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“Yeah We had leftover chicken noodle soup that I ht”

He nods and looks back to Aria “Are we taking Goodie tonight?”

“Nope Jules said she’ll feed and hold him for me”

He smirks “Maybe she should just feed hiests

“But Uncle Luca, he’ll get lonely,” she complains with a pout

Luca laughs, and I can’t help but giggle with hietting lonely is adorable

“It’s okay I don’thim”

His eyes twinkle and a smile plays on his lips as he sets Aria down on her feet

“Just make sure you wash your hands before you hold him He likes the salt on your hands and will take a nip out of your skin if you don’t wash them first”

“Oh, okay” I rubbitten by the small creature

“Go tell Goodie bye” He ruffles her hair before she has a chance to run off

He takes a step closer to me once she’s out of the room and a warm spicy scent drifts around me The smell see the s more of it, then feel heat creep up my cheeks when Luca’s et another whiff of him Luckily, he doesn’t call me on it

“Theo norhts she stays with o

I frown “But why?”

So flashes in his eyes before the look drops away “The thing with Theo is he loves Aria a lot He just doesn’t really kno to care for her like she should be, and he knows she’ll be fed at whoever’s house she’s staying at That’s why Mom, Dad, Ella, and I are always around to take her when he needs us to”