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Brandon pulled hihtly He kissedot to his feet unsteadily and by soreement, headed for the bathrooto break the spell of the h, content to let thethe tub fill before Brandon carefully lowered me into the water

"You okay?" he murmured in my ear before he pulled away

I nodded and relaxed into the hot water, letting it soothe the aches beginning to set in

Chapter 8

The next week flew by in a flurry of wedding plans and steaeous men who decided to claih, unless you count ht could be sore Even then, I really didn’t want to coot sore in the first place…

It was Sundayand Emma’s mom had called to say that Sunday brunch was on as usual since they were back ho and took hiot back I swear they treat hirandchildren I think it’s because they ain, we all s Emma and I used to dress theer and they’d do nothing but lay there and let us Ah…good tiot up and headed over to Jan and Ben’s house, ready to brave the craziness that always happens there We pulled up just in ti like he was seriously running for his life, even though he was laughing his ass off I shookinto the house to find out what the hell was going on

Ibehindat Jan as standing there wielding a cracked wooden spoon and a satisfied expression

I s, "What’d he do now?"

She grinned at"He cracked my wooden spoon"

I knew better than to ask anything more And more than likely, she cracked her wooden spoon on his head Or ass Or whatever part of hiot those ninja mom moves

Shein his chair, watching the news I could see Noah out back with the kids, standing on the deck and trying to catch frogs in the so Luke was on the opposite side of the pond, holding on to Doug’s collar for all he orth in order to keep his away, or out of the water at least

Brandon and Jackson went out the back door toward Luke and I headed into the kitchen where Jenna, Leah, and E

"So how did Calland break your mohing and Jenna said, "Being a smart ass to her She whipped that puppy out and clocked hihed with thes ready to serve We talked a little about wedding plans as we got everything ready and called everybody in to eat Halfway through breakfast, ere all laughing at the story Ben was relaying about poor Doug’s trip the ‘spa’