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Yeah, he’d been around enough woht have said the right things, but her body language was saying so else What could have possibly happened in the hour that they were apart? He’d barely had tie before hurrying out to get her coffee Could it be that Gage was right? Was she beginning to get pissed off at hi the "baby" subject? To his for Gwen either way Sure, if she was pregnant, they’d need to ardless He had assumed that she knew that, but maybe that hadn’t been wise Men were just naturally less vocal than wos

He looked at his watch and knew that she should be ho her to dinner in case she refused so he’d picked up some Chinese on his way As luck would have it, when he stepped fro in her doorway As he drew closer, he heard her say, "Sorry about dinner Any other tio out, but I couldn’t pass up a chance to ht" As the other woman pulled the door shut behind her, she turned and al hiized "Didn’the didn’t hear what she’d just said to Gwen, he asked, "Where’s Maddy and Megan?" He couldn’t resist throwing in, "They aren’t visiting with their friend, Bastard, are they?"

Shannon dropped her head before giggling softly "Oh God, I have no idea where they get half the stuff they say I thought I’d lost the ability to be e "

Dominic reached out to pat her shoulder as he said, "Don’t ever try to change them They are hilarious If only they could stay that innocent all their lives"

Shannon raised a skeptical brow, saying, "I wouldn’t exactly call thee sometimes, but I know I’ll rereement, she suddenly looked over her shoulder at Gwen’s door before lowering her voice "Did youwith Gwen?"

He felt his stoave voice to the sahout the day Apparently, he wasn’t the only one who had noticed so so it off, but instead he found hi honestly, "I have no clue why, but I think I have Did shesay soh school He couldn’t believe he was pu Gwen’s friend for information He tried to console hi

Checking to make sure they were still alone, Shannon , "It’s not soto ether, she’s been all about you in her spare ti for me when I walked down the hallway and seeet out of her apartht, and she started fidgeting like the girls do when they’re guilty of so I felt really bad when I told her that I already had plans I would have canceled them since Gwen does so hed, "I’m a horrible friend, aren’t I? Shouldn’t I put her before so, "Ime a favor because, apparently, I screwed up so to avoid ht, which she tried to do earlier today, and now she won’t be able to Hey, do you think you could knock on her door? She ht not answer for me"

Shannon held up her hand, waiting expectantly for him to fist bu knuckles with the cool singleon Gwen’s door, Shannon whispered to hie of returning the coht you had plans" before she noticed hi here?"

Shannon pointed to the food bags in his hand "I saw he had his hands full, so I volunteered to knock for hiave a jaunty wave and walked off--quickly

Doht to her kitchen He set the bags on the table andout plates for the around nervously as she drew near "I hope you’re hungry I got a little bit of everything I even made them throw in some extra fortune cookies since I kno s" He moved to drop a kiss on her lips as he normally would, and he was relieved when she let hiht?

"I’ sounds of her stomach filled the room When he cocked a brow at her, she ad to watch a ht, so I’ll understand if you’d rather have yours at home"