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“Morning, beautiful,” he says, looking up atto come and join us?” He nods to the empty cushion next to them on the couch

I don’t waste any ti further into the rooirl” I lean over and kiss hter on the forehead I expect her to want oes back to eating

“I think she likes me” Trevin smiles

“I’d say she more than likes you You’re her daddy I think she knows that”

“Really?” The insecurity in that one single word hashim

“Absolutely Babies are smart, and it helps that you treat her like she’s your world”

“She is” He looks over at me “You both are”

“Trev—” I start, but he stops me

“No Let ht, I wanted to wake up with you the next day and tell you I wanted to see you again I knew that the one night was never enough I didn’t knoere going tohere with the two of you… the last twenty-four hours have been more than I could have hoped for I want you in my life I want to be in her life and in yours I know it’s soon, but I feel it deep”

“Sounds like a fairy tale”

“It is, baby It’s our fairy tale I want to live it out with you” He looks down at Hazel “Regardless of what happens between us, I have soes I need to make I need to find a job and put my place on the market, find a new place here”

“What? You’re just uprooting your life?”

“You’re here She’s here My family is here”

“But your job, your life is in Lexington”

“That’s where you’re wrong My life is in the apartirls” He leans over and places a kiss on my temple My heart skips a beat as I will his words to be true

Before I can reply, there’s a knock at the door Standing, I go to answer it “Hey,” I greet Thea I’ before my best friend Hoill my relationship with her brother affect our friendship? Hoill she react to actually being Hazel’s aunt, not just an honorary title we’ve given her?

She looks at Trevin’s shirt I’, that thankfully cos ell,” she states

“We’re a work in progress,” I tell her That’s not exactly true, but this is his sister, and I don’t knohat he wants her to know and not know It’s difficult because she’s become one of my closest friends

“We’re a family,” Trevin says from behind me

I turn to look at hiainst his chest and shoulder, rubbing her back

“Coag and shield her eyes from her brother However, I didn’this daughter Our daughter