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Really, ould have thought a large paranoid man could be cute? She certainly hadn’t, but she just couldn’t help but find the dirty looks he was sending his cousin anything but cute, especially the way he scohen Jason discretely flipped him off

"Why exactly are they the ene his attention away frorabbed another fistful of spaghetti frooing to get banned today and if we’re not careful he’ll take us all doith hiet soh she took the plate fro tables as she looked around to see how many Bradfords were there After Jason, she spotted Jared and his wife sitting at the far end, but they didn’t seee her in any way She found several of the Bradfords that either worked for Jared or stopped by the office froly handsome men that could have passed for Bradfords

As she walked along the buffet tables, trying to figure out ouldn’t upset her sensitive stoet banned That of course led her back to her earlier thoughts

How exactly did soet on a restaurant’s banned list? Or et on the list? The possibilities siled the ruff voice de French cut green beans onto her dish and kept looking up until she saw a rather stern, yet incredibly handso down at her and looking way too serious for a h lines around his uess, I mean we’re friends," she said nervously

Thea look of what could only be described as a warning across the roo plates and several glasses of water Trevor either didn’t realize he was the object of a glare or si into his food

"You tell hi as Jared’s boys don’t screw the rest of the faive the his eyes away fro that caught her attention, but she found herself asking, "Jared’s boys?" As far as she knew Jared only had one son

The h we all have a soft spot for the boy, Jared’s the one who kept the boy in line and was able to be there from the start because he lived closer He also took over when my beautiful baby sister passed away," he explained, his scowl softening as he continued to look at Trevor

He looked away from Trevor to send her a faint smile "That doesn’t mean we didn’t care I lost count how many times I asked Sarah to allow Trevor to come live with us, but she was damn deternored her wishes andthey needed and that included keeping Trevor in line"

"Jared’s a very goodWhen the hell did she becoht when she atching television one of the old Downy commercials ca her eyes out Thank god Trevor hadn’t been there, but poor Toby didn’t fare as well She’d hugged the dog, crying into his fur until he ed to break free and run to safety in Trevor’s apartment

The man looked at her with a littleyou this Thursday?"

"For Thanksgiving?" she asked, wondering why thea family dinner When he nodded she said, "No, I have plans" The same plans she had every year since she was fifteen It was a tradition mostly because she’d never had another choice, but one she actually enjoyed ihed heavily as he absently reached out and took her plate fro it with food alht, sweetheart, you e and have yourself a nice Thanksgiving," he said, placing two large dinner rolls on the plate He leaned down and pressed a kiss to her forehead and even e plate filled to the rim with food back in her hands

"Thank you," sheher eyes tear up at the gesture A Bradford giving up food? It was unheard of and very sweet, she thought as she made her way over to Trevor Thankfully by the ti into the booth across from Trevor her eyes had dried up and her traitorous sto after the weekend she’d had