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“Forget what?” He flashed her a grin and brought his wine glass to his mouth

“Thank you But that’s enough about me and my dysfunctional ex What about you?”

His laughter died Oh, no She’d done it again Open mouth, insert foot “Sorry”

“No need to be Mariana’s mom died when she was five I was overseas at the time”

With just a feords, she was reminded of why her interest in Alex and his hazel eyes had to be strictly Mariana-related

“My parents moved to town and helped out a lot after that When I had trips It takes a village and all That was, until I got transferred to Ft Dunwoody They didn’t want to leave Georgia But the ht one for me and Mariana”

Carets getting to know Alex and Mariana for Lizzie’s sake, but that had to be it Yet Alex wasn’t looking at her like just a parent

Boo into her legs and shoving her Right into Alex’s ary to auto-send init to you all the time”

“There’s nothing to be worried about” Alex’s gaze said it all He was definitely looking at her tonight as more than a fellow parent

How had she gotten herself into this situation? Oh yeah She hadn’t Lizzie had Calass Shoot, eraceful snort, she wasn’t about to risk rowing attraction Thankfully, she was saved froirls threw open the back door “Moht?”

Lizzie knew better than to ask for a sleepover in front of the other girl Cas to discuss with her daughter later “Lizzie, it’s a school night That’s not a good idea We’ll set so up for the two of you very soon”

Lizzie’s face fell “Do you promise?”

“I promise”

Alex turned “On that note, we should probably be going Mariana, how about you grab a couple of dishes and we’ll help clean up before we go?”

Josh had never helped with dishes He was always on the run, grabbing a bite between activities rather than sitting down for a fah the entire irls in conversation, and he was now offering to help with the dishes What in the heck was she doing telling herself not to like this guy? She should be grabbing hold of him with both hands If only he wasn’t in theperiods of time