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I put an arm around her waist. Her body was tense. “That’s not what I meant. I want you to meet them.”
Her muscles relaxed, and her eyes went from alert to soft the next second.
“You really are my lucky charm. I used to tell my sister that she was my lucky charm, but now our lives are so are different. We always dreamed about having kids at the same time.”
“You did?”
“Yeah. Oops. I think I'm talking a bit too much.”
I brought my mouth to her ear. “Tell me more. I want to know.”
She shook her head. “Then you might run away.”
I shifted over to one side a few inches, tilting my head so I could look at her, and touched her jaw, turning her head to me. “I promise I won't.”
I liked that she was telling me her most intimate thoughts and dreams. I wanted to know all of them.
And then I wanted to create more dreams of our own.
CHAPTER 21
DECLAN
“When are they arriving?”Liz asked the next morning.
“They’ll start coming in soon.”
“Tell me again who’s gonna be here.” As she folded napkins, she looked at everything we’d laid out on the kitchen island. She’d woken up early and had been in a frenzy ever since. She had no sign of a hangover. After she drank a gallon of water, she was ready to roll.
“Everyone except Sam and Kimberly.” I moved over next to her, kissing her cheek. “Babe, it’s gonna be all right. You already know some of them. Now you'll get to know the rest and decide if we’re too crazy for you.”
She smiled brilliantly. “Of course not.”
“I’m also going to use the opportunity to talk to Reese about Malcolm. That, by the way, is all on you. You talked me into it.”
“Really?”
“One hundred percent. I told Luke and Travis at the gym. They won’t let me forget it, don't worry.”
“I can’t wait to see them again. They’re a lot of fun.”
“They’ll ask for photographic evidence of me trying to make brownies. They didn’t believe me.”
She laughed, shoving her right hip into me. I shoved her right back.
“I can dispel that as being a myth because you didn't even try.”
“Should I remind you that it was you who hijacked the entire thing?”
“Yeah, but you didn’t exactly make an effort to return to the kitchen after our shower, did you?”
I tilted closer, speaking against her cheek. “No. I had a better idea of how to fill our time.”
I watched with satisfaction as a blush spread on her cheeks.
“Of course you did.”
My family arrived half an hour later. Travis and Luke came first.
