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“We sort of knew yesterday—we just didn’t put two and two together,” Margaret said after composing herself.“Didn’t put it together? How so?” The doctor’s curiosity was piqued.“Here, let me explain,” Neil cut in, and he recounted how Joseph had taken Margaret’s pulse the day before.The more the doctor listened, the more incredulous she became.“There are prodigies like that in this world? One glance to confirm a pregnancy? A single pulse reading to determine twins? I practice traditional medicine as well. To truly master and distinguish the subtleties of the pulse takes at least twenty or thirty years. And you say this young man is twenty-five?”She spoke with open admiration.“But he really is twenty-five—and he really did read it. We were just as stunned,” Neil said with an awkward laugh.“At twenty-five, with that kind of skill, he can’t be some unknown,” the doctor mused. “What’s your brother-in-law’s name? Where does he work?”“Joseph. He’s a lecturer at Nova University—colleag
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“I told you yesterday, didn’t I? A double blessing—so it’s two!”Joseph explained with a laugh.“You mean… twins?”“When you said ‘double blessing’ yesterday, were you talking about my sister-in-law being pregnant with twins?”Mason Alvarez sounded surprised.“Exactly. You just didn’t catch my meaning. I was going to explain, but you never gave me the chance.”Joseph added.“So that’s how it is.”“You’re something else, you rascal. Just one pulse reading and you figured out she’s carrying twins?”Mason couldn’t help but marvel.“What’s so difficult about that? If you actually study the craft, anyone can make the diagnosis.”Joseph replied with modest calm.“Please. Don’t be so fake. Why don’t you take my pulse and see if I’m pregnant?”Mason teased suddenly.Hearing that, Joseph reached out and gently took Mason’s wrist, checking her pulse.“Professor Wilson, are you serious? I was only joking. How could I be pregnant? We’ve been… very careful.”Seeing how earnest Joseph looked, Mason
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“What else would I do? Hold you while we sleep, of course.”“I’m only going to hold you. I promise I won’t do a thing.”She sounded so sincere that Joseph almost believed her.“You can hold me and not do a thing?”“You hear yourself, and you believe that?” he said, exasperated.“So what then—you’re not going to let me hold you?”“If you insist, I can’t stop you,” he sighed.“Then I’ll insist. I think you like it when someone takes charge—when someone won’t take no for an answer.”She laughed, bright and shameless, and wrapped herself around him.Her soft, warm body molded against his, and Joseph could feel every perfect line. With a touch like that, how could he possibly sleep?They had promised to behave, but all that lingering and teasing tipped into the inevitable—and entirely predictable.Only when exhaustion finally claimed her did Mason settle into a quiet sleep.Joseph glanced at the woman beside him, still aglow from her own fire, and felt a complicated tenderness.He understo
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Joseph was quick in the shower—ten minutes, give or take.When he stepped out and towel-dried his hair, Mason Alvarez beckoned impatiently.“You. Over here,” she ordered, patting the empty space beside her while the quilt cloaked her pale, delicate curves.He had no choice but to climb into bed.“Ms. Alvarez, what are you plotting now?”Her smile put him on alert. He might be formidable, but this woman was no soft touch—always crying that she couldn’t take it, yet always luring and resisting by turns.A more fragile woman would have needed a day or two to recover after such storms. But Ms. Alvarez, it seemed, needed little rest at all.“What, you’re wary of me?”“I’m not going to devour you. I’m only going to treat you well—and make it sweet.”The moment he settled, she pressed herself against him, all warmth and fragrance.He was getting used to it—used to her fearless affection, to that singular scent on her skin that he couldn’t quit.There was something enchantingly dangerous abou
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Though Madeline Castillo knew Joseph could hold his liquor, worry still pricked at her. What if something happened?“Auntie, no need. I’ve got him. I’m not drunk,” Joseph said, hoisting Stanley Alvarez onto his back and heading for the house.“You—!” Madeline hurried after him.“Mom, don’t stress. This man’s as strong as an ox, and his tolerance is unreal,” Mason said, unable to resist a jab. “He drank plenty just now—do you see even a hint of a wobble?”“You think everyone’s like Dad—weak on the field and strong at the bar?”“Hic… Did I… hear someone talking trash about me?” came Stanley’s bleary mumble from Joseph’s back. He burped, muttered, and seemed to pass out again.Mason blinked and clapped a hand over her mouth. Her father really was one of a kind—dead drunk, and still catching slander by radar.“Useless old goat,” Madeline grumbled. “Out cold and still babbling nonsense.”With Stanley slumped across his shoulders, Joseph kept a brisk pace.Madeline couldn’t help noticing—he
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“When did you get so polite?”Joseph shot Mason Alvarez a teasing side-eye.“In that case, I won’t be.”She leaned in and claimed his mouth with a fierce kiss.As she pressed close, her fragrance wrapped around him—something heady and feral beneath the sweetness. The brash woman before him suddenly felt wild, and that domineering wildness sparked a primal desire to conquer.He gave in and kissed her back, catching her soft lips with his, tasting the warm, slick sweetness that left him reluctant to come up for air.Sensing his response, Mason only grew bolder. She swung a leg over and settled astride him, greedily drawing heat from his body.“Ms. Alvarez, we’re in the open,” Joseph murmured, feeling her slip past reason.After these last two days together, he’d realized how perfectly matched they were in certain ways. A little affection between them and self-control evaporated—like lightning striking dry tinder.“So what if we are?”Her cheeks flushed as her gaze traced the sharp plane
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