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“Tomorroe’re over there, we’ll see if we can do a walkthrough so you can get a feel for e need to do And you should know, it’s not technically mine yet We’re scheduled to close on Christmas Eve”

She stays quiet for awith e I woke up here and hadthis was surreal? You told me that if I hadn’t run out on you, it wouldn’t beup in your house?”

I nod, the hair on the back of

“I rong This, right here, is surreal My heart is about to burst open and I’m not sure what to do with it”

“Lay your ass back down and get used to it This is your life now”

“The bossy boyfriend has returned”

The ter in its wake “Princess, that boyfriend shit needs to end”

She s up “I prefer live-in lover”

A rurowls low fro with quiet laughter

Soon enough, I’ll change that fucking title

Chapter 26

Ashlyn

I’ into Jill and Warren’s kitchen to find an enor all this?”

“Soht at Annie’s We joined forces and knock it out together today Tomorroill be easier”

A sting of guilt hits me “I should have been around to help”

“No use, they enches These two don’t like to have us in thea freshly bathed Dev, and I immediately reach for him

“Well then, I’ll pitch in for brunch at your house tomorrow My family won’t be here until mid-afternoon”

“Sounds like a plan”

“Hey, sweet boy” I nuzzle into Dev’s neck, inhaling his baby scent “You look adorably dapper in your first Christmas attire”

He’s so close to sleep, all I get is a sleepy blink Myhis face His little fist hits my jaw as he settles to my chest

When I raiseat limmer in their eyes

“Nope,” I whisper-hiss, “don’t get any ideas”

“You’re a natural,” Jill praises dreamily

“Devin Kendrick was the first baby I held in a decade That hardly makes me mother material”