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She shook her head in regret They’d been using condootten around yet to finding a doctor in San Diego and getting a birth control prescription

When Aidan swore again, she gently touched his cheek "It’s not the right tinant…gosh, ould we do?"

Suddenly she was the one in need of reassurance, and Aidan didn’t hesitate to give it to her "We’d do whatever you wanted to do Just know that if you chose to keep it, I think the three of us would make pretty kickass parents"

She bit the inside of her cheek "I still don’t kno any of this is going to work"

"Saether, we love each other"

"And you want to have kids with me? With e?"

"If you really want that wedding you didn’t get to have with Chris, then one of us will give it to you No e license, you’ll always belong to us both, baby And we’ll belong to you"

She watched hi to each other"

Aidan looked startled "I know that"

"Do you? You know Dylan loves you, right? He loves you, but he’s too scared to tell you because he thinks you don’t feel the same way, or that you won’t say it back"

Distress flickered in his dark eyes "He really thinks that?"

She nodded

"I…" His Adam’s apple bobbed "I love him, Claire"

"I know you do" She slid closer and placed her hand directly over his heart, which was beating even faster than before "But I’ it to"

Dylan had never felt more relieved in his life than when Claire and Aidan finally returned to San Diego four days later Four fking days Sure, he’d spoken to both of them on the phone several times, had listened in wide-eyed horror as Claire told him about the secret Aidan’s dad had kept from his son all these years, but he hadn’t felt an ounce of comfort until now Until he saw the two people he loved h that door

He soaked in the sight of the brown eyes Aidan, with those intense dark eyes and powerful body