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If he’d lost her, he had no one to blame except hiive his ignorance

It was Christmas A day of miracles A day meant to be with the ones you loved Somehow, he’d show Abby he could be the man she and their child needed

A ain

A man he desperately wanted to be Abby’s man

If he had to go to drastic measures to make that happen, then so be it

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

IF EVER Abby would forgive hi Otherwise he was going to look like the bigge

st idiot who’d ever walked the face of the earth

Which didn’t bother hiiveness, of winning her love and trust

It had taken hiements for what he wanted to do

But, finally, here he stood Most likely she’d already gone to bed, would sleep for several hours

Maybe it rong of him, but Dirk helped himself to the hide-a-key she’d told him where to find on the day he’d knocked and knocked without her answering

Her house was quiet Just as he’d expected it to be

Not even Mistletoe was anywhere to be seen

Quietly, closing the front door behind hi in his heart