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"It’s been a busy holiday season," she said, even though they both knew the crux of her problems centered on her sister "People needed lots of last-h" She let out a sh, one without ency sessions ain, she knew they were both talking about Whitney, even if they weren’t saying her na that can’t be cured with one of roaned, reover she’d had the last time she let him make her one of his extremely potent concoctions But maybe the alcohol would help Maybe it would ain…but to finally tell him as deep inside her heart

Chapter Six

Evan’s hopes and dreaht have bitten the dust--but that didn’t mean he believed the same was in store for Will He’d seen the pure love in Harper’s eyes No one could fake that He’d never doubted Harper, never doubted Will

It was his own judgroup of ishers around Will and Harper was still too large to wade into, so Evan watched fro rooe Probably his "fa better, Evan couldn’t stop his gaze froe wore Her natural beauty--especially when she laughed at soh to steal Evan’s breath right out of his chest

He’d forced hiht, but he hadn’t been able to stop their intense and heated kiss fro him into his dreams In the dark of his ain, steeped himself in her scent and the seductive feel of her curves pressed against hi Evan out of his forbidden longings "Nifty wedding, wasn’t it?"

Evan so of Evan’s shoulder as he turned serious "I’h on you right now, but she was real hurt when you didn’t come home for Christ She didn’t deserve that And neither did you"

"Takes aWe all love you, and we’re rooting for you Things are gonna work out in the long run Don’t let that bi--" Bob stopped himself before the word ca on the wedding day Just reot your back"

All the Mavericks did Just as he had theirs

But ould they say if they’d seen his kiss with Paige last night out on the deck? Where would all their sy from his wife to her sister in barely the blink of an eye?

Surely, if anyone had caught so much as a whiff of the passionate kiss, they’d be all over him now And he’d deserve every last ounce of their censure

On the far side of the rooe and Daniel Noah held his are, and as she hauled hih

"He’s a cutie, isn’t he?" Bob observed "That kid’s the apple of his dad’s eye And he loves Ari to absolute pieces"

But Evan wasn’t looking at Ari He couldn’t take his eyes off Paige She was so good with Noah, with kids in general She’d chosen faether He had no doubt that she would make a wonderfulis thinning out," Bob said, herding Evan to the arbor beneath which Harper and Will stood

They looked so good together He truly couldn’t be happier for theed her hard "There was never a prettier bride"

He shook hands with Will, then pulled hiood And Jeremy certainly approves"

Harper smiled with a fond look across the roo Noah, his arle "Jeremy had Will picked out even before I did"

"I’ve always said your brother’s got darapher signaled then, indicating it was tied them all in front of the fireplace, with Will and Harper central in the arbor, Jere out from there Charlie and Sebastian stood hand in hand by Francine’s walker Matt and Ari surrounded Noah Daniel and Lyssa stood next to their parents

Evan tried not to feel like the oddback there?" Will called to her from across the rooave her a look like she was nuts "That’s ant you here"

Susan added, "Don’t be silly, dear You’ll always be family"

They all joined in The only one who couldn’t find his voice was Evan