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Eventually, that question would have to be answered But she was content, for now

She shuttled between Austin and Dallas enough times over the next week that she could pick out roadside elements as mile markers That weed formation meant it was an hour and thirty-six ain The pile of rocks by the exit sign ht up at the sight of her in seventeen minutes

In between, she ran her company and hired a private detective to look into the leak If she hadn’t been so distracted, she would have done so earlier Theher e was involved, she’d find out before things went too far She hoped

On Friday, one week after she’d snuck out early to get busy with Gage in his Hummer—totally by accident, in her defense—she spent an hour at the end of the day frantically whittling down her e the weekend in Austin with Gage

Her phone rang Speak of the devil

“Hey, sexy,” she purred

“It’s done,” he said “The last of Briana’s estate is settled and Robbie is officially mine”

She sed Hard “That’s great news!”

Just in time for the weekend They’d expected it to take a few s through once she sa serious Gage was about being a father She could have rateful she’d chosen to take the high road for Robbie’s sake

Except noas real Gage was a single father

Now that the estate was settled, Robbie would coe part of her nephew’s life, and she and Gage had already discussed potential arrangee’s parents had put their house in Houston on the market and planned to olden years with their new grandson