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Jackson retreated to the other side, securing the sheet around his waist

“I’ve decided to love AJ”

“Decided?”

Jillian rolled onto her side facing Jackson with her cheek rested on her folded hands “Yes Why not? Right? He’s ood in bed He’s strong and gruood in bed?”

Jackson stared at the ceiling “Yes, you mentioned that” He chuckled “Sex doesn’t mean love”

“I never said that God … all you guys think about is sex” She slurred each word “I’ to find that happily ever after, and she’s not going to wantwith you forever AJ will take me”

“God, you’re so drunk right now That’s it, huh? You can just decide to love hi this deep eets’ you, or evenyourself sound like a stray dog You need to get off the booze It’s beginning to rob you of your self-esteem”

“It doesn’t matter I’d rather he lovefor a baby y so in sos for hi to lose hie called and said AJ had been in an accident, I swear my heart stopped It has to be love”

Jackson rubbed his eyes “You’re thirty years old and just like that you’rethe decision that you don’t want a family?”

Jillian tried to roll her eyes, but it was hard to do behind heavy eyelids “Thatfrom my twin brother that doesn’t want children”

“I never said that”

“You said you don’t like kids”

“Misquoting once again I don’t like other people’s kids My kids will be awesome”

“Will be?”

“Yes The whole slew of the to be so hot I won’t be able to keep my dick out of her She’ll be knocked up all the time”

Jillian laughed “I can’t wait to see that My nieces and nephews … not your dick in my sister-in-law”

“If you don’t want to see et the hell out of here”

“Fine Good night” Jillian bu to maneuver her drunk self out of Jackson’s room

Morning didn’t care that Jillian had too ht Neither did the incessant knocking at the door

“Jackson!” she called

Nothing

Unaware of the tiru on the door so early She winced at the throbbing side effect of too much Heineken as she shuffled her bare feet to the front door

“Cage, hey” Thesun burned her retinas as her nipples saluted the crispbreeze