All Chapters of Accidentally All of Me: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

RainaNormally, I would never in a million years have agreed to a midweek date because I would always want to be on my game for work, but the thought of seeing him again was just far too tempting to pass up. Not to mention the fact that I wanted to thank him for his donation.What he had done for us had changed the path of the shelter forever. I knew it might not seem like a huge amount of money to him, but to me, it was. He had no idea how many animals he had helped or even saved, handing over that amount of cash.“I would love that,” I said. “Dinner? Maybe somewhere a little less formal this time.”“Yeah, well, I won’t be trying to impress you this time around,” he joked. “I’ve already got the dog. I’ve got what I wanted out of all of this.”I gasped in fake outrage. “I knew it, another man who was just after me for my dog-related connections.”“You get a lot of guys hitting you up for the canine help?” he asked.I laughed. “That suggests that I get a lot of guys hitting me up, full

HarryI sat down with Winnie in the waiting room, and she wrapped her arms around herself and gazed off at the room that Raina had retreated into with Tink. I pulled out my phone, figuring out what I was going to do for the rest of the day. This had thrown everything off, and I would have to work double-time to put the pieces back together and make sure that everything didn’t fall apart.I called Yara. She had always been my go-to at times like this. It took her a few rings to answer, but when she did, she sounded bright and perky. She always got up stupidly early to run in the mornings, though I had never understood how she had the energy to do it.“Hey, buddy, what’s up?” she greeted me brightly. “You’re not usually up this early in the morning.”I quickly explained to her what had gotten me out of bed at such an ungodly time, and she gasped when she heard that I was at the clinic with Tink.“Is he going to be all right?” she asked. “If there’s anything I can do...”“I don’t think t

RainaI lifted the phone to my ear. “Hello?”“Hello, it’s Winnie,” the young girl’s voice came over the phone.I smiled as soon as I heard it. “Hello, Winnie,” I greeted her. “Is everything okay?”“Do you like spaghetti and meatballs?” she asked.I was a little surprised. “Uh, yes, I suppose I do. Why do you ask?”“Because we want to cook you dinner to say thank you for everything you did for Tink today,” she explained.I couldn’t help but smile. This girl was just too damn sweet for her own good. She really was. “You don’t have to do that—”“But I want to,” she told me firmly. She had Harry’s way about her. It must have run in the family.“In that case, I would love to,” I said, and I couldn’t keep the smile off my face. Dinner. With the two of them. I couldn’t remember the last time someone else had cooked an actual home dinner for me, invited me over to their place and made a meal.I drove over there and carefully lifted Tink from his crate. Now that it was actually a little later

HarryOnce I managed to get rid of George, I focused back on my work. Tink was a little fussy that day, asking to go out more than he normally did, but much to my relief, Yara was there to cover for me anytime I needed her. She seemed happy to dote on him any way she could. She was crazy about him—not to mention the few other staff members who came in bearing treats after they’d found out what had happened to him.Was this all it had taken to get the staff to like me after all this time? Just have a dog and let him eat a sock?In truth, any other day, I might have been a little annoyed at the way they were acting when they should have been focused on their work. But my mind was all about the night before and how it had been to have Raina over for dinner.It wasn’t what I had expected for our second date, but I would more than take it. It had been awesome to spend that time with her, eating spaghetti and laughing over Tink’s silly little accident. She had turned down the wine that I ha

Raina“No, actually, Michael’s going to stay at home and take care of Tom while I’m at work,” she replied. “It took a lot of negotiating, but I actually think it’s the best choice for us. I know how much he loves the hands-on stuff about being a father, and he’s never been totally committed to his job anyway.”“That sounds perfect,” I said, delighted for her. “And you’ll start back here?”“Part-time at first,” she explained. “I don’t want to jump in too quickly in case I find that it’s too much for me to be leaving my little guy behind all day, you know?”“Honestly, having you around at all is going to make such a huge difference,” I said. “You know how much Hannah and I have been struggling to keep on top of the day-to-day without you around?”“Oh, don’t say that,” she said, waving her hand. “You’ll make me feel bad. You know I’ll do whatever I can to make it easier around here.”“It’s going to be so good to work with you again,” I told her. I knew that I kept repeating myself, but I