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She laughs as she waves at Bill "Be good, Bill"

"Fuck off"

~Joy~

"I have chicken parm in the slow cooker," I inforna, but I made plenty"

"You always make too much," he says with a smile as he closes the door behind us Before we can walk any farther, both Carl and Nancy coreet us

"You’ve added to your brood," Jace says, squatting to pet Nancy, a sixty-pound, eight- an eye"

"Shh," I admonish him as I lift my sweet kitty, Carl, intoup at irl?" he asks the dog

"Nancy," I reply for her, set Carl on the couch, and watch as he happily ju one of his front legs

"Why do you always give thenity of a nah the house to the kitchen The house srowl "I mean, ants to be called cupcake?"

"Not you, apparently"

"Yeah, don’t ever call rey eyes are full of huuish I sahen he first arrived at ht"

"Why, whatever do you rips my hair in his fist, pulls my head back, and smacks a loud kiss ondo you have in the kitchen?"

"Twenty minutes, tops I just have to boil the pasta and add cheese to the chicken"

"Great, that givesroo them into the box in the corner, but Nancy joins hi a fun new ga to clean up your le

"She’s pretty much a toddler," I inform him and turn to pull pasta out of the pantry "And you don’t have to clean my house"

"I always do this," he reminds me "Why do you always have pants on your couch?"

I turn to watch hiather a pair of jeans off the ar"

"Well, now you have to tell , I don’t want to wear my pants anyet to take them upstairs with me later"

He watches me with an expression that’s new for him over the past couple of , he just chuckles and walks to the stairs leading to the second floor I can hear hi machine starts

Score I don’t have to do laundry later

Since college, whenever Jace comes to my place to eat, he tidies up while I cook He’s a neat freak I’m not

Let me clarify My house is not dirty I’m a doctor, and cleanliness is important Not to mentionew But I can beup after usted by my clutter Which could be the case

"You don’t have to do my laundry," I say as he comes into the kitchen a few minutes later

"It only takes athe few dishes inht" I bu hiive the pot a stir "You’re better at laundry than me anyway"

"You’ll always be a better cook," he says with a shrug and sets a clean ths"

"True that Okay, this is about ready Do youaround my kitchen with hile ti, in the best ways When I firstinto his rown into it

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