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Before we could get to any sexy stuff, I owed theies I kissed them each and told them all about the drea doith Cade, the hunting lodge with Rogan, cruising around Dallas with Lowe, going on ride-alongs with Oliver, cuddling in the den with Ethan, and enjoying a fancy restaurant with Harrison I’d missed them and I wanted them all to know just how ave Harrison an extra apology for assu the worst about him when I should have allowed him to explain himself He simply kissed me and asked me to put it behind me

“Can you all forgive me?” I asked “I really am sorry”

“Well,in an overly dra, but youfirst”

The guys started laughing at the horrible joke, but I kneed theled, and he started laughing I could see the lust and love on all of their faces, and with the kids gone for the night, it was ti awaited reunion

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Harrison

Christmas

If my life had been a cheesy Christmas movie for the past fewin front of Ethan’s massive, 10-foot, spruce tree that had been iold ornaarland, and topped with a glistening gold star All of the guys and kids were still dressed in PJs, and we had all craht, so we could wake up and enjoy Christether

Jordan sat with a bright sifts both from her and fro their new things, while she cooked a e little fa a cookout for lunch ht with fake snoe had prepared and decorated the yard with, and we even got lucky when a bit of real snow started to slowly drift down froic

We went inside afterwards and enjoyed s of homemade hot chocolate, and then sent the kids off in different directions to enjoy the rerandparents, aunts, and uncles, with Trey tagging along with Tyler, going to Oliver’s parents e’d grown very close since first arriving in Texas

Once the kids were out of our hair, ere ready to ‘open’ our gift fro anted for the reh, we gathered around the tree to share presents of our own Jordan made us participate in a particularly cheesy new tradition of buying gifts for all of the other dads She said she wanted us to get to know one another even better, and gift exchange was one of the best ways to do it To really drive the point hootten for her (apart froot for her which she opened earlier when they could see) until after we’d open the gifts we’d gotten one another

Call it a one trackloves, new shoes, a kit with expensive tape and aHe was elated to receive the ite Lowe to ym the next day to break them in

Lowe also got a new pair of gloves, but he was also gifted a paint job for his ATV, a new set of tires, a fancy shadow box that contained his most recent award for his company, a replacement bluetooth speaker for one he’d broken that he liked to use in his garage, and tickets to ato town

Cade was boring and asked for all organizational things, which he received He got a new, leather office chair, a fancy filing cabinet that locked, a silver desktop organizer, a solar-powered clock, an expensive wireless ot hiift that nearly brought the man to tears