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"Speaking of special," she said, "I’d love to hear about your siblings Even with just three kids in our farew up in"

"Loud and crazy is dead on," he agreed, lighting up the way he did every ti to be the nore the pangs of longing in her chest at those unbidden thoughts, along with the shot of jealousy that hit her over the lucky wos with hi ridiculous to feel those things for a man she’d only known three days didn’t make her feel any differently

"Lori said she’s a twin Are she and her sister really sih that she said, "I’, he said, "Their nicknahty?"

"And Nice, aka Sophie, is a quiet, mild-mannered librarian"

"Do they get along?"

"Sure," he agreed, "except for when they don’t"

She h of what she’d read about Sirls in your faly when Lori and Sophie started dating"

"They’ve started dating?"

He looked so serious that she al, she said, "How h that they should still be celibate"

Still laughing, she said, "Tell me about your brothers"

A few ether the fact that there was a firefighter, a pro baseball player, a rapher, and a ith cars all in one farowing up"

"Still do"

"It must have been so hard for you to have so much responsibility thrust on you, just a kid who had no choice but to step into his father’s shoes to take care of his brothers and sisters"

She caught his expression too late to take her words back He’d looked so open when he’d been talking to her about his family His eyes weren’t completely shuttered yet, but he couldn’t hide the pain her words had brought to the surface

"I’ his hand with hers "That was thoughtless of "