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“Lose? I wasn’t aware he’d lost one in the first place”

“You knohat I’ He needs stability, and this situation can’t possibly give it to hi I like her But please don’t bring that innocent baby into our mess of a family”

He didn’t understand her pessimistic attitude “Has it ever occurred to you thatI know the last few years have been hard on you”

She shook her head “You don’t know anything, Harry You think our family works like yours did, but you’ll learn I just hope you don’t take Sera and her son doith you”

She let the door slam behind her, and Harry stared at it Shep huffed and settled down as though glad to be getting back to the serious business of napping

Maybe it was the stress of the wedding He hoped that was all it was because soie’s surface, and it worried him

Was he being fair to Luc by going so fast? He had no intention of hurting that kid He wanted to know hiht even want to call Dad soie didn’t understand He was serious about Sera and that meant he was serious about Luc, too

His cell phone buzzed and a picture of Sera cas They couldIf this was some kind of plot of his aunt’s to break them up, she would find out they were far er across the screen to accept the call “Hey, gorgeous I was thinking about you”

“Were you?” Her husky voice sent a thrill through hi about?”

He let go of his worries “I was thinking about how long it’s been since I kissed you”

“Too long,” she replied “Maybe we should fix that But first we have to talk about your aunt She’sme a bunch of e-mails”

And then Sera was off and he had way more problems than his cousin’s weirdness

It was going to be okay He wouldn’t accept anything less

To: Seraphina Guidry

From: Celeste Beaumont