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Nate has passed the test with three brothers and my father

Maybe Caleb won’t show up

Luke’s parents arrive along with Luke’s older sister, Sa trip up north, so he won’t be joining us I make more introductions as Natalie joins the boys around the food to chat and snack

Nate keeps a firrip on Sophie, who has now laid her sweet little blonde head on his shoulder, as he shakes everyone’s hands

"It’s so nice to meet you, Nate," Luke’s reat to rees and smiles at me with the look that says I-so-want-details-later

"It’s a pleasure to meet you all Julianne," Nate says and kisses Sophie’s cheek before handing her back to Stacy "Should weout there"

"Good idea" Now he’s hosting this party with me

Oh my God, we’re a couple

"Let’s load up souys It’s heated, and there’s a lot of seating" Soed to have my sound system wired out into the tent as well, so therapped boxes and bags and bows and Natalie catches my eye with a frown I just s this baby, day voice, "would you please hand me a napkin?" He winks and I want to deck him Nate snickers next to

"Julianne," Matt’s face is perfectly serious "Hoork going?"

"Fine," I spit out between clenched teeth and h

"So, Ju-li-anne," Isaac stretchesa smack from Stacy I want to kill them all They know I hate it when people call me Julianne

Except Nate

"What?" I snap Nate links his fingers through

"Don’t sweat this," he murmurs

"Boys, leave your sister alone," Mo," Will What are we, five?

Across the table fro in Natalie’s ear, and she’s s in public But so in love I need to stop worrying about Nate and my family This party is for them

"Presents!" I jump up and down in my seat and clap my hands

"Jules," Nat frowns and ss hard "Can I just say thank you all so much and open them at home?"

"No," I pout "This is the fun part"

"That’s not a bad idea," Luke jumps in "There’s a lot here It’ll take all afternoon"

"I don’t reements around the room

"Well, hell" I mutter "Okay, but will you just open mine? ‘Cause I want to see your face when you see it

"Okay," Natalie sain My present isn’t on the table with the others, it was too big