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A huge smile covered his face. “Then that will work out since I want to keep you.”

Letting go of his shirt, I threw my arms around his neck and held on tight as he picked me up, wrapping my legs around his waist. Kissing his cheek over and over, I mumbled, “I love you, too, Daddy. I love you, too.”

He caught my lips in a deep, passionate kiss. When we finally came up for air, he said, “I think we owe Donald and Max dinner.”

“And did you?”Chip asked.

Shaking off the most epic memory of my life, I asked, “Did we what?”

“Take Donald and Max to dinner?” Indie asked.

Kenny laughed. We’d grown up in the same town but had only reconnected right around the time all hell broke loose for poor Max. “Yeah, tell them about Donald and Max.”

I wrinkled my nose. “We decided to wait until we’d redone the penthouse before inviting them over. Before we could, Max found out that Donald wanted him to be part of his, uh?—”

“Harem,” Kenny burst out. “That guy legitimately had a harem of boys.”

“What a douche,” Luca said with disgust. He knew all about a Daddy behaving badly.

“Pretty much,” I agreed.

“Is he okay? Max, I mean. I don’t care about Donald.”

Kenny and I exchanged a smile. “He is, as a matter of fact. Kenny did his hair for him a few years ago for his wedding.”

“Aww.” Chip sighed. “I love a good romance.”

Luca tipped his chin up at me. “And, Will, you’ve got one.”

I did. I really, really did.

Chapter Five

WILL

“How was your meeting with Roland, Daddy?”

John reached over and clasped his hand around my knee. “Good. Really good. Don’t get too excited because I’m not saying I’m leaving my company, but I made him an official offer today.”

“Like an offer to be his angel donor?” I asked, excited without the details. Wasn’t that his way, though? John taking some of our wealth and using it to help fund new businesses was something he’d been tossing around for awhile. It would fulfill him in a way that his cut-throat job in corporate America never would.

“Yes. And I’m happy to say, he’s taken me up on it. We’re going to start meeting weekly to formalize his business plan and decide who else he might need to hire.”

“I’m confused. I thought this was supposed to be a one-man show. He’s going to have employees?”

John smiled. “He is now. It wasn’t his original plan, but I’ve been doing some research on other things people might need a handyman for.”

“Like?”

“Roland plans to focus on household projects and repairs, but there are demands for technology and landscaping, as well.”

Confused, I tilted my head. “But aren’t there companies for that?”

“There are, yes. But Roland wants this company to have an old-time, neighbors helping neighbors feel, and I like the direction he’s going. How much more comfortable would someone like Indie’s grandma feel hiring smaller, more local? A place to come in and help her with her smaller computer needs, like something as easy as her learning to hit a button or buy a certain power strip? She’d never call a place that’s going to charge outrageous money, only to make her feel dumb for not knowing what to do.”

“Oh, I like it. Does Kenny know?”

“I’m sure Roland’s telling him right now,” he said, laughing. “Considering that means telling Indie, as well, I’m sure they’re having a lively conversation.”

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