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"If you eat all your dinner, then yes," he tells her as I head to the kitchen, where I find Lilly wrapping up popcorn balls with saran wrap

"Thank you for keeping Hope," I tell her, walking over to the sink and washing the sticky h you should know she has been talking nonstop about getting a sister"

Shaking my head, I pull a paper towel off the roll then take a seat next to her and start helping her wrap the re popcorn balls

"Ever since I told her Jax and I were dating, she has been asking me that everyday"

"We wouldn’t be upset about that I et to know each other, but when you do have more babies, you can always depend on us to babysit"

"Thanks," I tell her, feeling aard Jax and I are still so new Even if I feel like I have known him forever, the truth is we still have so much to learn about each other, and I want to wait foron Lilly, I shake my head then murmur, "Sorry, no"

S room, and I turnto his dad, with Hope still in his ar on his chest "Normally, on Jax’s birthday, we have dinner as a fa you had planned"

"When is his birthday?" I ask her, feeling horrified I had no idea his birthday was even co another ball

"I have to work"

"Don’t worry about it We can make reservations for dinner on Saturday if you want"

"What about a surprise party on Monday or Tuesday?" I ask her, and her face lights up

"He hates surprises," she grins then mutters, "Let’s do it," as Cash steps into the kitchen