quiver out from beneath me. I couldn’t believe that we had only been apart for a few days. It felt like my body was responding to him as though it had known him forever, and we hadn’t spent a second apart in that time.I supposed the last time I had been here, we had been getting down to something that was far from totally family-friendly, so maybe my body was just hoping that we were going to pick up right where we had left off. I could remember making my way around his kitchen, wrapped in his shirt, his arms around me as we nuzzled and flirted.But that was before. Before all of this had started. Before our lives had changed beyond anything that we could have predicted. And I had to accept th
Accidentally All of Me Hurting
HarryAs soon as I’d heard her voice on the message, I’d known that she was hurting as much as I was.I had managed to restrain my anger over all of this well enough until that moment. I knew there was no point in getting angry, but that wasn’t going to stop me, not when it felt like there was so damn much on the line and so little control given to me over the lot of it.I was just angry that I felt like all of this was spinning out of control again, when it had just started to fall into place for a change.I had been nervous about seeing Raina. In fact, I was worried that she wasn’t going to want anything to do with me ever again. I already came with a lot of baggage, and this was just another stack of suitcases to add to the pile I was already heaving around everywhere I went.It wouldn’t have surprised me if she had just thrown her hands up in the air and backed off, leaving me to cope with all of this by myself. I would have felt a little cheated, sure, but this wasn’t what she ha
Accidentally All of Me Touched
HarryI shook my head. “Allison was struggling to keep up with the payment for her treatment, as well as treatment for an immune system thing that he has. That’s why she reached out to me. She needs the support. Financial, I think more than anything, but there’s also the fear that if she...”I trailed off and forced myself to take a deep breath. Though the circumstances couldn’t have been more different, this was stirring up some sad memories of what had happened to my sister.“If she didn’t make it,” I continued, forcing myself to keep speaking, “then she would need someone to be there to take care of him for her.”Raina nodded slowly, taking it all in. I couldn’t imagine how much this all was for her. Hell, it was still a lot for me, and I was just starting to put the pieces together again inside my own head after spending days wandering around all listless with no clue what I was going to do with my life now that this revelation had come and kicked my door in.“So you might have to
Accidentally All of Me Dumped
Raina“Lizzie left me.”My jaw almost dropped when I heard Reed tell me exactly why he had such a miserable look on his face. I had been so happy when I’d gotten there that it had taken me a while to realize that my twin looked seriously maudlin. Although when I’d asked him to spill, this was the last thing I’d expected.“Lizzie left you?” I asked, sure that I must have heard at least some of it wrong.He nodded and fiddled with the spoon next to his coffee cup. He had hardly touched his drink, but it looked like he could have used it. There were dark circles under his eyes, and it was obvious that he had been up all night.“She said that she didn’t think we were going to be a good match at the end of the day,” he explained, and his voice was so small and so written with hurt that I felt a rising wave of anger rush through me. Sure, I had never been Lizzie’s biggest fan, but that didn’t mean that she got to just hurt my brother like that.“Well, her loss,” I told him firmly, and I got
Accidentally All of Me Broken Hearted
RainaWhen it came time for me to leave, I headed straight down to Reed’s office, wondering how he had managed to get through the day without losing his mind. I had had a hard enough time keeping focused when Harry was just failing to reply to my texts. I couldn’t imagine how useless I would have been for anyone or anything if he had actually dumped me.Ugh. I couldn’t even think about that without feeling a little jolt of panic running through my system. I was so glad that we had worked things out. I knew there was still a lot to handle going forward, but I had every confidence that we could do it, as long as we were both still there and committed and willing.But tonight wasn’t about me and Harry. It was about Reed, and I helped him out of the office and back to his apartment while he tried to half-engage with the conversation I was keeping him in. His brain was still so obviously stuffed full of Lizzie, of what had happened between them.I wished I could reach inside and lift it al
Accidentally All of Me Surreal
Harry“All right, buddy, you go hang with your friends,” I murmured to Tink as I sent him through to the office so he could spend time with the rest of the dogs who were visiting us on this particular Friday.It was going to be the first full day I had spent at work since I had heard the news about Allison and Nico. Yara had been holding down the fort here for me while I was away, but I knew I couldn’t keep hiding from it. At least I had chosen a Friday to come in so that I could enjoy the presence of all the other dogs too.Yara pounced on me practically the moment she spotted me in my office. Darting in, she closed the door behind her and raised her eyebrows at me.“So, how did the meeting with Raina go?” she asked with interest. She had known how nervous I was about it, but as it turned out, I’d had no reason to be.“It went well,” I replied with a nod. “I told her everything about Allison and Nico, and she seemed to take it pretty well. I know this must be intense for her, but she
Accidentally All of Me Wasting Time
Harry“Oh, hello,” I greeted Raina with surprise, unable to keep the smile off my face as I got up to say hello to her.She kissed me, winding her arms around my neck happily. “We didn’t have a lot to do at the office today, so Rita gave me the rest of the afternoon off,” she explained. “I thought we could get lunch together, if you’re up for it? If I’m not interrupting anything?”“Oh, you totally are, but I’m sure I can live with it,” I replied, and I kissed her again. The door to the office was a little open, and I knew people would be able to see inside, but I didn’t much care.“I thought I could make it up to you for canceling on you the other night,” she explained finally—and apparently reluctantly—pulling away from me.“Oh, yeah, how is Reed doing?” I asked, recalling that her brother had been dumped suddenly by his fiancée. I couldn’t imagine how much of a blow that must have been for anyone, let alone someone as social and outgoing as Reed.She shrugged. “I left him drunk off
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Accidentally All of Me Everything is Better with Her
HarryI hadn’t known until I’d met Raina how much I was hiding from, but now that I could see it, it made my heart ache to think about everything that I had been missing. I thought I had been protecting myself, but in reality, it had just been isolation.Yara had seen that. I was pretty sure, in fact, that she had seen that before I had. I had been ducking and diving from the truth, and she had seen through me, seen me for what I was, seen all the pain I had been carrying with me all this time. And that was why she had set me up on a date.It was crazy, really, thinking that all of this had started with something that I had been so averse to in the first place. I had pushed back against the very idea of going on that date, sure that it was just going to end with me making a fool of myself and looking like an idiot in the process.Of course, if I had known where all of this was going to lead me, I would have gone back in time and told myself to go with it, that it was going to be bette
Accidentally All of Me Party Time
Harry“All right, all right, if I could borrow your attention for a moment.” I stood up from the chair I had been sitting on and waved a hand in the air so that I could draw the attention of my staff and friends around me.Yara had done a hell of a job putting all of this together. It had only been a couple of weeks ago that I had brought up the idea of the party to her, and she had sprung into full-force action at once, running off this way and that to make sure everything got dealt with as best she could manage it.She told me she was just happy to finally have some kind of party she could organize—and said I could do with throwing a few more like it, actually, though I decided it was for the best that I ignored that little comment. I had been so busy these last few months, I couldn’t imagine finding any more time in my packed-out schedule for fun little gatherings like this.It had helped, of course, that George had been willing to put up his house and grounds to hold the party. We
Accidentally All of Me Deep Love
RainaHe wrapped his arms around me and pushed into me deep, filling me all the way up to the hilt, taking me like there was nothing in the world he would rather have been doing in that moment. I sank my nails into his back and let my body sink into the sheets below me, the softness absorbing me, at odds with his hardness.He didn’t hold back. He didn’t seem to see a need to, and I was grateful for it. After everything that had been happening lately, I felt like I needed this connection with him to remind myself where this all came from.Not that he was so good in bed that I would have gone through anything for him—though, that was a part of it—but it was a raw thing that existed between just us. Nobody could take it away from us, no matter how much they might have wanted to. This was ours and only ours, and we had made it together, and that meant nothing could change it.I could already feel myself getting close. It was the feel of his breath on my neck that did it for me, his essent
Accidentally All of Me Celebrating in Bed
RainaI had no idea why he was so eager for me to cancel on Reed that morning, but as soon as I had heard the tone in his voice, I’d known that it wasn’t up for debate. Harry had a damn good reason to want to see me, and I certainly wasn’t going to argue with it.As soon as he opened the door to his place, I knew what was running through his head. I grinned as he pulled me into his arms and kissed me deeply, like he was making the very most of the fact that I was here.“Thanks for coming,” he murmured, and he pushed the door shut behind me.“You going to make it worth my while?” I replied playfully.He scooped me off the ground and into his arms. I burst out laughing and hung on to him as he carried me up the stairs and toward the bedroom.He tossed me down on the bed, and it didn’t take long before our clothes went flying. I was wearing the scrubs that I would have to take into the office soon enough, so hardly my sexiest look, but he didn’t seem to care much.He stripped me off like
Accidentally All of Me More Shocking News
Harry“I was thinking more along the lines of a party than a bonus,” I replied to Yara. “Dogs allowed, of course.”“Well, when you put it like that…” She laughed. “Where were you thinking?”I scanned my brain for a moment and then landed on the perfect place.“Let me get in touch with George,” I replied. “I bet he’d love to have an excuse to do up his mansion.”“You really think he’d be willing to hand all that over for a company party?” she asked.I nodded. “You’d be surprised at how mellow he can be,” I replied. “Besides, think of all the women he’ll get to flirt with. It’ll be a dream come true for him.”“I guess so,” she agreed, shaking her head fondly at the thought. “You give him a call, and I’ll see what else I can pull in, all right? But I’m sure everyone would appreciate the chance to have some fun. Especially if our dogs are allowed to be there too.”I texted George as soon as she was gone, and he replied with an almost instant affirmation that promised me use of the house w
Accidentally All of Me A Gift
HarryI reached under the table and patted Tink where he was asleep at my feet. He might not have known it, but he was the reason that all of this weekend had been such a huge success.Without him, I would never have come across the shelter, and without that, I wouldn’t have been able to put together the awesome event that we had thrown the day before. It had been hectic as hell, but totally worth it, and I was proud to say that we had helped find homes for more than seventy animals over the course of the day.By the time it was over, Winnie was dead asleep in the back of the car with Tink, and George had to be dragged away from Nico, who he just couldn’t get enough of. But the day had been a wild success, and I knew that it wouldn’t be the only one that we had with the shelter.But for now, I was back at work, and I had to focus on catching up on everything that I had missed the last few weeks. Fuck, it had been so busy, I had hardly had time to remember that I so much as had a job.
Accidentally All of Me Happy Tears
Raina“Thank you for getting all of this set up,” I told Harry. “You have no idea how much this is going to help get people to start taking notice of the shelter.”“Well, it’s what you deserve,” he replied. “You’ve worked so hard here for so long. I wanted to do what I could to make it easier on you.”I kissed him again. “You know, you’re way sweeter than you have any right to be,” I murmured.He grinned. “Is that an insult or a compliment? I can’t tell.”“You decide,” I replied, and it was right then that I saw Rita and her son coming through the door. She had promised to put in an appearance, and she beamed as soon as she saw me.“Oh, how’s my favorite baby?” I greeted him with a coo, and I came over to hold him in my arms for just a moment.Rita handed him over to me at once, apparently glad to have a chance to put him down, if only for a moment. “Oh my goodness, I think I’m in a lot of danger being here,” she remarked as Marjorie emerged from the back room with a couple of lively
Accidentally All of Me Clear the Shelter
Raina“All right, do you have all the forms ready?” I asked Marjorie as the two of us practically sprinted around the shelter, trying to get everything ready for the adopt-a-thon that was meant to be happening today.She nodded. “I think so,” she replied, but she was clearly nervous.I put my hand on her shoulder. “Hey,” I soothed her. “Everything’s going to be fine. Everyone who’s coming today has already been vetted, you remember? So anyone who goes home with a pet, they’re going to be a good home for them.”“I know that,” Marjorie said. “I’m just... I don’t know if I’m ready to say goodbye to all these little guys after all this time.”“Don’t get all misty on me now,” I warned her. “We have to make space for other animals, remember? I want to make sure that we get as many of these guys off to new homes as we can. Think how good it’ll be to have the space so that you don’t have to worry about turning down anyone who needs a home, right?”“Right,” she agreed, and she nodded and tappe
Accidentally All of Me Sharing the Great News
Harry“I had my lawyer draw up these agreements,” she explained.Michael lifted his head from the papers that he had been going over. He nodded, looking satisfied with what he had seen.“Everything seems like it’s in order to me,” he remarked. “Harry, if you want to take a little more time to go over these and think about the decision, we can hang on to them for you—”“No, I’m ready,” I replied. I was dead certain. Nothing was going to change my mind. Nothing at all. I was happier than I’d been in such a long time. We had the house, I had Raina, and now, it looked like I was going to have my precious, perfect son on top of all of it. I couldn’t have asked for anything more. Not one little thing.“Thank you for this, Allison,” I said. “Thank you for trusting me with him.”“Thank you for letting us into your life after all this time,” she replied. “I know it’s more than I deserve. I know you’re being kinder than you should ever be with me—”“You never have to think like that,” I told he
