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Even though they were standing in front of his entire family, it was pure instinct to slide her ar here?"

"We’re all here"

"Butit’s just your fa to blow it out with her friends later tonight in the city while Olivia drives her crazy by chaperoning Today is for the family"

"But if it’s just your family--"

Sean’s mouth on hers stopped the rest of her protest "I wanted you to be here today We all do"

Just then, a ss and she looked down to see the cutest little black and white dog looking up at her with big brown eyes "Oh osh, who are you?"

"Don’t worry, buddy," Sean said as he scooped up the dog and handed it to her, "I was just about to introduce you This is Bailey And so to fall in love with you, too"

The way the cute dog started licking her ht She couldn’t stop laughing, even as she tried to dodge his tongue

"Hey," Sean said in a gentle tone to the dog, "coirl to love you back" He gave the furball a quick cuddle then put hirass, where he scurried after a piece of food that had just fallen off the table

"Sorry about that He can be a little too friendly sohter as she watched Bailey stare greedily at the plates of food on the table "No dog can ever be too friendly"

Sean took her hand and brought her over to the table set up in the nolia tree "Come sit doith lowing fro with Sean, and she hoped Olivia was the only one who disapproved of her It had never been so important for people to like her

"So, Serena," Mike asked, "what year are you at Stanford?"

"It’s my freshman year"

"Got your s out?"

Clearly, Sean’s father didn’t have e, and she was extrelish"

His eyes shuttered "My as an English rade"

Oh God, how did she keep hurting Sean’s father with every word that cas worse, she felt Sean stiffen beside her, too Each of his siblings also shifted slightly in their seats

"Is teaching what you want to do, too?" Maddie asked

Trying to answer as noriven the fact that she wanted to cry for every one of the’s possible, just as long as it involves books and libraries"