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Sarabbed h mash of lips meant to silence the chatter, but it quickly turned into soues I never wanted to end His lips were the perfect ah, then pliant He controlled the connection effortlessly and leftso much more when he caressed my cheek and pulled away

“I should probably apologize for that, but I couldn’t resist And I had to shut you up,” he said with a wink “Since you’re curious…I’uy who happens to be Lincoln’s other dad We divorced five years ago, not long after after we got hitched We’re better friends than ere husbands I’d like to think we’re both good dads, but Jase’s got me by a mile”

I nodded absently, ghosting ers over my swollen lips as I processed this new information “I see Can I ask a few questions?”

“Sure”

“Personal questions—the kind I shouldn’t ask, but really want to know for reasons I can’t quite grasp”

Saainst the cabinetry “Go for it I’m an open book”

“Okay…number one, who’s Lincoln’s mother?”

“My ex-girlfriend”

“Your ex-girlfriend!” I gasped “You’re a soap opera coet it”

Saet excited I dated Linc’s bio o but stayed friends When Jase and I talked about having kids, she volunteered to be our surrogate She lives in Maine now She’sAs for Jase…we ot wasted, had wildWe were together for a while before we decided to have a kid Marriage came later Jace is a bit of a character, but he takes fatherhood very seriously Always has”

“Oh That’s good,” I replied lamely

“Lincoln is a very well-loved kid I’d like to think Jase and I are a good teaer than ere a couple” Sam inclined his head “And apparently we accuold ornaments neither of us wanted to keep”

“It’s all very nice, though”

“Maybe, but I look at this stuff now, and I can tell I gave up early If I’d cared about my place in our relationship, I would have told hiold balls The kind that don’t mesh ith the holidays”

Okay, that was odd “How so?”