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website has a spot where you can contact me by email.”
    It might be fun to fix her plastic surgeon up with Heather,
she thought. “Are you dating anyone now?”
     
     

Chapter Four
     
    Her cell phone rang, saving him from giving her an immediate
answer. Why did she ask if he was dating anyone? Why did Mallory Harrington
have to ask such a personal question? She’d been so adorable with her questions
and comments about the surgery. He shouldn’t care about this new patient’s
life, but she’d definitely touched a nerve inside him.
    Her nosiness couldn’t be because she wanted to date him.
Unless she wanted to make her ex jealous by going out with him. He rather
doubted that. She didn’t seem the type of woman who was into playing games. In
fact, he wished they had met under different circumstances. Mallory Harrington
was one attractive and intriguing woman. He hadn’t been interested in any
female since his fiancée broke their engagement.
    Mallory dropped her phone into her purse and frowned.
Obviously, she hadn’t liked what the caller had said. 
    “That was my mother. Toby, my ex, picked Josh up early for
the weekend. I can’t believe for once he was early. I wanted to talk to him.”
She shrugged. “I guess it’ll have to wait.”
    He might as well ask her a personal question now. “Did you
want to talk to him about the surgery? I can get the pictures emailed to you
this weekend so you can show him.”
    “No, I don’t want to tell him. I want to see if he notices.”
She grinned. “If he doesn’t I might ask for a refund.”
    “I’ve never given refunds because I only have satisfied
patients.” He sat back and stared at her for a moment. “I’ve done revision
rhinoplasty but not on my patients. Other surgeons’ patients from all over have
asked me to perform secondary nose surgery when they’re unhappy with their
original surgery.”
    “I bet they wish they went to you in the first place.”
    “Many times the main request by these patients is to make
their nose look natural again.” She had good questions and didn’t seem to be in
a hurry to get home. Would it hurt to ask her if she’d like to get a cup of
coffee with him? It wouldn’t be considered a date, but just a business
conversation in case she needed more information before scheduling her surgery.
He felt it was important, especially since he thought she was charming, and he
didn’t want to give her any false hope that the surgery would make a drastic
change in her life. She’d still be the same person inside. 
    She raised her eyebrows. “My mom called before you got to
answer my dating question.  I know that was rude on my part to even ask such a
personal question, but I had a purpose in mind. My friend, Elizabeth, is having
a dinner party. The main reason for this is to get me interested in someone I
knew before I married Toby. I thought you might like to come and meet Heather.
She’s a surgical nurse at Blanchard Valley Hospital. I think you two might have
a lot in common.” 
    It wasn’t the greatest idea to mingle with a patient and her
friends socially, but his social life had been nonexistent lately. And it
wasn’t like he was taking Mallory out on a date. “Are you sure it’ll be okay
with your friends?”
    “Yes, I’m positive. You’ll be doing me a big favor. I don’t
mind seeing Jeremy again but just as a friend. He’s the guy Elizabeth and
Heather are hoping I’ll want to date. I figure you’ll be a buffer, so all the
attention won’t be on hooking me up with someone I’m not going to be interested
in. I don’t plan on getting married again, so I don’t want to bother with
dating.” She couldn’t bear a second divorce if things didn’t work out again.
    “Your friends must think highly of this guy.” 
    She shrugged. “Jeremy’s a great guy and he’s a minister. My
friends seem anxious to pair me off with the perfect guy. They feel sorry for
me because I put my ex through law school and